Derrick Navin

Product Director

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led product teams driving $100M+ revenue.
Expert in data analytics for product strategy.
Proven track record in audience growth and retention.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Gaming Product Manager with strong expertise in revenue growth and user engagement strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementGame DesignRevenue ManagementData Analysis

Other Skills

B2B MarketingBig Data AnalyticsBrand ManagementBusiness AnalysisBusiness AnalyticsCRMCore JavaData AnalyticsDigital MarketingEclipseFeature AnalysisGame DevelopmentHibernate 3.1J2EE Web ServicesJSP

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~10 years of experience in product management with proven results driving audience and revenue growth for different products with yearly revenue of $100m+. Skilled at leveraging data analytics to identify opportunities along with consumer insights to finalize product roadmap along with driving stakeholder alignment to boost audience growth, arpdau and retention along with close collaboration with cross-functional teams like User Acquisition, ASO, Marketing, Analytics , Design,Art,UX . My current responsibilities involve complete revenue ownership of $100M+ title , leading the product team for product vision, product roadmap, managing and achieving product metric goals and designing features to drive revenue,retention and engagament . Experienced in working under high pressure situations by handling quarterly revenue targets, working with senior mgmt for team bandwidth planning .

Experience

Zynga

5 roles

Director of Products

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Lead Product Manager

Promoted

Mar 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Senior Product Manager

Jul 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

Flat-lined the revenue decline of product and setting the team up for growth for 2021 with an aggressive product roadmap

Product Manager

Promoted

Mar 2018 – Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Game : Empires & Allies
Currently leading the Empires & Allies mobile team.
1. Responsible for entire game vision, game strategy , roadmap planning , execution
2. Metric responsibilities include DAU, Revenue, Retention and Engagament and meeting quarterly targets
Game : Farmville 2
Responsible for defining and managing Product Roadmap and Quarterly Revenue for entire game
Responsible for Payer DAU Roadmap
Driving payer retention
New Payer Conversions
Reducing Payer churn-Likelihood to Lapse model
High Value Active Payer Retention
2. Created VIP strategy and driving VIP Roadmap for the game to improve baseline arpdau
3. Built a co-op system with fresh aspiration targeting revenue of $1mn
4. Built a PvP league system to improve retention and engagement targeting revenue of $2mn
5. Successfully delivered multiple features exceeding its revenue and retention targets

Game DesignGame DevelopmentProduct ManagementProduct RoadmapRevenue ManagementRetention Strategies

Associate Product Manager

Jun 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

Responsible for defining and managing Product Roadmap for weekly cadence features($11M per year)
Drove 10% Growth in weekly cadence features
Feature Analysis,Designing New Features,SPEC Writing,Defining Metrics
Extensive data analytics to understand user behaviour and design feature based on insights
Received 'Emerging Star' Award for driving weekly cadence baseline improvement
Received 'Samurai' Award for Feature-of-the-week POD for exceeding revenue targets for two quarters

Product ManagementFeature AnalysisData AnalyticsData Analysis