Senior Mobile Game Product Consultant, Economy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants anywhere in the world.

📋 Description

• Evaluate the completion of tutorials, player drop-off rates, time taken to reach meaningful gameplay, initial game difficulty, comprehension of core mechanics, and the assimilation of early complexity.

• Determine the optimal timing for introducing elements in the early player experience.

• Analyze currencies, progression systems, sinks, faucets, and the overall balance of power.

• Examine the pace of progression, currency generation and expenditure, resource scarcity, progression barriers, player demand, perceived value, power advancement, competitive fairness, risks of pay-to-win mechanics, and long-term progression objectives.

• Design a monetization framework that effectively supports the mobile game.

• Review first-purchase strategies, offer designs and sequences, pricing strategies, regional pricing variations, payer segmentation, conversion rates, battle pass feasibility, rewarded advertisements, monetization placement, and spending ladders.

• Assess the depth of the core loop, match quality, perceived fairness, short-, medium-, and long-term objectives, motivation for progression and collection, engagement loops, events, content release schedules, LiveOps opportunities, player churn, and return behavior.

• Make trade-offs between monetization, competitive fairness, retention, progression, matchmaking, engagement, and spending.

• Utilize real player data to inform decisions, implement changes, and evaluate results.

• Transform analysis into actionable product recommendations.

• Collaborate across product management, game design, economy, analytics, and LiveOps teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in live free-to-play mobile gaming.

• Profound practical understanding of game economies and progression mechanics.

• Strong grasp of monetization strategies and retention techniques.

• Proven experience in making economic, balance, progression, or monetization decisions for a live mobile title.

• Capability to analyze raw player and product data directly.

• In-depth understanding of cohorts, funnels, retention metrics, conversion rates, and player behavior.

• Good judgment regarding when data supports conclusions and when it does not.

• Experience in translating analysis into clear product recommendations.

• Strong awareness of competitive integrity and pay-to-win risks.

• Ability to work collaboratively across product, game design, economy, analytics, and LiveOps teams.

• Proficient written and spoken English skills.

• Experience with MOBA games (preferred).

• Background in competitive PvP gaming (preferred).

• Familiarity with mobile soft-launches (preferred).

• Experience with paid user acquisition-driven mobile games (preferred).

• Knowledge of battle passes, offers, LiveOps, or rewarded advertising (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Flexible working hours and remote work options.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Access to the latest tools and technologies in game development.

• A collaborative and inclusive work environment.