Senior Game Economy Manager

Univrse; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance - CIGNA

Gympass gold plan

25 vacation days + 1 day on your birthday

Flexible payment - daycare, transport, etc

Pension plan 1% base salary

Food at the office twice a week

Job summary

Univrse based in Barcelona is looking for a skilled Sr. Game Economy Manager to join our team. In this role, you will advise and optimize the economy of our top games, collaborating closely with various teams to design and balance the game economy and provide actionable insights.

We seek those with over 2 years of experience in game economy and a solid understanding of behavioral economics and predictive analytics. This position offers excellent perks including health insurance, flexible payment options, and generous vacation days.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience working in the field of game economy.
• Good understanding of behavioural economics and motivational theories.
• Experience in predictive analytics, segmentation, and related areas.

Responsibilities

• Assist teams in understanding the game economy to drive growth.
• Explore player segmentation based on behaviour and motivation theory.
• Define simulations and predictive models for content balancing.

Skills

Game economy experience

Behavioural economics

Predictive analytics

SQL

Numerical simulation methods

Python or R

Personal communication

Problem-solving

Leadership skills

Adaptability

Job description

Are you a skilled game economist with at least 2 years of crafting, analyzing, and coordinating economies in the gaming industry? In your next role you will form part of a major game management team in advising, strategizing, and optimizing the economy of one of the top grossing games in the genre. You will additionally play a crucial role in developing the overall game economy strategy and vision at Product Madness. As a Sr. Game Economy Manager, you will be crucial 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, helping build and evaluate top‑class tooling to continuously improve our ways of working, and ensuring we support new games currently in production.

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years of experience working in the field of game economy
• Good understanding of behavioural economics and motivational theories
• Experience in predictive analytics, segmentation, and related areas
• A proven understanding of SQL
• Possessing a solid grasp of numerical simulation methods and their applications (such as Monte Carlo, Metropolis‑Hastings, etc.) is beneficial
• Intermediate Python or R is an advantage
• Great personal communication skills
• Ability to work with ambiguity
• Highly curious problem solver
• Collaborator leadership skills
• Ability to switch context quickly

What You’ll Do

• Assist the teams responsible for product development, game operations, and data management by accurately understanding the game economy to drive growth and improve player happiness. This will include creating and testing high-level strategies for pricing of all purchasable items and collectibles, and balancing the economy of the game.
• Explore the segmentation of the players based on behaviour and motivation theory, and recommend new and useful segments to use for our game operations and feature design.
• Define and help build simulations and predictive models to forecast the results of changes and balancing of content, for optimal player experience.
• Increase the level of insights in the game economy within the teams.
• Implement game economy guidelines and promote knowledge sharing across the company, collaborating with other Game Economy Managers to develop this knowledge base.

Perks

• Health insurance - CIGNA
• Gympass gold plan
• 25 vacation days + 1 day on your birthday
• Flexible payment - daycare, transport, etc
• Pension plan 1% base salary
• Food at the office twice a week