Competitive Gaming Analyst

Requisition Number: 153905

Position Title: Senior Analyst

External Description:

Role Overview: Competitive Gaming Analyst

As a Competitive Gaming Analyst, you will play a key role in analyzing data to improve the player experience for EA’s most competitively-inclined players. You will play a significant role in determining the value of competitive gaming at EA, from casual couch challenges to eSports superstars. You will help inform strategic game design and feature decisions by researching the behavior of elite players and helping optimize key performance metrics in acquisition, retention, and monetization.

Core responsibilities:

• Coordinate with competitive gaming stakeholders to gather business questions, create and prioritize analytical requirements, and provide polished results
• Produce strategic insights to help business stakeholders make business decisions.
• Define targets and appropriate benchmarks for competitive gameplay
• Use statistics and machine learning to help determine optimal design strategies and drive further revenue
• Conduct experimental research on in-game features to learn about the competitive player-base  
• Work with large, distributed data sources to conduct analyses  
• Document analysis methodologies, conclusions, and business actions taken.
• Partner with Business Intelligence and Database Engineers to identify and manage data requirements to support high-quality analysis and reporting.
• Advise product teams about data capture needs.
• Consider analysis transparency and reproducibility as best practices.
• Maintain a reporting framework for keeping business stakeholders informed on crucial business metrics.

 

Key skills /experience:

• Undergraduate or graduate-level degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Economics).
• 0-2 years of experience with a graduate degree, or 2-4 years of experience without a graduate degree in a consumer products-oriented industry; gaming, entertainment, or e-commerce is a plus
• SQL skills, including experience querying large, complex data sets; experience with platforms like Redshift and Apache Hive is preferred.
• Applicants should have experience with using statistical inference methods and data mining techniques to analyze detailed aspects of digital business performance.
• Applicants should have the ability to interface effectively with strategic partners and the skills to convert analyses into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Applicants should have experience with programmatic data analysis tools (e.g. R, Python, Spark Scala)
• Applicants should have a vivid understanding of how use computational tools to solve problems.
• Applicants should have experience creating informative and interpretable visualizations of data and analyses using open-source or proprietary technologies.
• Applicants should be able to effectively communicate with people at various levels of business and technical expertise, including the ability to simplify difficult technical concepts.
• Knowledge of the eSports and gaming industry is highly preferred.

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Company Profile:

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 78

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.