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Analytics Manager (Studio Data & Insights)

We’re Criterion, and we love making games

For more than fifteen years we’ve entertained millions of players around the world with our award-winning games. Our experienced people have expressed their passion for phenomenal game feel, AAA audiovisual quality, and technical innovation in the Burnout & Need for Speed series and in Battlefield 1, Star Wars X-Wing VR, Starfighter Assault, Arcade for Star Wars Battlefront II and Firestorm for Battlefield V.

We believe that healthy, engaged teams make great games, so we place enormous value on collaboration, fresh ideas, and unique perspectives. We’d love to hear yours! Crunch doesn’t help make a better game. We don’t do it. For the past three years, we are very proud to have been recognised by gamesindustry.biz as one of the best places to work in the UK. Let’s talk about how you could be a part of it.

We are looking for an experienced manager to lead a team of analysts who will shape Criterion's future through data and insights. You will be most successful when you can guide a team of experts who merge statistical skills with game knowledge to create incredible player experiences. If this sounds exciting to you then we should talk!

Responsibilities

• You will report directly to the Analytics Director for EA’s European Studios.
• Build a team culture that breaks down barriers, builds bridges and challenges convention with a theme of collaboration.
• Coach the analytics team to be stronger and more versatile, to allow efficient and healthy production. Grow your team's technical and soft skills.
• Motivate your team though inspirational leadership, engage them to create an enjoyable and energising work experience.
• Plan, prioritise and communicate your team’s direction and strategy.
• Support the studio management to ensure that analytics deliverables are scoped and delivered as expected.
• Foster a data-driven culture at the studio to ensure that data is at the heart of decisions the and the game design process.
• Manage relationships with studio partners, monitor franchise performance and communicate risks, new opportunities and industry trends.
• Lead staffing and recruitment to grow the team.
• Conduct performance reviews and salary discussions.

Qualifications / Skills

• A Master’s Degree in a numerate science (e.g. Maths, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Physics).
• Experience (3yrs+) managing teams or experience managing remote teams.
• Experience working in an agile environment – Sprints, Kanban is a plus.
• A passion for games and a curiosity for understanding how things work.
• To tell stories with data using data visualisation tools such as Looker. Not just how to make a dashboard, rather how to make one that explains your message in the 10 seconds the average viewer has to look at it.
• Experience with relational databases (SQL) and big data solutions (i.e. Hadoop/Hive) is essential.
• Experience with a statistical toolkit (i.e. Python/Pandas, R, Spark,).
• You are an experienced mentor who can empower the team.