Product Associate
Colonist · Location, WV · 5 mo ago
RemoteRemoteOTHRFull-time
About the role
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.
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- AI first-mindset. We see AI fluency as a real multiplier
- 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