Scopely is looking for a Lead Product Manager, Payments & Accounts (D2C) to join our Publishing team in our Culver City studio on a hybrid basis, or remotely within the US.
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
What You Will Do
The Lead Product Manager, Payments & Accounts (D2C) will define and execute Scopely’s global strategy across Payments (primary focus) and Accounts (supporting focus).
On the Payments side, you’ll lead how millions of players transact across our games - bridging business strategy, platform requirements, and commercial optimization. You’ll architect a payments ecosystem that is scalable, flexible, and margin-optimized, directly contributing to Scopely’s D2C growth and profitability.
On the Accounts side, you’ll help shape the product strategy for Identity and Scopely Account capabilities that underpin direct player relationships. This includes connectivity across platforms and surfaces, social/community enablement, CRM and contactability foundations, and account-driven experiences that amplify the value of D2C payments and commerce.
You will partner closely with Platform and Game teams to:
- Establish a direct player transaction and identity relationship
- Deliver a seamless, trusted checkout and account experience
- Unlock margin-maximized monetization and long-term player value across Scopely’s portfolio
What You’ll Do
Payments
- Define the global payments vision and roadmap in alignment with Scopely’s D2C objectives
- Develop a multi-year plan for Scopely’s Payments Gateway - vaulting, orchestration, routing, retries, and compliance
- Collaborate with game team monetization and liveops leads to diagnose and improve payment funnel performance - payment channels, decline rates, retries, UX friction - with a focus on conversion and retention
- Manage strategic relationships with payment vendors, ensuring best-in-class performance, margin efficiency improving processing economics and conversion rates
- Design experiments to test pricing, methods, and payment sequencing across markets
- Measure, monitor, and respond to payment KPIs such as auth rates, PSP cost, and chargebacks
- Partner closely with the central platform team to translate business needs into roadmap priorities and scalable feature requirements
- Align with Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Fraud teams to ensure operational scalability and regulatory compliance
Accounts
- Drive the product vision, roadmap, and multi-year strategy for Scopely Account, in close partnership with the Playgami platform team
- Define foundational account capabilities that drive long-term player engagement, including identity/authentication, cross-platform connectivity, social features, third-party platforms, and player profiles
- Contribute to the evolution of social and community features tied to accounts, supporting long-term engagement and player relationships and supporting CRM and contactability
- Ensure account strategy aligns with and amplifies payments outcomes, including frictionless checkout, player trust, retention, and lifetime value
What We’re Looking For
- 7-10+ years of product management experience in payments, fintech, or eCommerce, ideally within gaming or digital goods
- Deep understanding of payment gateways, PSPs, tokenization, MoR frameworks, and global payment methods
- Experience contributing to or owning account, identity, or platform-level product strategies that support cross-surface user experiences
- Proven experience partnering with platform and game teams to shape payment infrastructure roadmaps
- Demonstrated success in vendor management and commercial negotiations that drive margin improvement
- Strong analytical and business mindset, capable of linking technical design to financial outcomes.
- Technical fluency in APIs, payment routing, and orchestration concepts
- Exceptional cross-functional influence and executive communication skills
Bonus Points
- Experience with headless checkout, multi-PSP orchestration, or MoR-integration platforms
- Familiarity with payments-related compliance standards (PCI-DSS, SCA, PSD2, AML/KYC)
- Background in F2P gaming, liveops, or virtual economy monetization
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
This role will have access to sensitive and/or confidential employee or customer personally identifiable information (PII) and/or Company financial information, and therefore will be subject to background checks upon receiving a conditional offer of employment.
For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.
For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com
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