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Hrishikesh Shetty

Product Manager @ Zynga

Bengaluru

6+ years of work experience

Zynga
Mar 20251 yr 8 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Scaling Puzzle games - Boggle with Friends, Crosswords with Friends and Boggle Arcade
JetSynthesys
May 202410 mosFeb 2025

Pune

Handling LiveOps for a AAA RTS mobile game. Worked with designers, engineers and community teams to use data to build new game levels and content types, launch and run new types of in-game events and Seasons. Introduce new "Sources" and "Sinks" into the game economies, add new Game IAP packs, optimize pricing strategies, use special events and seasons to build a roster of special in-game sales and discounts. Introduce new season branches, and own and optimize KPIs for the season which includes weekly revenue, DAU, and ARPDAU. Revamped the referral system of the game with new and updated rewards and awarding touchpoints which resulted in 25% more referrals since implementation. Worked with the stakeholders on the feature roadmap to plan new features on improving the user retention and overall player experience.
JetSynthesys
Nov 20236 mosApr 2024

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

PlayerzPot Media Pvt Ltd
Jul 20212 yrs 3 mosSep 2023

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Setup a new sign-up flow which reduced user drop-off by 30% during registration. Developed a new home screen in the app which increased the game adoption rate by 25% and improved the activation of users in the app. Ideated and developed a recommendation model for game recommendation and contest recommendation based on user behavior and history. Recommended strategic initiatives to the marketing team for targeting customers. Ideated and developed the complete user flow of Playerzpot quiz for the Sony Liv app which had a user engagement of 100k users.
Redwood Algorithms
Jan 20216 mosJun 2021

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Created automated dashboard in Power BI for tracking the sales of an FMCG company. Built Data Models using R and Python for analyzing the Leads data of ATI. Created Data Mart using SQL for easy data entry and understanding. Market Analysis and Research for NIOS.
SSi People
Sep 20191 yr 1 moSep 2020

Greater Pittsburgh Region

Sourcing, screening and qualifying candidates from major job boards and social networking sites. Coordinating and executing interviews and maintaining candidate/client communication. Facilitate meeting between hiring manager and applicant. Compose offer letters and negotiate salary and benefits. Participate in implementing new recruiting technology, such as applicant tracking systems and screening tools.

Hrishikesh’s AI Stack

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Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

B.E., Computer Science and Engineering

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Pre-University, Computer Science

St. Dominic Savio College

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Headline

Product Manager @ Zynga

About

Product Manager with extensive experience in the gaming industry. My strengths are design thinking techniques, understanding user behavior, and creating a complete product roadmap from ideation to GTM. Experience working with tech, design, finance, marketing & growth teams to plan products that delight customers, are viable and make business sense. Extremely hands-on in tech specifically data analysis and reporting. Well-versed with user flows and tracking the complete user journey from acquisition to revenue.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

deepseek

gemini

meta

metaai

Work experience

Product Manager II at Zynga, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Scaling Puzzle games - Boggle with Friends, Crosswords with Friends and Boggle Arcade

Product Manager at JetSynthesys, May 2024 - Feb 2025 · 10 mos, Pune, Handling LiveOps for a AAA RTS mobile game. Worked with designers, engineers and community teams to use data to build new game levels and content types, launch and run new types of in-game events and Seasons. Introduce new "Sources" and "Sinks" into the game economies, add new Game IAP packs, optimize pricing strategies, use special events and seasons to build a roster of special in-game sales and discounts. Introduce new season branches, and own and optimize KPIs for the season which includes weekly revenue, DAU, and ARPDAU. Revamped the referral system of the game with new and updated rewards and awarding touchpoints which resulted in 25% more referrals since implementation. Worked with the stakeholders on the feature roadmap to plan new features on improving the user retention and overall player experience.

Associate Product Manager at JetSynthesys, Nov 2023 - Apr 2024 · 6 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Associate Product Manager at PlayerzPot Media Pvt Ltd, Jul 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Setup a new sign-up flow which reduced user drop-off by 30% during registration. Developed a new home screen in the app which increased the game adoption rate by 25% and improved the activation of users in the app. Ideated and developed a recommendation model for game recommendation and contest recommendation based on user behavior and history. Recommended strategic initiatives to the marketing team for targeting customers. Ideated and developed the complete user flow of Playerzpot quiz for the Sony Liv app which had a user engagement of 100k users.

Data Science Associate at Redwood Algorithms, Jan 2021 - Jun 2021 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Created automated dashboard in Power BI for tracking the sales of an FMCG company. Built Data Models using R and Python for analyzing the Leads data of ATI. Created Data Mart using SQL for easy data entry and understanding. Market Analysis and Research for NIOS.

Technical Recruiter at SSi People, Sep 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo, Greater Pittsburgh Region, Sourcing, screening and qualifying candidates from major job boards and social networking sites. Coordinating and executing interviews and maintaining candidate/client communication. Facilitate meeting between hiring manager and applicant. Compose offer letters and negotiate salary and benefits. Participate in implementing new recruiting technology, such as applicant tracking systems and screening tools.

Education

B.E., Computer Science and Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University

Pre-University, Computer Science, St. Dominic Savio College