Product Manager II, Games , NY

The New York Times’ mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company, and we focus deeply on how our readers experience our work across a world‑class digital and app destination.

We are hiring a Product Manager II for the Games Missions in our Player Experience Group to own how subscribers discover, engage with, and build habits around NYT Games. Your focus is on connecting subscribers to the value they're getting: helping them understand the core benefits, build regular engagement patterns, and experience the full breadth of our game portfolio. This is a hybrid role based in our New York City office.

• Accelerate subscriber growth by optimizing how subscribers experience, discover, activate, engage with, and stay in the platform.
• Design and optimize the onboarding journey to help new subscribers quickly discover value, understand their benefits, and build lasting engagement habits.
• Identify friction points and at‑risk users through behavioral analysis, then ship targeted interventions to improve activation and reduce churn.
• Run experiments to test hypotheses around onboarding, feature adoption, and engagement tactics; iterate based on results.
• Analyze user behavior using cohort analysis, drop‑off patterns, and lifecycle metrics to produce data‑driven hypotheses and prioritize high‑impact opportunities.
• Contribute to the roadmap for subscriber growth and deliver highly relevant, inspiring experiences to drive long‑term value.
• Define success metrics, monitor experiment performance, and partner with a data analyst to build dashboards tracking impact.
• Own end‑to‑end product features through ideation, specification, development, release, analysis, and iteration.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, data science, research, and marketing to deliver solutions ranging from small optimizations to multi‑surface experiences.
• Demonstrate support for journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission.
• Report to the Product Director for the Games Mission.

• 3+ years of product management experience at a high‑growth consumer tech company or subscription product.
• 1+ year of experience optimizing the growth funnel.
• Experience optimizing growth funnel across signup, onboarding, activation, or retention – driven measurable improvements while maintaining end‑user experience.
• Experience with A/B testing and using data and insights to inform product development.
• A hypothesis‑driven, iterative approach to product development; shipping with imperfect data rather than waiting for perfect infrastructure.
• Experience prioritizing and delivering results for multiple projects in a collaborative environment.
• Experience partnering with data, engineering, and design to translate insights into shipped features.

• Experience working on subscription business models in consumer products (media, SaaS, gaming, or fitness) with an understanding of subscription mechanics.
• Background in products where engagement frequency and habit formation promote long‑term value.
• Interest in games and puzzles; an active player who understands what makes these experiences engaging.

Base pay: $120,000 – $142,000 USD (U.S. roles). Variable pay may include annual bonus and restricted stock.

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Medical, dental, and vision coverage;
Flexible Spending Accounts; company‑matching 401(k) plan; paid vacation, sick days, and parental leave; tuition reimbursement and professional development programs. For roles outside the U.S., benefits details are provided during the interview process.

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