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As a Business Analyst - Content, you'll analyze complex data sets to understand user behavior, improve content recommendations, and optimize user experience.  You will work with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, content, marketing) to ensure data-informed decisions. Key responsibilities include tracking and analyzing content performance across cultures, creating dashboards and reports, analyzing viewer preferences, supporting content acquisition with performance insights, and building forecasting models to predict content success and ROI.  The role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in SQL, Excel, product analytics tools (Mixpanel, Amplitude), and BI tools (Tableau).

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<div id="cw-rich-description" style="color:#171B27; margin-bottom: 32px;"> About the opportunity : As a Business Analyst - Content, you will play a critical role in analysing and interpreting complex data sets to help us understand user behaviour,improve content recommendations, optimize user experience, and drive strategic decisions. You will work closely with cross functional teams, including product, engineering, content,and marketing, to ensure our day-to-day work is strongly data-informed. <div> </div>Key responsibilities: <ol><li dir="ltr">Track and analyse content performance across regional cultures. </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Analyse metrics like watch time, completion rates, and engagement for content in different cultures </li><li dir="ltr">Compare performance across cultures to identify successful content patterns </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Create content performance dashboards and reports </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Build automated dashboards showing key content metrics </li><li dir="ltr">Generate regular reports on content performance for stakeholders and content team </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Analyse viewer preferences and behaviour by cultures and regions </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Study how different regions consume content. </li><li dir="ltr">Understand peak viewing times, preferred devices, and viewing patterns by cultures </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Support content acquisition with performance insights and forecasts </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Help acquisition team make data-driven decisions on content purchases </li><li dir="ltr">Predict potential performance of new content based on historical data </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Generate ROI analysis for content investments </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Calculate return on investment for different types of content </li><li dir="ltr">Compare ROI across cultures and genres </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Optimize content scheduling based on viewing patterns </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Recommend best release times for new content </li><li dir="ltr">Optimize content placement on platform based on viewing data </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Create content performance forecasting models </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Build models to predict content success </li><li dir="ltr">Develop viewership forecasts for new content releases </li></ul></ol>Our ideal candidate: Must have: ● 1-4 years of product analytics experience in a B2C context ● Proficiency with SQL, Excel, product analytics (Mix panel, Amplitude or similar) and Business Intelligence (Tableau or similar) tools ● Strong problem-solving skills and an insatiable curiosity to get behind the ‘why’of every problem statement ● Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a cross-functional team Should have: ● Ability to judge what metrics to measure for different problem statements ● Ability to design and run experiments independently ● Ability to write great analysis documents/notes to succinctly communicate your findings to a broad audience ● Experience designing event tracking schemas Nice to have: ● Experience in the OTT/entertainment industry <div dir="ltr"> </div><div> </div> </div>

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The New York Times Games is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the development of the next generation of NYT Games.  This role requires collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop new products and enhance existing games across iOS, Android, and web platforms. Responsibilities include developing detailed product specifications, utilizing data to inform strategic decisions, conducting user and competitive research, and maintaining open communication with leadership. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of product management experience in game development, a strong understanding of the mobile gaming landscape, and a commitment to The New York Times' values of trust, curiosity, and empathy.

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The <a href="https://www.nytco.com/company/mission-and-values/" target="_blank">mission</a> of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.&nbsp;
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 About the Role
NYT Games is looking for a Senior Product Manager to help realize our vision for the next generation of NYT Games. We want you to create the best gaming experiences that result in delightful and compelling player engagement and satisfaction. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be at the center of an expanding product area that involves rapidly evolving technology and consumer behavior.
As a Senior Product Manager, you are a trusted partner who influences those around you. You will collaborate with team members from other disciplines to develop new products and improve critical aspects of our existing game experience across iOS, Android, and web platforms.
You will guide and deliver a high-quality product roadmap, seeing features through the release cycle, and ensuring they meet team goals. You will be a standard-bearer for quality and a trusted partner who influences the growth of those around you.
NYT Games is not a traditional gaming company. We are excited by proactive, consumer-first leaders who use their industry experience, pattern-matching, and ability to steer project direction. While prior games/puzzles industry experience is required, you must also uphold essential NYT values like trust, curiosity, and empathy, recognizing that independent journalism is core to everything we do.
This role will report to the VP of Product, NYT Games and can be based in our New York City headquarters or remote in the United States.
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Develop concise and detailed specifications to guide product development and ensure understanding and agreement across teams
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Drive data-informed decision-making by analyzing player behavior to identify opportunities that inform product strategy
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Partner with user researchers and data analysts to conduct user and competitive research, identifying player needs and preferences to inform design decisions to maximize engagement and retention
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Maintain open communication with leadership and stakeholders, providing regular updates, presenting insights, and offering strategic recommendations
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Assess the competitive landscape, evaluate potential strategic partnerships, and identify emerging trends to ensure the team remains at the forefront of the gaming industry
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Demonstrate support and understanding of our <a href="https://www.nytco.com/company/mission-and-values/" target="_blank">value of journalistic independence</a> and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world
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5+ years of Product Management experience
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Demonstrated product development skills, including writing technical specifications and creating opportunity sizing
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Strategic leadership experience on a game development team
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Expertise in leveraging data to inform decision-making and a talent with data interpretation to uncover insights
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Experience presenting work to executives and game teams
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Experience balancing long-term strategy with getting features out the door
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Experience communicating complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences
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Demonstrated enthusiasm for games and puzzles, particularly mobile gaming. You understand the mobile gaming landscape, including the latest trends, and popular genres.
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Expertise in the unique challenges and opportunities of developing and launching mobile games, and ways to improve the player experience.
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