Principal/Sr. Principal Economist

Mumbai
Dream11 – Product /
Full-time /
On-site
Product Strategy @Dream11

The product strategy team at Dream11 is primarily responsible to create a powerful and focused strategy to drive user engagement and growth. As more competitors enter the market and as the product grows, the strategy team will be responsible to help the product team identify new opportunities & change existing ones in a rapidly evolving market. 
 
The strategy team's main responsibility is the creation of long lasting value. The team will work shoulder to shoulder with the product team and help with the creation of strategies and plans. Focusing on complete macroeconomic analysis and market research the team will help reach decisive conclusions on items such as features, pricing, promotions and any other areas which will help Dream11 or its users derive value.

If you can think big and pin down opportunities that others usually overlook, this is the place for you. Click here to see how we step up the fantasy sports experience with every play.

Your Role:

    • Develop pricing strategies that integrate price elasticity and long-term user retention
    • Design and conduct causal studies using observational and experimental data to drive key business decisions
    • Own and manage the in-game economy to effectively balance liquidity
    • Inform key decisions for fantasy sports experiences to drive retention

Qualifiers:

    • PhD in economics, statistics, finance, quantitative marketing, or related fields
    • 4+ years of post-PhD experience in applied economics with exposure to applied microeconometrics, empirical IO, and labor economics, along with experience of applying them to real-world problems
    • Experience in programming languages, such as Python, R & Julia
About Dream Sports:

Dream Sports is India’s leading sports technology company with 280 million+ users, housing brands such as Dream11, the world’s largest fantasy sports platform, FanCode, a premier sports content & commerce platform and DreamSetGo, a sports experiences platform.

Dream Sports is based in Mumbai and has a workforce of close to 1,000 ‘Sportans’. Founded in 2008 by Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth, Dream Sports’ vision is to ‘Make Sports Better’ for fans through the confluence of sports and technology.

Dream11 is the world’s largest fantasy sports platform with 260 million+ users playing fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi, basketball, hockey, volleyball, handball, rugby, futsal, American football & baseball, on it. Dream11 is the flagship brand of Dream Sports, India’s leading Sports Technology company and has partnerships with several national & international sports bodies and cricketers.

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