As a Product Manager for TV as a Platform, you will drive the end-to-end cloud gaming experience on connected TVs. You will own the ambitious roadmap for our "mobile-as-a-controller" experience, ensuring that going from watching a hit show to playing a game feels as effortless as hitting "Play." You will sit at the intersection of streaming technology, 10-foot UI design, and interactive gameplay, ensuring our members experience seamless, high-quality entertainment.
What You Will Do:
- Own the TV Games Product Strategy: Develop and execute the product roadmap for playing cloud-streamed games on connected TVs, focusing on creating frictionless, "zero-setup" experiences for our members.
- Innovate the Mobile Controller Experience: Lead the development of the Netflix game controller app/feature. You will define how a user's mobile phone transforms into a dynamic, intuitive gamepad for living room play, supporting everything from solo adventures to 8-player party games like Boggle Party and Pictionary.
- Bridge Viewing and Playing: Create seamless user flows that allow members to fluidly transition from watching Netflix content (e.g., Knives Out) to playing a related game (e.g., Dead Man’s Party) without ever leaving the Netflix ecosystem.
- Champion Quality of Experience (QoE): Partner closely with cloud gaming engineering and streaming technology teams to optimize latency, input lag, and video fidelity. You will define the metrics for a successful, high-quality TV gaming session and relentlessly drive improvements.
- Design for the Living Room: Collaborate with Product Designers to optimize the "10-foot UI" for game discovery, multiplayer onboarding, and in-game overlays on the TV.
- Lead Cross-Functional Execution: Act as the central node between Game Studios, Platform Engineering, Mobile App teams, and Data Science to deliver complex, multi-device features on time and at scale.
Requirements:
- 5-8+ years of experience in product management, with a proven track record of shipping complex, consumer-facing software.
- Direct experience with Connected TV (CTV) platforms (e.g., Roku, tvOS, Android TV, Smart TVs), cloud gaming platforms, or multi-device ecosystem products.
- A deep understanding of mobile app product development (iOS/Android) and how to leverage native mobile capabilities (haptics, gyroscopes, touch interfaces) to drive user engagement.
- Technical background or strong understanding of video streaming technologies, real-time networking, and cloud computing principles.
- A history of achieving product outcomes through user testing, rapid prototyping, and data-driven decision-making.
- Passion for the digital gaming space, particularly local multiplayer, social deduction, and "party" game genres that bring people together in the living room.
