Senior Manager, Sports Analytics

Requisition Number: 117254

Position Title: Senior Manager, Analytics

External Description:

EA Tiburon studio is looking for an Analytics Manager to drive the delivery of high-quality analysis and help studio leadership make sound business decisions about the Sports franchises.  You will solve complex problems and drive the future strategy for analytics within the studio.  You should have a strong analytics background, preferably in the area of gaming or consumer products.

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Provide strategic insights and recommendations to optimize current and future products
• Responsible for day-to-day management of analyst deliverables, including capacity planning and analysis best practices such as peer reviews, problem solving methodology, archiving, and model selection and validation techniques
• Partner with leadership to define and prioritize highest value work for the business
• Collaborate with other analytic leaders across Sports and EA to define and drive cross-franchise analytics strategy
• Manage and mentor other analysts
• Exercise judgment of appropriate methodology use for simple and complex problems
• Help shape the future analytics platform by partnering with internal technology groups to define analyst requirements

 

Requirements:

 

• Bachelor's degree. Master's/PhD preferred in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related discipline
• 5+ years’ experience in quantitative analysis, preferably for a gaming or consumer products company
• 3+ years’ experience managing other team members in a formal or informal capacity
• Experience in understanding business problems and constraints, translating into analysis approach and insights, and then following through on recommendations/outcomes
• Experience leading analytical presentations to large groups and/or senior management
• Excellent project management skills to build and execute analysis delivery plans with clearly defined deliverables, timelines, ownership, and risks/issues
• In-depth and extensive knowledge of quantitative techniques and tools including the following, but not limited to, regressions, survival analysis, classification, forecasting, and clustering
• Excellent skills using statistical software, including R and Python
• Excellent SQL skills; experience with big data ecosystem such as Hive/Hadoop is a plus
• Familiarity with JIRA is a plus

 

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

 

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

 

More about our location: https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/orlando

 

EA 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 or veteran status. We will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.

 

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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: 182

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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.