Game Economy Manager

Aristocrat; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Games Economy Manager, where you'll leverage your expertise in game economy design and analysis to enhance player experiences in top-grossing games. You will collaborate with product, game ops, and data teams to strategize and optimize game economies, ensuring sustainable growth and engagement. This exciting role offers the chance to shape the future of gaming economics while working in a supportive and innovative environment that values flexibility and personal development. If you're passionate about gaming and eager to make a significant impact, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Flexible working schedules

Health care coverage

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness spending account

3 weeks vacation + floating days

100% match on Group RRSPs

Team Member Assistance Fund

Free lunch in the office

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Monthly team building events

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in game economy design and management.
• Strong understanding of numerical simulation methods and behavioral economics.

Responsibilities

• Support teams with insights on game economy for growth and player experience.
• Design simulations and predictive models to optimize player experience.

Skills

Numerical Simulation Methods

Behavioral Economics

Predictive Analytics

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Curiosity

Ability to Learn Fast

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Are you an experienced game economist with at least 2 years of experience designing, analyzing and managing economies in the world of gaming? In your next role you will form part of a new, interesting and upcoming game management team in directing, strategizing and optimizing the economy of one of the top grossing games in the genre. You will also be a key player in establishing the general game economy strategy and vision within Product Madness.

As a Games Economy Manager you will be essential to the success of our games. You will work closely with our product, game ops and data teams to design and balance the economy of our games and to provide the teams with actionable insights. In parallel to this you will also be an integral part of the Game Economy team, helping to build the craft of game economy in the company, supporting long term strategy, help build and evaluate top class tooling to continuously improve our ways of working and ensure we support new games currently in production.

What You'll Do

• Support the product, game ops and data teams with a holistic understanding of the game economy to generate growth and a positive player experience. This will include creating and testing high-level strategies for pricing of all purchasable items and collectibles and balancing the economy of the game.
• Define and help design simulations and predictive models to forecast the results of changes and balancing of content, for optimal player experience.
• Explore the segmentation of the players based on behavior and motivation theory and recommend new and useful segments to use for our game operations and feature design.
• Increase the level of insights in game economy within the teams.
• Drive game economy best practices and knowledge sharing throughout the company, working with other Game Economy Managers to build this knowledge capital.

What We're Looking For

• 2+ years of experience working in the field of game economy
• Strong understanding of numerical simulation methods and their applications (Monte Carlo, Metropolis-Hastings and so on).
• Good understanding of behavioral economics and motivational theories
• Experience in predictive analytics, segmentation, and related areas
• Knowledge in SQL – an advantage
• Intermediate Python or R – an advantage
• Ability to learn fast
• Problem solving
• Great personal communication skills
• Ability to work with ambiguity
• Highly curious
• Stakeholder management skills
• Ability to switch context quickly

Why Product Madness?

As part of the Aristocrat family, we share their mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play, with a world-class team who creates top-grossing, leading titles in the social casino genre, including Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link, Cashman Casino.

With 800 team members across the globe, Product Madness is headquartered in London, with offices in Barcelona, Gdańsk, Lviv, Montreal and a remote team spanning the USA, making us a truly global powerhouse.

We live by our People First principle. Regardless of where, when, or how they work, our team members have opportunities to elevate their careers, and grow alongside us. We take pride in fostering an inclusive culture, where our people are encouraged to be their very best, every day.

But don’t just take our word for it. In 2024, we made the Global Inspiring Workplace Awards list, and won a bronze award at the Stevies for Great Employers in the ‘Employer of the Year - Media and Entertainment’ category.

So, what’s stopping you?

Benefits:

• Flexibility: Flexible working schedules & Hybrid mode (2 days/week in office)

• Health Benefits: Health care coverage on your first day of employment with competitive plans and virtual Health care offered

• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program (EAP) + Wellness spending account (500$)

• Time Off: 3 weeks + 4 floating days + 7 personal/sick days + Christmas shutdown

• Financial Benefits: 100% match up to 4% on Group RRSPs + SuperShare eligibility where for every 2 Aristocrat Technologies (ATI) shares you buy, up to the set maximum, you will receive 1 for free

• Team Member Assistance Fund: Up to $1,000 annually in financial support if you fall on hard times and need financial assistance

• Free lunch + happy hours in the office

• Access to LinkedIn Learning

• Fun monthly team building events

• + Many More!

Travel Expectations: None