Lead Social Behavioral Scientist

Requisition Number: 172291

Position Title: Director, Research

External Description:

#WeAreEA and we exist to inspire the world to play. EA values creativity, pioneering, passion, determination, learning, and teamwork. We mean things like acting with curiosity, speaking up with original ideas, and committing to each other as one team. We're looking for all the best kinds of people to make great experiences for our players. People want a job that inspires them, while giving them room to enjoy their lives. And we want to give them that. We celebrate diversity and inclusion by creating a place where you can come to work and be yourself.

The Positive Play Group at Electronic Arts is changing the game for good. Our goal is to reimagine and rebuild the gaming experience to be an inclusive, fair and positive one for all players. We are part of the Experience organization, and you will report to the Director of Player Connection to help build a first-of-its-kind foundational technology to power the social ecosystem in and around our games, by enabling meaningful connections between our players, our games and our content.

Come join us! We're hiring a Social/Behavioral Scientist to join EA's Positive Play team.

The Opportunity Ahead: The Social/Behavioral Scientist will be an expert in why and how people connect on a human level and have a understanding of how interests and shared experiences bond people and increase trust and connectedness. You will work with the other specialists on the Social Accelerator team to understand, craft and apply behavioral insights to determine the steps for players to make and deepen connections within and outside of the game and address some of the most complex user needs and problems. You have practical / corporate experience beyond academia as a behavioral researcher and an undergraduate or graduate degree in behavioral science, behavioral economics, social or cognitive psychology, sociology, human computer interaction or a related field.

Responsibilities/Skills:

Use your expertise in Applied Behavioral Science to help create healthier short- and long-term behaviors through:

• Behavioral Strategy: In collaboration with partners, determine the specifics of the target population and desired outcome behavior, including metric definition/status-quo measurement
• Behavioral Evangelism: Be the voice of behavior-based user questions across the team and provide guidance around best practices
• Behavioral Impact Evaluation: Evaluate, analyze and present to what extent the designed interventions materially improve the player experience
• Expert in why and how people connect on a human level; neuroscience and behavior trends around social engagement
• Understand how interests and shared experiences bond people and increase trust, connectedness
• Determine the types of friendships/connections + expression through player personas
• You will work with cross-functional partners in marketing, design, UX/UI, engineering, and product to craft and apply behavioral insights that address some of the most complex user needs/problems
• Lead complex research through questionnaires sampling and weighing strategies
• Provide thought leadership and implement strategy to create company understanding of behavioral science.

Qualifications:

• 4 years of experience as behavioral researcher
• 5+ years of experience using R, Python, SQL
• Relevant corporate and/or product building expertise
• Bachelor's Degree (with 4 or more years on-the-job experience) or MA/MS degree (with 2 or more years of on-the-job experience) in behavioral science, behavioral economics, social or cognitive psychology, sociology, human computer interaction or a related field.

Join us in driving the next revolution in games.

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Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

EEOText: EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부, 또는 법으로 금지된 기타 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. 또한, 해당 직책에 합당한 능력을 갖추고 있다면 범죄 기록이 있는 지원자도 관련 법률을 준수하는 방식으로 채용 여부를 고려합니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.

Days Open: 82

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.