About

Naveen Ayyanchira is a seasoned Senior Product Manager with over 8 years of experience in the mobile gaming industry. Currently working with Disney+ Hotstar, MPL, and RummyCircle, Naveen has a proven track record of delivering successful products from ideation to launch. In his current role as a Senior Product Manager at Hotstar, Naveen is responsible for driving product strategy and defining the roadmap for the platform. He has a wealth of experience in the full product lifecycle ownership, including writing specifications, working across multi-disciplinary teams, prioritizing projects, and creating roadmaps. Naveen has also played a crucial role in the acquisition and engagement of users, improving retention, and introducing new features to retain users on the platform. Prior to his current role, Naveen worked as a Product Manager II at Mobile Premier League, where he was responsible for the full product lifecycle ownership for casual games on MPL. He facilitated the launch of MPL in the USA by launching a new format that allowed players to play against each other in an asynchronous manner. He improved retention by introducing a game format that utilized variable-ratio schedule for high rewards in the game and conceptualized a game format that relied on team performance rather than individual performance, which improved the win probability of players in the game, thus boosting the retention in the game. Naveen has also worked as a Product Manager at Play Games24x7, where he ideated and created detailed feature specification documents, made wireframes and prototypes, and A/B tested several features that have added significant business value. He led the initiative to add the APK on OEM Playstores like Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi with accurate attribution for affiliates, which added a new channel to acquire users on the platform with better CPAs. Naveen holds a Post Graduate program in Management from ISB and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from SIES College. He has a strong tech stack that includes product management, mobile, Python, backend, data scientist, and research scientist. Naveen's relevant experience in the industry is 8.61 years.