C’est en tout cas ce que laisse présager un récent investissement du géant dans la société Zynga, société connue entre autres pour son célèbre FarmVille…
Selon TechCrunch, Google aurait en effet investi entre 100 et 200 Millions de Dollars dans la StartUp avec pour objectif (probable) de lancer sa propre plateforme de jeux en ligne, information qui prend tout son sens lorsque l’on se souvient que Google avait lancé Google AdSense for Games en 2008…
Petit détail venant alimenter cette rumeur, une offre d’emploi pour un poste de Chef de Projets Gaming atteste que Google s’intéresse bel et bien au secteur vidéoludique…
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The role: Product Management Leader, Games
The Product Management Leader, Games will be a flexible, results-oriented, and experienced senior leader who will be responsible for developing Google’s games commerce product strategy and partnering to build and manage the business with a cross-functional team. You will have visionary product insight, combined with experience in the online content business, significant technical expertise and extensive leadership and business skills. The Product Management Leader, Games combines a great instinct for developing compelling products with a strong focus on users and technical aptitude to work with a world class engineering team and the business sense to drive product goals and strategies.
Responsibilities:
- Identify market opportunities and define product vision and strategy.
- Develop and launch new products and enhance existing products.
- Lead and mentor a team of Product Managers.
- Engage closely with the engineering team to help determine the best technical implementation methods as well as a reasonable execution schedule.
- Establish partnerships as necessary to drive the growth of Google’s products.
Requirements:
- Technical degree or equivalent experience. Masters or PhD preferred.
- Experience building an online gaming business both on the web and on mobile devices. Deep understanding of the game business and how to create hits.
- Proven success in driving product strategy and product design for a successful game.
- Solid product management experience with a track record of creating innovative and winning Internet or software solutions.
- Significant people and organizational management skills. A natural leader and mentor.
- Demonstrated ability to gather user requirements and convert them into a winning product vision. Strong quantitative and analytical abilities.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to evangelize the merits of Google’s products internally and externally.
Selon TC, une plateforme de jeux vidéo en ligne à la sauce Google pourrait bien voir le jour avant la fin de l’année. Nous en sauront donc probablement plus à ce sujet dans les semaines/mois à venir…
