Senior User Acquisition Manager

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Lead performance marketing campaigns that scale mobile game portfolios across global teams, driving ROI and growth in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Join Skillz and Level Up Your Career!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Join Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile esports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide. Skillz is revolutionizing the gaming industry, providing the ultimate platform for competitive mobile games. By fostering social competition within games, Skillz empowers developers to create multi-million dollar franchises while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we firmly believe that everyone is born with unique skills and deserves to experience an epic win. We understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. That's why we passionately champion game developers and players alike, empowering them to unleash their full potential through the power of competition.

Life @ Skillz

  • Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we’re not just building products—we’re creating value and making a difference in the world. Collaboration, ownership, and passion fuel everything we do.
  • Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes Insurance coverage for medical expenses for both you and your family [Spouse, Children and Parents]. Additionally, take advantage of tax benefit options Flexi benefits, PF & NPS.
  • Perks: We believe in enhancing your work experience. We offer competitive paid time off,  company Holidays plus year-end holiday shutdown to reset and recharge. Unused paid leaves are encashable at the end of service. Stay energized with daily meal reimbursements and enjoy free snacks at the office. Twice a month, step away from your screen and connect with your squad through fun team activities like happy hours, bowling, escape rooms, movie nights, and more. Work hard, play harder!

Why Skillz?

  • Pioneers of Skill-Based Competition: Skillz is not just any company in the gaming industry; we are the pioneers of skill-based competition, partnered with industry titans like UFC, NFL, T-Mobile, Buzztime, while also hosting renowned events like the Game Developer Conference (GDC). Join us in transforming the way people play games and building the home of competition for all.
  • Impact Beyond Gaming: Skillz harnesses the power of its platform to support nonprofit organizations such as Susan G. Komen, American Cancer Society, the NAACP, and more. By participating in Skillz tournaments, you can make a difference and contribute to causes you care about.
  • Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.
  • Talent Magnet: Join a team of talented professionals who are passionate about what they do. Our team includes experts from Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, and more.

The Future of Gaming Awaits!

The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books combined, with over 3 billion active gamers playing monthly and over 25 million active developers worldwide. Mobile gaming, in particular, is the fastest-growing segment, projected to reach $300 billion by 2025. At Skillz, you have the opportunity to be at the forefront of this exciting industry and shape its future. 

Job Description

We are looking for a highly analytical and results-driven  Senior User Acquisition Manager to help scale our portfolio of mobile games across key channels. You will play a crucial role in running performance marketing campaigns, driving ROI, and collaborating cross-functionally with global teams across San Francisco, Bangalore, and Los Angeles. You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This is an opportunity to lead key initiatives, influence creative and analytics strategy, and drive meaningful growth across mobile and (optionally) web platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Excellent Excel Skills and Tableau Skills; SQL is a plus.
  • Deep understanding of the mobile app acquisition ecosystem including MMPs, DSPs, Ad Network, Facebook, Google, 3rd Party Business Intelligence Vendors.
  • Demonstrate ability to optimize budget across games, media channels, geos, and platforms
  • Ability to multi-task well under fast paced environment.
  • Expert of UA discipline and has a pulse on the evolving UA landscape.
  • Highly Accountable - Completes all execution properly while keeping stakeholders informed, and takes the initiative to go above and beyond to drive results across the organization.
  • SKAN & privacy sandbox
  • Paid Social & Creative focus

Key Qualifications

  • 5 years of experience in media buying / user acquisition / performance marketing.
  • 2+ Years experience managing over $1M per month acquisition budget, experience with performance management and providing critical feedback.
  • Experience with data-driven UA optimization and A/B tests across all UA dimensions, including App Store Optimization.
  • Experience leading projects with Creative and Analytics teams.
  • Prior consumer tech experience, preferably in gaming.

Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming! 

Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. Join our team and be part of the journey. We look forward to having you on board!

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Free Meals & Snacks: Stay energized with daily meal reimbursements and enjoy free snacks at the office.
  • Team activities and fun events: Twice a month, step away from your screen and connect with your squad through fun team activities like happy hours, bowling, escape rooms, movie nights, and more.
  • Paid Time Off: We offer competitive paid time off, company Holidays plus year-end holiday shutdown to reset and recharge.

Skillz is the worldwide leader in mobile eSports. Skillz has hosted more than 40 million mobile eSports tournaments for players in over 180 countries. More than 1,100 game studios use the Skillz platform, which pays out roughly $1 million in cash prizes to players every two weeks. The company believes in making mobile games more fun and competitive for players while making game creation more lucrative for developers. Skillz eSports tournaments create direct revenue for game developers while enhancing rather than interrupting the gamer experience. Founded in 2012, Skillz has offices in San Francisco and Boston and has raised over $28M in funding.

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