Advanced Business Analyst

Requisition Number: 164193

Position Title: Advanced Analyst

External Description:

DTS Operations Expert Business Analyst – Vancouver

EA was founded over 38 years ago.  Many things have changed over the years as the gaming industry—and the company—have expanded immensely.  However, we are still driven by our goal of inspiring the world to play by developing, publishing, and distributing the world’s best games.  Fueled by our talented staff across the globe, we are united in our passion to continue shaping the future of interactive entertainment. Together we can make a difference.

 EA Studios Development Technology and Services (DTS) provides services that empower our development teams to build great games across EA.  The DTS Analytics team supports a wide spectrum of initiatives across DTS.  The analytics function serves as a key tenet of DTS’s operating approach to ensure we all have a clear and measurable alignment of initiatives against EA studios business imperatives.

Responsibilities:  

• Participate in a diverse range of strategic initiatives, in response to current and future business needs.
• Provide strategic insights to senior leaders/executives in DTS, promote business optimization, growth strategies and fuel decision-making.
• Formulate strategy on behalf of DTS operations and identify the team and resources to implement the vision.
• Work with other technology leaders across the organization to establish and implement cross-organizational efforts.
• Provide guidance and assistance to internal and external partners in evaluating ROI of different technologies.
• Mentor, grow and attract a team of accomplished analysts and leaders. Provide oversight and leverage analytical expertise to ensure that outcomes are actionable and reliable.
• Spearhead process transformation and change management efforts.
• Identify, evaluate, and provide recommendations on effective solutions to the stated needs.
• Organize and lead sessions to understand and capture business processes, user workflows, user stories, data models, pain points and feedback from internal partners.
• Consolidate your investigation, findings, and recommendations into well-written and cohesive presentations.
• Manage stakeholders’ expectations, timelines, and risks throughout a project life cycle.
• Prioritize workload and multi-task in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while keeping a positive attitude.

Qualifications:

• Result-oriented individual with minimum of 10 years of professional experience performing all aspects of business and enterprise-level analysis.
• Proven track record in a leading, advisory role who is well-versed in technology evaluation, assessment and roadmap development.
• 6+ years’ experience managing or mentoring other team members in a formal or informal capacity.
• Master in navigating ambiguity and establish structure and coherence to complex business problems.
• Strong command in utilizing your analytical toolbelt to identify root causes and constraints, translate qualitative/quantitative data into actionable insight, and follow through on recommendations / outcomes.
• Confident and succinct communicator that can interface with stakeholders from a diverse set of backgrounds and levels.
• Experience leading and coaching presentations to wide audiences, large groups, including senior management.
• Proven track record in managing your own deliverables and producing high quality results, building analysis delivery plans with clear deliverables, ownership, and communication plans.
• Able to operate independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Versed in understanding of Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) processes and methodologies (e.g. agile, waterfall, interactive, etc.)
• Disciplined in organizing your deliverables and other results of your work.
• Comfortable working as part of an international team that spans multiple time zones.

The following would be considered an asset for this role:

• Previous working experience in a management consulting environment is highly preferable
• University degree in computing science, mathematics, engineering, business management or relevant field (combined with an MBA or equivalent) is preferable
• Affinity to stay on top of current technology tends including cloud & distributed platforms, machine learning and AI, digital customer experience, etc…
• Experience in creating reports and dashboards using data visualization software packages (eg. Power BI, Tableau).

Domestic and international travel may be required.

You must be eligible to work in Canada.

 

 

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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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: 101

Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。