Senior Product Manager, R6 eSports
Company Description
Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!
Job Description
As this vacancy is managed by the Talent Acquisition team based in England, please apply with your CV/profile in English. This helps us review your application efficiently and ensures the smoothest possible recruitment experience.
The OS Esports team builds and maintains r6esports.com, internal tools and data pipelines that support Rainbow Six Siege esports competitions worldwide, from regional leagues to global majors. The team is 9 people spanning engineering, business analysis and QA, working closely with Ubisoft's broader Esports team.
This role works closely with the dev team lead, data ops, and senior stakeholders.
Your Role
We're looking for a Product Manager to own the technology and data roadmap powering one of the most competitive esports ecosystems in the world. You'll sit at the intersection of marketing website, esports operations, data infrastructure, and live broadcast tools, working across disciplines to ship products that matter on the global stage.
What you'll own
- Define and drive the product roadmap for esports tech and data tools, balancing short-term operational needs with long-term innovation.
- Translate business and competitive requirements into clear product specs, working alongside the dev team lead and dev team.
- Lead stakeholder alignment across esports operations, broadcast, marketing, and senior leadership.
- Own the live support process for esports data tooling, including incident triage, escalation flows, and SLA definition.
- Run discovery cycles: define problems, validate solutions, and prioritize based on impact for the R6 esports ecosystem.
- Track and communicate product performance, shipping regular updates to Esports and R6 leadership.
- Identify and scope innovation opportunities (new data use cases, tooling improvements, broadcast enhancements) for R6esports worldwide.
Qualifications
What we're looking for
- Proven PM experience : you've owned a product end-to-end, written specs, run prioritization, and shipped in a cross-functional environment.
- Strong stakeholder management : you're comfortable presenting to senior leadership and aligning people with competing priorities.
- Data literacy : you understand what a data pipeline does and what good data quality looks like.
- Esports or live events background : ideally you've worked in or closely with competitive gaming, broadcast, or live production environments.
- Structured thinker : you can write a clean PRD, facilitate a discovery session, and distill complexity into clear decisions.
- Fluent in English, French is a strong plus given the Paris base.
- Travel-friendly : the role involves international coordination and occasional travel for majors and key events.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Rainbow Six Siege or Ubisoft's competitive ecosystem.
- Background in gaming, esports, or live event operations.
- Comfort with Jira, Confluence, and data dashboards without being a technical user.