Senior Game Designer / Product Builder (AI Games)
UserWiseThis Senior Product Manager role focuses on growth within the mobile gaming space. You will lead the end-to-end lifecycle of AI-assisted games, moving from market analysis and prototyping to live operations and scaling.
What you’d own
- Identifying and evaluating new game opportunities via market analysis
- Defining core loops, progression systems, and monetization economies
- Rapidly prototyping and validating concepts using AI-assisted tools
- Analyzing player behavior data to decide on scaling or killing products
Who it’s for
A fit if you…
- ✓You have 6+ years of experience in mobile games (casual/hybrid-casual)
- ✓You possess a blend of game design and product management ownership
- ✓You are comfortable using AI tools for ideation and rapid prototyping
- ✓You can translate ambiguous market opportunities into executable priorities
Not for you if…
- ✗You prefer high-process environments or traditional, slow-moving studio workflows
- ✗You prefer focusing on individual features rather than overall product outcomes
- ✗You are uncomfortable making decisions with imperfect information
Reading between the lines
- The emphasis on 'high-speed' and 'low bureaucracy' suggests a lean team where you must be comfortable making high-stakes calls quickly.
- The focus on 'turning opportunities into playable products quickly' implies a heavy emphasis on rapid iteration over polished, long-term development cycles.
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Benefits
Full job description
About UserWise We’re building a high-speed, AI-assisted game production team focused on developing and scaling mobile games globally. This is not a traditional game team. We operate with ownership, clarity, and execution speed, leveraging AI-driven workflows to move faster than most studios. We work across a global team, building production-ready games and scaling them through LiveOps. Our focus is simple: increase the number of high-quality bets and turn them into scalable products.
Our team has already worked across established franchises such as Fruit Ninja and Wordscapes, contributing to both development and growth initiatives. The Role We’re looking for a senior game designer with strong product management understanding to help us identify, build, validate, and scale new game products. This is a product builder role. You’ll work closely with our Chief AI Officer, combining strong game design, product thinking, data, and AI-assisted workflows to turn opportunities into playable products quickly.
You’ll own the what and why behind the product, while staying close enough to the work to turn ideas into prototypes, tests, and production-ready games. What You’ll Do Identify and evaluate new game opportunities through market analysis, competitor deconstruction, player insights, and product data Turn opportunities into clear product bets, defining the concept, target audience, core loop, product hypothesis, success metrics, and commercial opportunity Own AI-assisted game design across core loops, systems, progression, economy, UX, retention, and monetization Rapidly prototype and validate game concepts using AI-assisted tools and lightweight development workflows Define success metrics, analyze player behavior and test results, and make clear recommendations on whether to scale, iterate, or kill Own product priorities and make trade-offs based on player impact, data, development effort, and business potential Continuously improve games based on retention, engagement, monetization, experimentation, and player behavior Partner closely with leadership to evolve how AI is used to design, prototype, build, and scale games faster Requirements 6+ years of experience in mobile games, ideally across casual or hybrid-casual products Strong game design experience combined with product management or meaningful product ownership Experience taking games or significant products from concept through launch and post-launch iteration A track record of owning product outcomes and KPIs, not just individual features Strong understanding of gameplay systems, progression, economy, UX, retention, monetization, and LiveOps Strong understanding of F2P game economics and metrics, including retention, engagement, monetization, LTV, CPI, and related product performance indicators Comfort working with analytics and experimentation, including interpreting data, forming hypotheses, designing tests, and acting on results Ability to deconstruct successful games, understand why they work, and turn those learnings into product decisions Experience using AI-assisted tools for ideation, prototyping, analysis, design, or content creation Ability to turn ambiguous opportunities into clear product direction and executable priorities High ownership and independent decision-making.
You move quickly and don’t wait for perfect information Strong execution mindset. You build, ship, learn, and improve rather than getting stuck in process Environment High ownership: You own product decisions and outcomes High speed: We build, test, ship, and iterate quickly AI-assisted workflows: AI is embedded into how we design and build Data-driven: Product decisions are informed by player behavior and measurable outcomes Global team: Work across multiple regions and disciplines Low bureaucracy: Minimal process, maximum execution Benefits What We Offer Competitive USD compensation Paid Time Off Performance Bonus Annual Performance Reviews
About UserWise
See all roles →UserWise is a game development and live operations studio that builds new titles and modernizes established hits for the mobile gaming market. They partner with major publishers to provide full-stack co-development, growth strategy, and portfolio management for global IPs like Fruit Ninja Adventures and Wordscapes Search. The company utilizes a proprietary AI-driven production model to accelerate engineering, art, and content workflows while improving decision quality through automated analytics. They focus on delivering high-quality results with speed and clarity for games played by millions of users daily.
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