Game Economy & Monetization Manager

SciPlay • Austin, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

SciPlay is hiring a Game Economy & Monetization Manager to design and tune the economies of its free-to-play mobile and web games. The role owns currencies, sources and sinks, progression, virtual-goods pricing, and KPIs for economy health. It uses data, models, and experiments to assess player incentives and balance short-term revenue against long-term economic health.

The manager tunes feature configurations, rewards, progression, bonuses, and offers; builds simulations and predictive models; plans and interprets A/B tests; and defines behavior- and motivation-based player segments. The role monitors player balances, inflation, source-to-sink ratios, and conversion, responding to anomalies. It partners with Product, Design, Analytics, Marketing, and Engineering, and presents recommendations to senior leadership.

The position shares work with LiveOps, Monetization, and Analytics. It partners with Monetization on offers, bundles, and pricing, providing economic guardrails while Monetization handles execution and revenue targets. With LiveOps, it defines event costs, rewards, and pacing while LiveOps manages scheduling, configuration, and QA. It also helps Product and Monetization make experience-versus-revenue trade-offs explicit.

SciPlay describes itself as an inclusive workplace and encourages candidates to apply even if their experience does not align with every qualification. Employment is subject to consent to a due diligence/background investigation, to the extent permitted by law. The job description notes that other related tasks may be assigned.

Requirements

• Ownership mindset and comfort with ambiguity and switching context quickly.
• At least 3 years of experience in game economy, F2P product management, or a closely related analytical role.
• Advanced spreadsheet modeling skills in Excel or Sheets for balance models and simulations.
• Working knowledge of statistics, probability, and simulation methods such as Monte Carlo.
• Python or R skills for analysis and modeling.
• Hands-on experience designing and interpreting A/B tests.
• Understanding of behavioral economics and player motivation.
• Clear communication skills, including turning models into actionable recommendations for stakeholders at every level.
• Genuine passion for games and a habit of playing the genre.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or another quantitative field.
• Background in mobile, online, or social free-to-play games.
• Familiarity with LiveOps tooling and event operations, and experience working alongside a LiveOps team.

Responsibilities

• Own the design of game economies, including currencies, sources and sinks, progression, virtual-goods pricing, and economy-health KPIs.
• Tune economy configurations, rewards, progression, bonus values, and offer contents using data and experiments.
• Build simulations and predictive models to forecast the effects of content, pricing, and balance changes.
• Plan, run, and interpret A/B tests on economy and pricing changes, and use results to make decisions.
• Define player segments based on behavior and motivation, and tailor economy parameters to segments.
• Monitor economy health, including player balances, inflation, source and sink ratios, and conversion, and respond to anomalies.
• Partner with Product, Design, Analytics, Marketing, and Engineering to align the economy with game goals.
• Present recommendations to senior leadership.
• Partner with Monetization on offers, bundles, and price points; set economic guardrails such as value per dollar, inflation, and progression effects.
• Co-own LiveOps by defining event costs, rewards, and pacing alongside the LiveOps team.
• Help Product and Monetization make experience-versus-revenue trade-offs explicit.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries with annual bonuses and 401k matching.
• In-office Monday through Thursday, with Fridays open to work from home.
• Open office layout with ergonomic seating and standing desks, plus a game room with current-generation consoles, games, and table games.
• Fully stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages, a weekly lunch stipend, and a monthly snack stipend.
• Paid family leave.
• Paid volunteer time.
• Annual company retreat lasting two nights.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed