Sr. Game Economy Analyst

Job Posting Title

Sr. Game Economy Analyst

Summary

The Product, Strategy, and Insights (PSI) division of Pixel United is the entrepreneurial engine room of Pixel United. We bring together world-class competitive intelligence, customer research, and product strategy to identify new market opportunities, stay ahead of shifting consumer demand, and help Pixel United businesses to realize the full potential of their diverse product portfolio.



As a key member of the Product Insights team, you will play a critical role in growing the business by advising all game teams across the portfolio how improve the health and performance of their game economies based on expert quantitative analysis and your resulting insights. Striking a balance between Price and Value in all areas of a game economy is a complex problem space – and you will help game teams develop solutions that are grounded in real market, consumer, and gameplay data. This will involve in-depth collection and analysis of source- and sink-level data from successful game economies and comparing vs. our games using math modeling & visualization techniques. You’ll unlock new insights, develop economy design & tuning recommendations for key products, and inform critical game economy decisions across the business in partnership with Game Explorers, Data Scientists, and other analysts across the PxU Insights org.



The successful candidate is a free-to-play game economy design and tuning expert with strong product/business acumen, a persistent analytical curiosity, and a proven ability to be a trusted advisor to a wide range of functional groups. You are organized, detail-oriented, and eager to design, apply, and refine new analysis techniques. You are excited to spend your days exploring comprehensive gameplay benchmark data using a range of economic concepts across an expanding and diverse range of games and genres. This is a key role on a growing team of game economy data experts that enables rapid, informed decision-making by product teams, and your work will have a profound impact on product quality, customer satisfaction, and resulting business performance.

What You'll Do

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  Collect source/sink, progression, difficulty, reward value, pricing, and similar gameplay data from a wide range of games
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  Analyze player-facing Price and Value benchmarks across different game economy systems
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  Develop new analytical frameworks to quantify key health & performance attributes across game economies
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  Partner with Game Explorers to simulate realistic gameplay and assess economy health in multiple games/genres
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  Design live visualizations that compare benchmark data vs. actuals, working with Product Insights data scientists
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  Develop net new Insights about rewards, incentives, balance, pricing, and similar models of economic systems’ ability to meet player needs
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  Clearly articulate and present actionable product recommendations to live game teams across the global business
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  Constantly expand existing economy expertise into new genres to support new pipeline games

What We're Looking For

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  Bachelor’s degree in Game Design, Economics, Mathematics, or similar discipline required
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  MBA or Graduate Degree preferred. Must have strong academic record
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  5-7 years of experience designing, modeling, tuning, or analyzing live free-to-play mobile game economies
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  Deep familiarity with mobile games market trends, player motivations, and product KPIs
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  Command of macro/microeconomics, pricing theory, behavioral economics, and similar concepts
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  Advanced mathematics skills – Excel, SQL, Tableau/Looker, Python, or similar preferred

This opportunity will suit you if you are...

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  Passionate – Deeply understands game economies across many genres – and what makes them successful
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  Inquisitive – Detail-oriented and enjoys digging deep to figure out what make things work
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  Creative – Excited to find new ways to approach complex analysis problems and design approachable solutions
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  Concise & Precise – Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills
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  Flexible – Smoothly adapts to new information and stakeholders in a constantly evolving business context
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  Trusted – Comfortable in a broad-scope advisory analyst role vs. direct game economy ownership

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. We offer a range of flexible working options through all.flex, our flexible hybrid work model and invite you to have a conversation with us about flexible working. EEO M/F/D/V

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  World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

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  Robust benefits package

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  Global career opportunities

Our Values

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  All about the Player

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  Talent Unleashed

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  Collective Brilliance

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  Good Business Good Citizen

The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.