Achal Gupta

CEO

Austin, Texas, United States11 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

Led product management for $100M+ ARR social casino game.
Drove revenue growth through data-driven product strategies.
Expert in player engagement and monetization optimization.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in the Gaming industry with a strong technical background.

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Core Skills

Product Management

Other Skills

A/B TestingAPI DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsCC++Continuous IntegrationCore JavaData AnalysisData StructuresDevOpsDistributed SystemsEclipseElasticSearchHTML

About

“Jugaad”—the art of resourceful problem-solving—is how I’ve approached product management throughout my career. Whether it's finding scrappy solutions to unlock growth or navigating constraints to deliver impact, I’ve always leaned on creativity and adaptability. Lately, I’ve started using AI as a force multiplier, helping me move faster, make smarter decisions, and stay focused on what matters most. I’m currently Director of Product at SciPlay, leading a $100M+ ARR social casino game with full ownership of the roadmap and a team of Product Managers. Over the past decade, I’ve helped grow and scale free-to-play mobile games at Zynga, Scopely, and now SciPlay—launching features, tuning monetization, and driving liveops that improve both engagement and revenue. With a strong technical and analytical foundation, I’m comfortable going deep—whether it’s analyzing cohorts, breaking down systems with engineering, or refining the game economy. I’ve worked across global teams to ship high-impact updates, reverse revenue dips, and build resilient product organizations. My approach blends sharp execution with a player-first mindset. If you’re building great games, thinking about the future of F2P, or just swapping notes on product leadership—I’d love to connect.

Experience

Sciplay

2 roles

Head of Product

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Director of Product for Gold Fish Casino - $XXXMN ARR

Product Management

Principal Product Manager

Nov 2023 – Apr 2024 · 5 mos

Product Management

Scopely

2 roles

Lead Product Manager

Promoted

Sep 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 “𝘠𝘢𝘩𝘵𝘻𝘦𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘦”, 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 $𝘟𝘟𝘟 𝘔𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦.
Conducted extensive player cohort and game economy analysis to pull the game out of revenue weakness, impacting ~3% of the quarterly revenue forecast.
Collaborated with Product Roadmap to tune, launch, and optimize new features, driving 4% revenue growth.
Conceptualized a new Live Services Dashboard to aid Live Service analysis – saved hundreds of man-hours through efficient analytics and top-line growth by reacting to issues and trends.
Managed a team of 6 Junior to Senior PMs - Drove Performance best practices throughout the Product team.
Setup and transitioned the Product Performance team from the US to Barcelona

Product Management

Senior Product Manager

Sep 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr

Product Management

Zynga

2 roles

Product Manager

Promoted

Jun 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · United States

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 “𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴”, 𝘢 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 $𝘟𝘟 𝘔𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦
Conducted extensive player cohort and game economy analysis to pull the game out of revenue weakness in two separate instances across different quarters, impacting ~5% of the quarterly revenue forecast.
Conceptualized, designed, tuned, and live-operated two features – Level Dash and Spins of Fate – resulting in ARPU lifts of 7% and 10% and core engagement KPI lifts of 20% and 10%, respectively.
Extensively collaborated with Engineers and Game Designers to design GoTS’ first mini-game “Spins of Fate” as a system, hence reducing future costs of mini-game development by 20%
Rated as “Outperforming” in Zynga’s Annual Performance Review, given to the top 10% of employees in the same role.

Product Management

Associate Product Manager

May 2018 – Apr 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 “𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 & 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴”, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 $𝘟 𝘔𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 80 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘟𝘟𝘟 𝘒 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘖𝘚.
Led the development and release of new game levels and game heroes - exceeded revenue targets by 20% through data-driven product improvements and innovative business models.
Researched App Store Optimization (ASO) techniques and collaborated with designers and copyrighters to refresh App Store listing, leading to 15% growth in organic installs.
Introduced the concept of “Base Cosmetics” by releasing country flags and statues – leading to an increase in ARPDAU by 2% - and achieved the highest ROI of any feature.

Product Management