Game Economy & Monetization Manager

SciPlay Games, LLC; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries with annual bonus

401k matching

In office Mon–Thu; Fri WFH

Ergonomic office & game room

Lunch and snack stipends

Paid family leave

Paid volunteer time

Annual company retreat

Job summary

SciPlay is seeking a Product Manager, Economy to be the economic brain behind our games. You will design currencies, sources and sinks, progression, and virtual goods pricing, with metrics to show health.

You will run weekly tunings, build simulations, forecast content and pricing changes, and run A/B tests. You’ll collaborate with LiveOps, Monetization, Analytics, Marketing and Engineering to support game goals and present leadership with clear recommendations.

Qualifications

• 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 Monte Carlo simulations.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Own the design of the game economy: currencies, sources and sinks, progression, and the pricing of virtual goods; include KPIs for health.
• Tune the economy week to week: feature configurations, rewards, level progression, bonus values and offer contents; use data/experiments to fine-tune.
• Build simulations and predictive models to forecast content, pricing and balance changes before release.
• Plan, run and read A/B tests on economy and pricing changes; translate results into recommendations.
• Define player segments and tailor economy parameters to each segment.
• Own monitoring of economy health (balances, inflation, source/sink ratios, conversion) and act on anomalies.
• Partner with Product, Design, Analytics, Marketing and Engineering to support game goals; present recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills

Ownership mindset

Advanced spreadsheet modeling

Statistics & probability

Python or R

A/B testing

Communication

Behavioral economics

Game economy experience

Education

Degree in economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering or 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

Think’s 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.

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

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.

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

SciPlay Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, SciPlay) are committed to creating a workforce of credibility and dependability. As a prerequisite to employment with SciPlay (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SciPlay conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

SciPlay is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.