Growth Product Manager

**Position**: Growth Product Manager

**Working Hours**: We are asynchronous, work when you want

**Location**: Fully Remote

**Salary Range**: $5,000 - $10,000 USD/month

**Eligible Locations**: Anywhere

**About Colonist**

We're building the biggest digital board game platform on the internet. Last year, our players spent 2,466 years playing 45 million games on our Settlers of Catan alternative. We're a fully remote, asynchronous team spread across multiple continents, focused on crafting extremely polished digital board games that people truly love.

**About The Role**

As a Product Manager at Colonist, you’ll own the product lifecycle, driving user activation, retention, and virality through data-driven insights and a deep understanding of user behavior. Your mission is to accelerate our growth by optimizing funnels, solving mobile product challenges, and prioritizing features that resonate with our 5M+ yearly active players. You’ll lead cross-functional initiatives, collaborate with a passionate team, and have the ownership and autonomy to shape the future of our game platform.

**What You’ll Do**
- Design and optimize user activation funnels to boost acquisition and retention.
- Identify and resolve mobile product issues by analyzing player feedback (NPS, Reddit, Discord) and crash reports.
- Conduct user interviews, playtesting, and data analysis to uncover insights and validate solutions.
- Prioritize platform features aligned with company goals, focusing on simplicity and impact.
- Lead team meetings, delegate tasks, and align efforts to drive company objectives.
- Optimize landing and home pages to increase user acquisition and virality.

**Requirements**:

- 3+ years of product management experience, ideally in gaming or B2C products.
- Expert-level skills in funnel analysis, user segmentation, analytics, and experimentation metrics.
- Strong ability to conduct user interviews, communicate effectively, and prioritize tasks.
- Working knowledge of playtesting, game design principles, and player behavior.
- Comfortable with remote, asynchronous work and excellent English communication skills.
- Basic wireframing skills and familiarity with data querying (e.g., SQL joins, group by).

**Nice to Have**
- Deep knowledge of mobile gaming best practices and industry trends.
- Experience with AI chatbots for user engagement.
- Familiarity with crash report analysis and internet forum communication.
- Basic ability to read code for better collaboration with engineers.

**Our Values at Colonist**

We strongly adhere to these values in our team - if these resonate, then you’ll love working here

**Dependability**

We're self-driven players who deliver without needing supervision. When we commit to something, we make it happen.

**Ownership**

We take full responsibility and go beyond our roles to improve Colonist. Each of us acts like we own the company, because through our stock options, we do.

**Clear Communication**

In our remote environment, written communication is key. We're direct, structured, and always keep our team in the loop.

**Efficient Execution**

We move fast and focus on impact. Instead of getting stuck on perfect solutions, we find practical ways forward and get things done.

**Continuous Learning**

We're curious problem solvers who love a challenge. We constantly seek new ideas, embrace feedback, and aren't afraid to change our minds when we're wrong.

**Benefits and Compensation**

**Compensation**
- Competitive salary paid in USD
- Stock options (own a piece of Colonist)

**Benefits**
- Fully remote work
- Flexible hours - Work on your own time, we’re async
- Unlimited vacation
- Work equipment provided

**Growth**
- Work directly impacts 5M+ yearly active players
- Rapid learning opportunities
- Work with exceptional colleagues on challenging projects
- Freedom to identify and solve problems
- Access to all company metrics and discussions