Staff Data Analyst

2K•Novato, CA

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for a passionate Staff Data Analyst to support the Sports Game Science & Insights team, to explore, analyze, report, and action on data from our portfolio of titles (WWE 2K, PGA TOUR 2K). We’re looking for someone who can translate product & business knowledge into deep analysis and, in turn, translate to actionable insights for cross functional business stakeholders. As you deliver valuable insights to stakeholders, you will aim to build strong relationships, become a trusted partner among business functions, and scale out team efforts from one team to the next. Our mission is to enable our partners to be more proactive, productive & successful by providing best in class, end-to-end and scalable data solutions.

Requirements

The ideal candidate for this role has the ability to see the underlying story in the data, know how to ask the right questions and relate output back to measurable player or business outcomes.
A solution-oriented and creative problem solver.
A self-starter with the passion and enthusiasm to join a growing insights team to get results for meaningful change.
Track record of successfully leading the delivery of insights and analysis across business functions (Product, Commercial, Marketing)
Proven ability to produce impactful insights that resulted in tangible enhancements to product or business outcomes
Profound knowledge in SQL
Great communication skills and a clear understanding of how to make insights understandable and actionable for the business
High degree of proactivity and curiosity to understand, measure, and improve our understanding of our players and their behaviour
Ability to lead the delivery of complex projects, manage changing priorities and coach others to success
Understanding internal customer satisfaction as one of your key success factors

Nice To Haves

Profound experience in data modeling
Strong nice to have: data science language, such as Python or R
Experience in data visualization tools, such as Tableau
Video games experience & passion - particularly in sports titles

Responsibilities

Leverage a deep understanding of how our titles’ game features & mechanics work and our business priorities to deliver actionable, business-impacting insights
Support business narratives and develop business cases with effective data storytelling.
Focus on using data and hypothesis-driven decision-making to drive future growth and customer lifetime value
Learn different business teams’ and stakeholders’ ways of working and preferences for understanding data, and be a bridge between the data team and business teams (Product, Marketing, Commercial) to translate complex business needs into data-related projects
Tailor the output to match stakeholder needs, including reports, visualizations, charts, and tables
Gain an understanding of internal titles outside of our portfolio (NBA 2K, Borderlands, other 2K titles) to provide strong benchmarking and comparison points for business performance
Lead the exploration of creative new ways of measurement to identify patterns and causal relationships
Empower teams to track and analyze activity/productivity and support their research projects, leading the efforts towards building scalable self-service tools
Act as a subject matter expert to support analysts and other data-users to improve their capabilities.
Grow and develop best practices that contribute to both the team and wider business understanding of our players
Data doesn't just appear overnight, we work with our stakeholders to understand what data matters most to their business and strategy. In addition to delivering insights on what is available to us, this role will be responsible for liaising with stakeholders to proactively identify what data we need to begin to record for future initiatives that drive value