Senior Data Analyst

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Blizzard Entertainment’s games don’t just begin with an idea and end once the game is released. So much more goes into their creation and we support our games for years after they’re in the hands of gamers world-wide. Blizzard’s Global Insights organization is composed of teams of incredible engineers and talented analysts who work hand-in-hand with designers, commercial strategists, and business operations teams across the company. We pride ourselves on our ability to add value to our games and players with a combination of data analytics expertise, business acumen, and genuinely geeking out on Blizzard products and culture!

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Sr. Data Analyst to drive strategic analysis focused on identification, evaluation, and execution of opportunities to drive growth, operational excellence, and product quality for a new, unannounced title.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide analytical expertise to a cross-functional and multidisciplinary team tasked with ensuring the health of the business.
• Collaborate closely with product, finance, consumer insights, and development team partners to set and achieve business goals.
• Scope and perform analyses, provide detailed analytical reports, develop KPIs, and produce self-service dashboards from a massive raw dataset to drive business decisions.
• Design and execute A/B testing and other experimentation and collaborate with business partners to maximize the impact of testing.
• Wield your strategic prowess to identify and communicate effectively both short- and long-term risks and strategic opportunities supported by data.
• Assist in the design of data collection and data architecture to ensure clean, actionable insights are more easily derived from complex systems.

• Contribute to an inclusive atmosphere where team members communicate and support each other's efforts, enabling a productive team culture built upon trust and collaborative problem solving.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Analytical orientation and strong problem-solving skills, demonstrated by the ability to structure an approach to issues and analyze alternative solutions.
• Curious, internally-motivated self-starter with ability to plan, organize, and establish priorities to manage multiple projects and achieve results.
• Ability to manage analytical projects from requirement gathering to presentation and reporting.
• Expertise with most or all of the following: data modeling, data visualization, statistics, experimental design, and predictive modeling.
• 4+ years of experience in data analytics, gaming, management consulting, data science, or product management roles.
• 2+ years of experience on a live-service product.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Expertise in game live services, data analytics, data science, or product management roles.
• Strong knowledge of SQL (BigQuery a plus); experience with at least one visualization tool such as Tableau, Looker, or Power BI.
• Consistent experience communicating and advocating with analytical insights to high-level audiences to inform decision making.
• Familiarity with AB Testing/personalization process including test design, execution, analysis and develop actionable recommendation.
• Masters, MBA, or PhD preferred.