Principal Game Analyst, GaaS & Monetization Design

The Principal Game Analyst at Tencent Games' Game Research Center will be a key expert in GaaS and monetization design. This role involves developing systematic methodologies and enabling projects in long-term live product content planning, economy systems, monetization strategy, and lifecycle management. Responsibilities include continuous market research on GaaS trends, providing expert guidance for product evaluation, building GaaS evaluation frameworks, and fostering cross-team collaboration. Candidates need proven experience launching GaaS products as a core or lead designer, with strong skills in economy and monetization system design, and a data-driven approach to optimize game performance.

Must Have

• Track global GaaS trends and conduct systematic analyses.
• Provide expert guidance on economy systems, monetization, content pacing, retention, and growth strategies.
• Participate in prototype, milestone, and Soft Launch evaluations.
• Support projects in building long-term content planning (LTV, seasonal templates, event systems).
• Build GaaS evaluation systems and consolidate best practices.
• Collaborate with producers, data, monetization, and growth teams.
• Design complete economy systems, monetization structures, seasonal systems, and event loops.
• Strong understanding of IAP, Battle Pass, Gacha, Cosmetic, and Subscription models.
• Capable of designing long-term retention structures.
• Able to break down growth mechanisms of leading GaaS titles.
• Strong business-level English proficiency.
• 5+ years experience in GaaS, economy, or monetization design.
• Proven experience launching GaaS products as a core or lead designer.

Good to Have

• Cross-cultural collaboration experience.

Business Unit

Tencent Games was established in 2003. We are a leading global platform for game development, operations and publishing, and the largest online game community in China.

Tencent Games has developed and operated over 140 games. We provide cross-platform interactive entertainment experience for more than 800 million users in over 200 countries and regions around the world. Honor of Kings, PUBG MOBILE, and League of Legends, are some of our most popular titles around the world.

Meanwhile, we actively promote the development of esports industry, work with global partners to build an open, collaborative and symbiotic industrial ecology, and create high-quality digital life experiences for players.

About the Hiring Team

Game Research Center(GRC) is a department focusing on game industry study, game analysis, game design research, data analysis and game development supporting. We’re one of the world’s leading research facility in game industry, building a global knowledge tank to help our teams make better decisions. We’re looking for innovative and passionate team members who love all kinds of games and have insight about the challenging global market.

What the Role Entails

This position sits within the GRC team. Its core objective is to bring in an expert with mature GaaS product experience to provide systematic methodologies and project enablement in long-term live product content planning, economy systems, monetization strategy, and lifecycle management. We are looking for candidates who have successfully launched GaaS products and served as core or lead designers, with the ability to establish standardized GaaS frameworks and growth models for the company.

Responsibilities

1. Market Research & GaaS Trend Insights

• Continuously track global GaaS trends, including long-term content structures, seasonal systems, economy design, and growth models.
• Conduct systematic analyses of top global GaaS products to summarize success factors, business models, and design frameworks.
• Produce industry analyses and growth insights for senior leadership and project teams.

2. Product Evaluation & Project Enablement

• Provide expert guidance on economy systems, monetization structures, content pacing, retention, and growth strategies for key GaaS projects.
• Participate in prototype reviews, key milestone assessments, and Soft Launch evaluations, delivering actionable optimization paths.
• Support projects in building long-term content planning (LTV structure, seasonal templates, event systems, monetization touchpoints, etc.).
• Assist teams in assessing monetization risks, balance issues, and growth opportunities.

3. Methodology & Framework Development

• Build GaaS evaluation systems, including economy system frameworks, long-term content planning templates, and monetization assessment models.
• Consolidate best practices from successful GaaS projects into reusable internal standards and tools.
• Enhance team-wide GaaS strategic capabilities through trainings, workshops, and case studies.

4. Cross-Team Collaboration & Strategic Support

• Collaborate closely with producers, data teams, monetization teams, and growth teams to drive GaaS strategies into execution.
• Provide opportunity assessments and investment recommendations for GaaS categories to strategy teams.
• Support major project decision points by offering monetization and growth perspectives.

Who We Look For

1. Experience Background

• 5+ years of experience in GaaS, economy design, or monetization design.
• Proven experience launching GaaS products, serving as a core or lead designer (Lead Designer / Economy Lead / Monetization Lead).
• Familiarity with mainstream GaaS genres such as shooters, RPGs, strategy, competitive titles, and social MMO.

2. Professional Skills

• Able to design complete economy systems, monetization structures, seasonal systems, and event loops.
• Strong understanding of monetization models including IAP, Battle Pass, Gacha, Cosmetic systems, and Subscription models.
• Capable of designing long-term retention structures (LTV, loops, content cadence, etc.).
• Able to break down growth mechanisms of leading GaaS titles and develop structured methodologies.

3. General Skills

• Strong cross-team collaboration and structured communication capabilities.
• Data-driven mindset, able to make high-quality judgments under uncertainty.
• Cross-cultural collaboration experience is a plus.

4. Language & Location

• Strong business-level English proficiency is essential.
• Open to overseas placement or long-term collaboration with overseas teams (NL/UK).

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