Senior Technical Product Manager, Core Engine
UnityBrighton, United KingdomPosted 18 April 2026
Job Description
The opportunity We are seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager with extensive prior experience in a hands-on game development role to join our Engine Product team. You will play a pivotal role in defining product requirements with technical input on customer need, value, measurability, as well as the ability to use and demonstrate product in a hands-on fashion. In this high-impact technical role, you will define and execute the roadmap of Unity Engine’s core technology; including scripting and CoreCLR, compilation, burst and entities. You will define product strategy with a technical point of view grounded in a direct understanding of customer requirements while ensuring the product vision aligns with business priorities, user needs, and technical feasibility.
What you'll be doing
Define and own a product vision, strategy, and roadmap that is informed by technical product expertise, customer feedback from Unity Studio Productions and Customer Success organizations, Production Verification, market research, user feedback, and competitive analysis
Cultivate strong relationships with Engineering counterparts to lead product areas hand-in-hand. You will drive feature delivery across disparate teams, clearing roadblocks and aligning priorities.
Partner with stakeholders (e.g. Engineering, Quality, Design, Documentation, Program Management) to identify business goals, user needs, and technical requirements
Prioritize product features and improvements based on a mix of data and user feedback from key external partners and our wider development community.
Collaborate with other product team members to ensure solid cross-product integration and minimization of redundant feature code
Facilitate customer feedback loops to refine and improve the product by iteratively adding customer value
Hands-on tests and demos to understand requirements and proposed solutions, verify deliveries, and showcase delivered features to customers, users, and partners
What we're looking for
Extensive experience with Unity, C#, Entities, Burst and Data oriented design (or similar systems within another engine), with a solid understanding of how developers integrate these technologies.
Solid understanding of computer architecture, memory cache behavior
Prior experience in video game development working with Unity, Unreal, or proprietary game engines
Exceptional communication skills, with a proven track record of effectively simplifying and articulating complex technical concepts to a wide range of audiences, from engineers to senior executives.
Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority, fostering a collaborative and productive environment.
Strong skills in roadmap planning, feature prioritization, and stakeholder management
Cross-functional collaboration capabilities to bring teams together as we drive towards common goals and priorities
You might also have
Experience in systems programming, with expertise in C++
Familiarity with SIMD programming
Storytelling and visual presentation abilities to distill sophisticated topics into clear and concise communications
Willingness to travel (up to 25% at peak times)
Additional information
Relocation support is not available for this position
Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position
Benefits At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well-being and work-life balance.
Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.
While specific benefits vary, here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally: Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance | Commute subsidy | Employee stock ownership | Competitive retirement/pension plans | Generous vacation and personal days | Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs | Office food snacks | Mental ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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