Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Mar 2024 – Feb 2025 · 11 mos

• Production POC for transitioning Merge Magic from Gram Games to Zynga India
• Key Achievements:
• Improved App Store Impressions: Increased app store impressions by 20%, enhancing visibility and user acquisition.
• Cadence Efforts Reduction: Reduced cadence efforts by 50%, streamlining production processes.
• Vendor Budget Reduction: Lowered vendor budget by 50%, optimizing costs without sacrificing quality.
• Studio Initiatives: Successfully set up studio-first initiatives to foster innovation and team engagement.
• Structured Releases: Implemented a structured release schedule every 3 weeks, ensuring consistent updates and content delivery.
• DAU Improvements: Suggested and executed key game improvements that significantly increased daily active users (DAU).
• Production Tasking Efficiency: Reduced production tasking by 30% through the introduction of new tools and processes.
• QA Efforts Reduction: Decreased QA efforts related to cadence, enhancing overall production efficiency.
• Resource Involvement Reduction: Reduced resource involvement in cadence, allowing for better allocation of team efforts.
• Vendor Efficiency: Improved vendor efficiency and delivery timelines, ensuring timely project completion.

Apr 2023 – Mar 2024 · 11 mos

• Responsible for Release and localisation duties for Wonka
• Budget forecast planning for Wonka
• Vendor management
• Improved production processes
• Reduced production timelines by 30%
• Reduced budget utilisation by 50%
• Mentored and trained Associate producers & Interns
• Leading Z-Active for Zynga India

Aug 2022 – Mar 2023 · 7 mos

• Managing the entire production process for Wonka Slots machines
• Acquiring licensor approval and requests for individual Wonka machines
• Conducting Retrospectives to improve the production process
• Self-prioritizing and executing processes with minimal supervision
• Identifying roadblocks and work with partners to remove them
• Reduced the amount of meetings per week by 50%
• Ensuring the team morale is always high
• Improved the quality of play-tests
• Helped improve vendor performance
• Trained and helped ramp up new producers to the team.
• Inculcating new processes & responsibilities while carrying out the same duties I mentioned as a production intern.

Feb 2022 – Jul 2022 · 5 mos

• Planning and holding team meetings as per the project's requirements
• Managing tasks using relevant tools to drive the team member's work ( Jira, Confluence, GIT etc)
• Creating and managing Roadmaps
• facilitating vendor queries and requirements
• Leading scrum call for Wonka Machine team
• Creating and tracking Jira tickets
• Creating epic tickets for Wonka Machines
• Tracking releases via Jira
• Managing backlog for each Machine
• Working closely with the PM and Designers to finalise approach for Wonka machines
• Planning and plotting the production cycle for machines.
• Identifying potential risks and working with senior stakeholders on solutions and fixes.
• Verifying and submitting RFPs to vendors
• Generating monthly Invoices for our vendors.
• Working closely with Product Managers on CRM content
• Initiating meetings and sprints

Dec 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Led a team of 15+ members for multiple Grand Theft Auto V DLCs. (PC , PS4 and Xbox One)
• Initiated yearly performance reviews for game testers and helped them improve their performance
• Worked with various teams from different departments. ( Art, Animation, IT & Code)
• Created weekly/monthly reports to track workflow and performance of teams/individuals
• Created and monitored test cases for DLC packs
• Led large player sessions across studios
• Navmesh testing for Grand Theft Auto Online
• Worked on Priority Animation Sweeps
• Retail Testing for Red Dead Online
• Monitored team performance and requirements

Dec 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr

• Led and managed teams of 4-6 for multiple RDO DLCs
• Co-Managed and handled large session Testing
• Performance tested Red Dead Online content on multiple platforms (PC, PS4 and Xbox)
• Helped manage cross studio Large sessions
• Worked on Content Creator for Red Dead Online
• Helped with recruiting new game testers
• Monitored team performance

Oct 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Functionality Testing for Red Dead Redemption 2 Single player and Multiplayer
• Vehicle Testing for Red Dead Online
• Retail Testing for Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Online
• Cross studio Large session Testing
• Smoke Testing for Red Dead Redemption 2 Single player
• Destructive Testing for Red Dead Online
• Software Testing