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Product Associate - Game

· Job Posted February 21, 2026
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As a Product Associate, you will accelerate growth by driving player activation and retention through data-driven insights and a deep understanding of user behavior. You’ll help scale our platform by organizing research, identifying UX issues, designing and running experiments, and transforming complex inputs into clear, testable product initiatives for a game with over 5 million annual players.

Job Responsibility

  • Research and analyze competitive game modes and premium features to create product matrices and propose experiments
  • Identify and document UX issues through structured investigation and competitor benchmarking
  • Create mockups and low-fidelity designs to communicate experiments and UX improvements
  • Define success metrics, design and sequence experiments, and estimate impact
  • Oversee experiments end-to-end: prepare specs, coordinate design and development, QA builds, launch, analyze results, and produce actionable reports
  • Analyze funnel and experiment data to generate actionable insights
  • Coordinate cross-functionally to execute experiments and maintain quality
  • Conduct user testing and playtests to validate solutions and gather insights
  • Break down complex projects into clear, testable steps for async execution
  • Report results, trade-offs, and recommendations in structured written formats

Requirements

  • Exceptional attention to detail and high standards for clarity and execution
  • Strong written communication for async collaboration
  • able to write clear specs, experiment docs, and impact reports
  • Skilled at turning research into structured, actionable outputs (matrices, experiment plans, reports)
  • Experience designing and running experiments, defining success metrics, and conducting post-mortems
  • Able to identify UX issues and collaborate with designers to iterate and validate solutions through testing
  • Proficient in data analysis, interpretation, and presenting findings
  • Strong product intuition, familiar with mobile UX constraints and product lifecycle

Nice to have

  • SQL proficiency
  • Ability to read code for deeper collaboration with devs
  • Forum/community moderation or support experience

What we offer

  • Stock (own a piece of Colonist)
  • Unlimited vacation
  • Yearly team offsite
  • Full work equipment
  • Budget to experiment with any AI tool you want
  • Stock options: you'll own a piece of what you're building
  • Access to all company metrics and internal discussions
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