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:

Electronic Arts Inc.は、インタラクティブ・エンターテイメント・ソフトウェアの世界的大手企業です。 EAは、インターネットに接続されたコンソール、パソコン、携帯電話、タブレットに対してゲーム、コンテンツおよびオンラインサービスを提供しています。

EEOText: EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無、および法律で保護されたその他のあらゆる状況は考慮されません。 また、犯罪歴のある人物の雇用も、募集要項を満たす応募者の場合は適用法令に従って検討します。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。

Days Open: 78

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無は考慮されません。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。