Game Economy & Monetization Manager

SciPlay • Austin, TX

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

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 Game Economy & Monetization Manager 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level