Product Owner (Game Design)

Join our team and help craft mobile game experiences that bring joy to thousands of players every day! As a Product Owner, you’ll collaborate closely with product, art, engineering, and LiveOps teams to craft engaging and compelling experiences for mobile games. We’re looking for a creative problem‑solver who combines a passion for gaming with practical design expertise — someone who can imagine great experiences and bring them to life from concept to delivery. Work mode: Hybrid — 3 days per week from the Wave Office in Gdańsk. What You'll Do: Create visually cohesive and compelling game concepts and minigame experiences that complement the core slots loop. Design engaging and sustainable game loops, gameplay mechanics, reward structures, and systems that enhance long-term player engagement. Develop and iterate on prototypes to validate concepts, test assumptions, and refine the player experience. Refine game balance, pacing, and player progression to optimize fun, retention, and overall usability. Collaborate closely with Product Owners, developers, artists, and LiveOps partners to transform ideas into polished, playable features. Work with partners to understand product needs, align on priorities, and recommend effective gameplay solutions. Produce and maintain comprehensive design documentation, including GDDs, feature specs, and player journeys. Own design initiatives from early concept through final delivery, ensuring quality and successful implementation. Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives as part of an agile, Scrum-based workflow. Support project planning and delivery using tools such as Jira, contributing to timely and smooth execution. Contribute to game and content releases with a focus on stability, performance, and player impact. Stay curious and explore emerging tools, workflows, and technology-based improvements to improve the build process. Coordinate effectively with cross-functional and remote teams, ensuring smooth communication and aligned outcomes. What We're Looking For: A passionate gamer who enjoys mobile, PC, console, and tabletop games. 3–5 years of relevant experience in game design, product ownership, or similar product-focused roles. Experience contributing to released free‑to‑play mobile games or LiveOps content with meaningful player impact. Ability to design everything from moment‑to‑moment gameplay to multi‑week metagame cycles. Comfortable designing for F2P genres such as social casino, casual, and midcore. Strong analytical attitude, comfortable interpreting KPIs and balancing complex features or economies. Familiarity with agile development practices and cross‑functional coordination. Excellent communication skills — able to present ideas clearly and persuasively. Comfortable giving and receiving feedback, advocating for ideas, and finding productive compromises. Strong attention to detail across feature design, documentation, and execution. Proficient in English, both written and spoken. Bonus / Nice to Have: Exposure to mathematics-related thinking in game systems, feature balancing, or economy design. Experience working with teams across multiple locations. Why Product Madness? As part of the Aristocrat family, we share their mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play, with a world-class team who creates top-grossing, leading titles in the social casino genre, including Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link, Cashman Casino. With 800 team members across the globe, Product Madness is headquartered in London, with offices in Barcelona, Gdańsk, Lviv, Montreal and a remote team spanning the USA, making us a truly global powerhouse. We live by our People First principle. Regardless of where, when, or how they work, our team members have opportunities to elevate their careers, and grow alongside us. We take pride in fostering an inclusive culture, where our people are encouraged to be their very best, every day. But don’t just take our word for it. In 2024, we made the Global Inspiring Workplace Awards list, and won a bronze award at the Stevies for Great Employers in the ‘Employer of the Year - Media and Entertainment’ category. So, what’s stopping you? Travel Expectations None Additional Information At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. Aristocrat Leisure Limited (Aristocrat) is a global entertainment and content creation company powered by technology to deliver world-leading casino and mobile games. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Aristocrat (ASX code: ALL) is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with over 7300 employees working in more than 20 locations across the globe. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, casino management systems, mobile games and online real money games, including iLottery. Aristocrat has seven corporate functions and three reporting segments that span regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), social casino (Product Madness) and regulated online real money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive). Our game and product portfolios collectively entertain millions of players worldwide every day. Across our global enterprise, Aristocrat aims to create long-term sustainable value for all stakeholders by upholding our core values and producing the world’s best gaming content. Our people-first mindset prioritises the safety and wellbeing of our people. We have ambitions to be an industry leader in responsible gameplay and we invest in employees’ development and offer career pathways, so they have what they need to do their best work at Aristocrat. Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us every day. We are excited about the future of Aristocrat and united by our mission and we invite everyone to join us as we bring joy to life through the power of play! Aristocrat Leisure Limited or its affiliates worldwide provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to any protected characteristic, such as race, color, sex, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristic, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by local, state/provincial or federal law. If you need assistance or accommodation applying for a position, please reach out to helpdesk-recruiting@aristocrat.com. At Aristocrat, sustainability is embedded in our strategy, operations and the values and culture of our teams across the globe. Our Sustainability report provides information on the progress we’ve made each year, across our four strategic sustainability pillars – Good Governance & Responsible Business, Empowering Safer Play (formerly responsible gameplay), Operational Sustainability & Climate, and People & Community. You can read more about our progress here: https://www.aristocrat.com/sustainability/