Game Economy & Monetization Manager

SciPlay; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries with annual bonus

In-office Mon-Thu; Fridays work from

Ergonomic workspace and game room

Fully stocked kitchen with snacks and

Paid family leave

Paid volunteer time

Annual company retreat

Job summary

SciPlay, a leading mobile and web games publisher, is hiring a Product Manager, Economy to be the economic brain behind our titles. You will design currencies, sources and sinks, balance progression, and price virtual goods using data and experiments to keep economies healthy.

You will partner with LiveOps, Monetization, Analytics, Marketing and Engineering to support game goals, run A/B tests, build simulations, and define player segments.

Qualifications

• Ownership mindset and ability to work in ambiguity.
• 3+ years in game economy, F2P product management or related analytical role.
• Advanced spreadsheet modeling for balance models and simulations.
• Working knowledge of statistics and probability, and Monte Carlo methods.

Responsibilities

• Own the design of the game economy: currencies, sources and sinks, progression, and pricing of virtual goods with KPIs.
• Tune the economy week to week: rewards, level progression, and offer contents using data and experiments.
• Build simulations and predictive models for content, pricing and balance changes.
• Plan, run and read A/B tests on economy and pricing changes and translate results into decisions.
• Define player segments from behavior and motivation and tailor economy parameters accordingly.
• Monitor economy health (balances, inflation, source/sink ratios, conversion) and act on anomalies.
• Partner with Product, Design, Analytics, Marketing and Engineering to align economy with game goals and present recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills

Ownership mindset

Data-driven

Experimentation mindset

Modeling incentives

Education

Degree in economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering or other quantitative field

Tools

Python

R

Excel/Sheets

Job description

SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, providing highly entertaining free-to-play games that millions of people play every day for their authenticity, engagement and fun.

SciPlay currently offers nine core games, including social casino games Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Hot Shot Casino and Quick Hit Slots, and casual games MONOPOLY Slots, Bingo Showdown, 88 Fortunes Slots, Backgammon Live and Solitaire Pet Adventure with offices all over the world!

Position Summary

We're hiring a Product Manager, Economy to be the economic brain behind our games. You will specialize in tuning the economy (what things cost, what they give, and how fast players progress) and you will share LiveOps, monitoring and monetization with the teams that run them day to day. If you like modeling incentives and then watching real players prove you right or wrong, this is the job.

The economist's mindset

• Thinks in incentives: what a change makes players do, not only what it costs or earns.
• Reads an economy as flows: sources, sinks, inflation, and the marginal effect of each tweak.
• Trades short-term revenue against long-term economy health, and says which one a decision favors.
• Decides from data, models and experiments rather than intuition, then writes the reasoning down.

What you will own

• Own the design of the game economy: currencies, sources and sinks, progression, and the pricing of virtual goods, with clear KPIs that show whether it is healthy.
• Tune the economy week to week: feature configurations, rewards, level progression, bonus values and offer contents, using data and experiments to fine-tune.
• Build simulations and predictive models that forecast how content, pricing and balance changes will land before they ship.
• Plan, run and read A/B tests on economy and pricing changes, and turn the results into decisions.
• Define player segments from behavior and motivation, and tailor economy parameters to each segment.
• Own monitoring of economy health (player balances, inflation, source and sink ratios, conversion) and act on anomalies.
• Partner with Product, Design, Analytics, Marketing and Engineering so the economy supports game goals, and present recommendations to senior leadership.

What you will share

Co-owned with LiveOps, Monetization and Analytics

• Partner with Monetization on offers, bundles and price points. You own the economic guardrails (value per dollar, inflation, effect on progression); Monetization owns offer execution and revenue targets.
• Co-own LiveOps with the LiveOps team: you define the economy of each event (costs, rewards, pacing); LiveOps owns scheduling, configuration and QA.
• Help Product and Monetization make the experience-versus-revenue trade-off explicit.

What we are looking for

• Ownership mindset; comfortable with ambiguity and switching context quickly.

Nice to have

• Degree in economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering or another quantitative field.
• 3+ years in game economy, F2P product management or a closely related analytical role.
• Advanced spreadsheet modeling (Excel or Sheets) for balance models and simulations.
• Working knowledge of statistics and probability, and of simulation methods such as Monte Carlo.
• Python or R for analysis and modeling.
• Hands-on experience designing and reading A/B tests.Understanding of behavioral economics and player motivation.
• Background in mobile, online or social free-to-play games.
• Familiarity with LiveOps tooling and event operations, and a habit of working alongside a LiveOps team.
• Clear communicator who turns models into recommendations that stakeholders at every level can act? on.
• Genuine passion for games, and a habit of playing the genre.

We are SciPlay! We make games!

At SciPlay, we are programmed to think untraditionally, and we believe in doing what you love and doing it well. We take pride in our ability to stay ahead of the game! We are the brainiacs behind-the-scenes; innovating, dreaming, and navigating the social gaming world. Together, if we stay passionate and ambitious with our goals, no one can stop us from becoming the #1 social and casual gaming company.

A few of our highlighted perks and benefits:

• Competitive salaries with annual bonuses and 401k matching
• In office Monday through Thursday, with Fridays open to work from home, giving you a flexible close to your week
• A workspace built for comfort: open office layout with ergonomic seating and standing desks, plus a game room with current-gen consoles, game titles, and table games for when you need a break
• Fully stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages, plus a weekly lunch stipend and monthly snack stipend to help keep you fueled
• Paid family leave to support you when it matters most
• Paid volunteer time to give back to causes you care about
• Annual company retreat (2 nights) to connect with the team outside the office

Read More About Our Values Here:

https://www.sciplay.com/life-at-sciplay

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At SciPlay we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Both professionally and personally, we believe our differences are key to unlocking our superpowers. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles we have! #beYOU

SciPlay is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Light & Wonder, Inc. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games! Learn more at www.lnw.com.

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