HyperX Product Manager, Controllers (Specialist)

HyperX Product Manager, Controllers (Specialist)

Description -

This role is responsible for shaping and refining global PSS strategy, roadmaps, platforms, and SKU plans for the controller category in collaboration with R&D and solutions teams, ensuring alignment with market needs, customer insights, and business goals. The role also includes post-analysis of product strategy, data-driven recommendations, support for sales efforts directed at users and partners, and cross-functional input into product introductions, forecasting, and lifecycle planning. This position helps strengthen the category through competitive insight, product definition, and execution.

Responsibilities

• Shapes and refines the global PSS strategy, roadmaps, platforms, and SKU plans for the controller category in collaboration with R&D and solutions teams, ensuring alignment with market needs, customer insights, and business goals.

• Conducts closed-loop post-analysis of global PSS strategies, evaluates effectiveness, and makes data-driven recommendations for improvement.

• Represents the voice of the customer by analyzing user needs, preferences, market trends, and competitive insights to inform product definition and category direction.

• Develops product requirements, briefs, and recommendations that translate customer and market insight into actionable roadmap decisions.

• Provides subject matter expertise and strategic support to sales efforts directed toward end users and partners.

• Determines and helps lead effective product, service, and solution introduction processes to support successful regional launches.

• Provides recommendations to support forecasting activities and product availability planning, working closely with cross-functional teams.

• Supports product lifecycle planning by providing category recommendations and cross-functional input on transitions, timing, and product change decisions in partnership with central category teams.

• Partners closely with engineering, design, sourcing, operations, and commercial teams to guide products from concept through launch.

• Helps identify portfolio gaps, platform opportunities, and areas for future category growth across key customer segments and use cases.

• Solves difficult and complex problems with a fresh perspective, demonstrating sound judgment, creative thinking, and the ability to manage projects independently.

Education & Experience Recommended

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related discipline, or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.

• Typically 4–7 years of work experience, preferably in product management, product marketing, product design, consumer electronics, gaming peripherals, or a related field, or an advanced degree with 3–5 years of work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of gaming controller ecosystems across Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC, including licensing, latency, ergonomics, battery performance, Hall Effect trends, and software requirements.

• Strong commercial and category instincts, including experience with portfolio ladders, margin considerations, retailer expectations, and competitive benchmarking.

• Demonstrated ability to turn enthusiast and market feedback into product decisions that serve broader customer segments.

• Technical fluency and comfort working closely with engineering, sourcing, and development teams.

• Strong product management discipline with proven success operating cross-functionally in a matrixed organization.

Knowledge & Skills

• Analytics

• Business Strategy

• Competitive Analysis

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Customer and Market Insight

• Data Analysis

• Go-to-Market Strategy

• Hardware Product Development

• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• New Product Development

• Product Management

• Product Requirements Definition

• Product Strategy

• Project Management

• Roadmap Planning

• Software-Hardware Integration

• Technical Acumen

• User Experience / Human Factors

• Value Proposition Development

• Vendor and Partner Collaboration

The pay range for this role is $83,000 to $127,800 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies