Senior Data Analyst

Activision•Santa Monica, CA

About The Position

We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many fields of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivaled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world. Your Mission is:The Mobile Analytics Team is adding a dedicated Sr. Analyst to work directly with our studio partners. As a member of the Mobile Analytics Team, your mission is to put science into decision making. You will work closely with designers, engineers, business stakeholders, and analytics peers to derive meaningful insights and recommendations to improve gameplay design and commercial decisions. Responsibilities include: Partner with mobile studios to proactively identify and implement gameplay analytics in support of the development goals of product managers and development teams Partner with product managers and peer analytics engineers to implement game health telemetry and tracking, create new dashboards and reports, and perform deep-dive research Collaborate with product teams to optimize game feature balance, game economies, and to identify and close out exploits Deliver presentations on analytic topics and results to both technical and non-technical audiences What you will bring to the team? The ideal candidate will be a motivated data expert who wants to grow their analytics toolset in a fast-paced environment, is focused on delivering value to partners, and has a passion for video games. Your success will be reflected in: Measurable Impact: Consistently demonstrating analytics impact on revenue, engagement, and player experience. Relationships: Team success is a priority. You will rely on your excellent relationship skills to build trust with your studio partners. Communication: You will effectively manage your own time, stakeholder, and leadership expectations. Translator: Your work speaks for itself; correct, clear, and concise insights leading to action. Domain knowledge: As you understand our players’ attitudes, you are reliably able to qualitatively deduce and draw quantitative conclusions that will directly influence decision-making

Requirements

BA/BS degree required with a technical focus (e.g. data science, statistics, mathematics) or equivalent experience.
5+ years of relevant experience in analytics-related work.
Experience working with business partners to create and communicate strategic, actionable takeaways, provide solutions, and expose areas of improvement.
Deep technical skills using SQL to generate data sets - familiarity working in a notebook-based workflow is a plus.

Responsibilities

Partner with mobile studios to proactively identify and implement gameplay analytics in support of the development goals of product managers and development teams
Partner with product managers and peer analytics engineers to implement game health telemetry and tracking, create new dashboards and reports, and perform deep-dive research
Collaborate with product teams to optimize game feature balance, game economies, and to identify and close out exploits
Deliver presentations on analytic topics and results to both technical and non-technical audiences

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

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