Senior Product Manager, VR

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Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

 

About the role:

As the PM leading VR on the Platform Expansion team, you'll work across groups at Roblox, bringing the most popular expansive metaverse to the most immersive platforms available. You'll invent new interfaces and interactions, operating on the cutting edge of Roblox.

You will:

  • Direct the implementation of Roblox on VR devices, spanning different use cases, output screens, and input modes.
  • Build creative UI that uses the unique features of new VR platforms, like handheld controls, hand tracking, head tracking, eye tracking, face tracking, passthrough cameras, etc. You'll push the envelope of user interaction, but still ensure a true intuitive Roblox experience.
  • Collaborate with Design and Engineering to imagine and implement these new features.
  • Prioritize features on these new platforms, balancing product strategy, company vision, pure innovation, technical feasibility, and business metrics.
  • Collaborate with other groups at Roblox to strategize and implement ways to improve Roblox features to leverage these unique VR features.
  • Work with third-party distribution partners, like hardware vendors and app stores, to prioritize and maximize distribution opportunities.
  • Help the greater Platform Expansion team to bring the best of Roblox to all other platforms, including mobile, desktop, console, etc.
  • Help invent the future. You'll collaborate with all groups at Roblox to help build and expand the reach of the future!
  • Report to the Senior Director of Product Management.

You have:

  • 5+ years of Product Management experience shipping high quality, delightful consumer apps, specifically VR and mobile platforms.
  • A degree in a technical field like computer science, software engineering, or similar experience.
  • Strong knowledge of consumer VR technologies and trends. You keep up to date with the latest advancements in VR hardware, applications, user interfaces, and industry news.
  • Interdisciplinary experience. In addition to the standard product functions of design and engineering, you have experience working within a multidimensional environment including analytics, business development, communications/PR, marketing, and third-party distribution partners.
  • Collaborative creativity. You can bring different stakeholders and their ideas together to create innovative products.
  • Skills to convey complex ideas through written, visual, and verbal communication, always focusing on the reasons behind everything you do. Those skills transition from the detailed and technical for specs to the inspirational for strategic presentations.
  • Spirit of an Entrepreneur with an ability to contribute to product design, project management and technical ideas.
  • Skills to execute in a growing environment, with competing resources and priorities, through the product life cycle from planning and development, through launch.

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For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.  All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.
Annual Salary Range
$220,110$269,640 USD

You’ll Love: 

  • Industry-leading compensation package
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • A rewarding 401k program
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy 
  • Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
  • At Roblox HQ: 
    • Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
    • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
    • Annual CalTrain Go Pass

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