We are hiring a Senior Manager of Data and Analytics for our Mobile portfolio to build and lead a team of game analysts. In this role, you will be a key influence in shaping the future of games for the Popcap studio, including Plants Vs Zombies titles.

Given the ubiquity of data, it’s essential that our organization have the most state of the art information, insights, and data products available. Success in this position will require an entrepreneurial spirit and a collaborative attitude, working across multiple disciplines including design, UX, and game PMs to understand foundational insights needs, and executing a plan to drive the game and studio to success.

Analytics is not viewed as a service, but rather as a partner with an equal seat at the table, therefore this is a role where you are expected to push beyond a traditional analytics remit; you bring the quantitative perspective but you will need to collaborate extensively with your creative teammates in Product and Design and influence using top quality insights; being able to manage the short-term priorities and analysis of your team while still focusing on the long-term vision for the game and how these short-term pushes affect them is imperative; to bridge the gap between the creative side of game design and the hard math of live-services, you will need to understand both sides of that coin.

This is a leadership role with high visibility and your success will be predicated on the larger success of the studio. You will be the point person for central and studio leadership alike, a source of truth and objectivity. Data has changed how we operate as a society and it’s beholden to data leaders to help others understand and see how that will affect our future. You will also have to mentor, develop and lead a team of analysts to collectively achieve this objective.

Games and gaming are changing. Over the next few years, that change is going to accelerate and without the proper knowledge and toolsets to exploit this, many developers will struggle to keep up with it. Our job on this team is to ensure that our studios are equipped with as much insight and clarity as possible to not only keep pace but become the shapers of that evolution, to help EA lead into the future. We find that exciting and we hope that you do, too

Experience Background

5+ years of professional experience with demonstrated experience applying analytics to real-world problems
3+ years of experience in a consumer products-oriented industry; or gaming, entertainment, or e-commerce
Minimum of 2 years of managing teams of data scientists or analysts with technical background
Exceptional with SQL or other coding skills for data analysis
Experience with statistics and modeling to understand the work, ask the right questions and provide guidance to analysts
Experience with experimental design and the determination of the statistical significance of findings