Athena Studio

Overview of job

Game Product Owner (20%)
- Frequent practitioner of the principle of Agile Mindset, Design Thinking, Data-Driven Decision Making
- Set the long term strategy and goals of the product, with the aim of maximizing the top line while optimizing the ROI
- Report on the product’s performance to top management and define the next steps
- Decide and maintain the product roadmap with the Product Manager
- Influence and inspire a cross-disciplinary team to deliver features to the highest quality standards, in alignment with performance goals
- Promoting positive & transparent communication and a culture of People & Result Orientation
- Ability to take a holistic view of product development, across the creative, marketing / UA, technical and data branches

Game Design (30%)
- Model, tune and manage complex game systems & mechanics (rewards, features) to engage players & fulfill their needs;
- Design, prototype and support the economic systems to drive players to engage with the game’s economy.
- Leading the collaborative process with other designers, artists, engineers to transform game concepts into high-quality products with strong player engagement, retention, and monetization.
- Continuously review development progress to ensure the final product quality meets the high expectations.
- Leading the A/B Test effort to find out more insight, and share with others.

- Monitor game performance and analyze user data to improve existing features or deliver new ones to existing games, ultimately boost game KPIs.

- Define and fine-tune all systems related to player motivation, rewards, social and progression.

Economy Design (50%)
- Use strong knowledge in macro and behavioral economics (game theory, sociology, etc.) to create the in-game economy and its money life cycle (production, sinks, inflation);
- Define the virtual products (relation, life cycle, streams of availability);
- Collaborate with the data analyst to design the metrics system to ensure the data collection triggering economy adjustments and tuning;
- Support and work closely with the monetization manager to provide monetization opportunities.
- Design, managing all economic aspects of the game design, balance game system in-game economy, difficulty progression to engage players on the long term and provide monetization opportunities

• Great facility to work. You will have a MacBook and extra high definition screens
• Remote work 12 days / Annual leave 12 days / Sick leave 2 days
• Premium health insurance package for you and your relatives
• Annual health check-up at the premium clinic
• Development opportunity: sponsorship for all training courses includes Business English...
• Interesting workout activities: gym/fitness, yoga, kick-boxing, football after work
• With regular discussions, you will have a lot of opportunities to learn from experts in their fields
• 13th-month Salary + Annual bonus + Project bonus
• Twice yearly performance review and one-time salary review per year
• Reward & Recognition in mobile platform
• International opportunity to expose and grow
• Professional, creative working environment and talented teams, equal-opportunities & agile culture
• At least one abroad travel every year. We often send our elites to international conferences like GDC, WWDC, Google I/O... to update the latest technology
• 1-2 Annual Luxury Company Trip, Team Building
• Free food & drinks, kitchen at work, PlayStation & billiards corner
• Friday evening party, happy hours, team activities, and awesome parties
• The remaining Annual leave will be transferred to the next working year
• Additional allowance, gifts for birthdays, giving-birth, weddings, illness, Mid-Autumn Festival, Lunar New Year, 1/1, 1/5, 1/6…
• Paternity Leave policy offers more than 10 days of paid leave, not including days-off according to Vietnam Labor Law regulations
• Free parking

KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge about Game mechanics, game flow, tool support for game designing.
- At least 1,5 years experience in Analytics, statistical probability skill
- Strong knowledge in behavioral economics;
- Graduated from a university that requires Math, Statistical probability, Logic skill
- Prototyping or ideation know-how
- Define the virtual products (relation, life cycle, streams of availability)
- Fluent in Excel or similar tools, be able to modeling complex game economy to make sure the ecosystem work as intended
- Plus:

* Statistic in casual games (hybrid monetization model)
* Background in technical or programming
* Knowledge about Mobile game market, game trending especially in casual and puzzle genre
- Knowledge about Games statistics & tracking
- Have a wide range of experience in different game genres

- Certification in Product Owner position is plus

ABILITIES
- Drive for the result, Self-motivated & Self-organized
- Self-critique and accept outside critique
- Identify and solve issues proactively
- Strong analytical skills;
- Good knowledge of quantitative data;
- Good understanding of players' psychology.
- Keep eyes on details
- Passion for playing and making games
- Sense of responsibility and teamwork spirit
- Blending between Player Focus + Innovation + Decision Making
- Superb communication skills, both verbal and written
- Plus
* Experience shipped one or more puzzle/arcade/casual games
* Ability to create a prototype by yourself with any creation software or game engine (Unity3d, cocos, Game Maker,...)
* A dedicated balance between left/right brain