Director, Product Management (Social & Player Identity Platform)

Epic Games

Cary, USunknown$281k-$412k/yrPosted Jul 21, 2026
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About the role

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

What We Do

Product Management partners with game development, publishing, marketing, and platform teams to provide a data and market-driven view of product strategy that aligns with business goals. As part of Epic’s Growth Team, we use our product expertise to identify and drive growth levers to grow our player base and business.

What You'll Do

As a Director of Product Management (Social & Player Identity Platform), you will define and drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution for Epic’s social and identity ecosystem across mobile, PC, and console. You will lead efforts to create seamless, connected player experiences, ensuring players can easily establish their identity, maintain continuity across devices, and meaningfully connect with others.

In this role, you will apply both creative and analytical thinking to evolve foundational platform systems - including accounts, identity, and social features – while partnering across teams to improve engagement, retention, and ecosystem connectivity at scale.

In this role, you will

Drive the social and identity platform strategy, contributing to a unified roadmap that strengthens player connection, engagement, and long-term retention across the ecosystem

Own core player systems, including identity (accounts, authentication, profiles), social graph (friends, presence, communication), and cross-platform continuity, ensuring seamless and consistent experiences across all surfaces

Partner with development and design teams to identify and prioritize platform-level features and system improvements that enhance how players discover, connect, and interact with others

Collaborate with cross-functional partners (game teams, publishing, marketing, regional teams) to integrate social and identity systems into player journeys, optimizing onboarding, engagement loops, and social-driven growth

Work closely with engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-performance backend and frontend systems that support identity and social features across millions of players globally

Leverage data and experimentation to define success metrics, evaluate feature performance, and identify opportunities to improve adoption, engagement, and retention across social and identity systems

Drive alignment across stakeholders by clearly communicating product vision, strategy, and requirements, ensuring a shared understanding of goals and execution plans

What we're looking for

Extensive product management experience, including leadership roles, building and scaling consumer-facing platform products or shared systems

Proven track record delivering social and/or identity platform features, such as accounts, authentication, profiles, friends systems, communication tools, or cross-platform connectivity

Strong understanding of how identity and social systems work together to enable player connection, engagement, and ecosystem growth

Deep analytical skills, with experience leveraging data to drive improvements in platform adoption, engagement, and retention

Experience translating user needs and business goals into scalable platform solutions that operate seamlessly across devices and surfaces

Strong partnership with engineering teams on complex systems, with the ability to balance usability, performance, privacy, and scalability

Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional environments with engineering, design, and business stakeholders

Experience leading and mentoring teams, and building strong product organizations

Passion for building foundational player experiences that define identity and enable meaningful social connections across games, devices, and services

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

New York City Base Pay Range

$280,593 - $411,536 USD

California Base Pay Range

$280,593 - $411,536 USD

Washington Base Pay Range

$280,593 - $411,536 USD

ABOUT US

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Compensation

This Other role pays $281k-$412k/yr. Within typical range for other roles in United States.

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