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Business Performance Director - Central Analytics

King
London
3 years ago
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The Business Performance Director is a key leadership role in the Central Intelligence & Analytics team. Leading a team of Business Analysts and Data Scientists, you will provide critical insights into the state and trend of our business that enable better decision making and drive impact. You will build strong relationships with all key business stakeholders including the King Leadership team, Production Leadership, Marketing etc, providing recommendations and business insights. Being part of and a leader in the Central Intelligence & Insights team, you and your team will set the standard for outstanding, holistic business insights and reporting that seamlessly combines King’s own data with market intelligence.

The Central Intelligence and Analytics team at King is looking for a talented and creative Business Performance Director for building, defining and pushing the boundaries of how we understand and drive the overall business performance across King and our portfolio.

Your role within our Kingdom

You will be working collaboratively across all parts of the business, including game analytics teams, marketing and business performance to crack company- wide problems in how we can grow our business.

Reporting to a Head of Central Intelligence and Insights, you will:

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Help build and lead a team of highly skilled business analysts and data scientists

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Support the King Leadership in understanding and acting on key trends and opportunities in our portfolio of games

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Work closely with King’s business units to help them operate or launch new amazing games and support King's leadership team in understanding their potential

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Foster strong relationships with all key functions across King to promote and drive value creation initiatives across King´s portfolio

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Position yourself as expert on industry trends and the competitor landscape to evolve our thinking

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Identify opportunities for growth, influence key stakeholders and drive initiatives to a successful outcome

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Daily management of Business Analysts and Data Scientists, directing the team in its mission to identify core performance drivers and foster innovation

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Be relentless in converting a huge amount of data into actionable insights

Skills to create thrills

You are a passionate problem solver and have the ability to draw data driven business insights that will add real value to King. You are proactive and demonstrate the ability to learn quickly and work in a fast paced and collaborative environment whilst communicating effectively with teams and individuals across King - such as Data Scientists, Game Developers, Producers and Marketeers.

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PhD or Masters Degree in Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or equivalent work experience

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Ability to translate analysis into actionable insights

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Ability to communicate complex insights to senior stakeholders concisely and clearly, both verbally and in writing

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Pragmatic, with a hands- on approach that can get straight to the point when needed

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Ability to think creatively, frame, structure and solve complex problems in a dynamic environment with high ambiguity and challenge conventional thinking

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You are comfortable to engage with a wide range of stakeholders in an effective and open manner

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Comfortable in building solid relationships and influencing skills and experience in managing and satisfying multiple senior stakeholders’ needs

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Prior experience in an industry with very short implementation cycles such as e- commerce, online products/services or games

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Proven experience delivering business insights and models which maximize revenue.

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Excellent understanding of statistics, the ability to interpret these with confidence and drive through your recommendations

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Solid understanding of the games industry

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Experience in leading a team with technical expertise in Data Science and/or Business Performance

King in Stockholm

The location of our first studio and the birthplace of Candy Crush Saga, Stockholm - with all its urban delights and open spaces - holds a special place in our hearts. Built over 14 islands, it’s one of the world’s most unique and beautiful capital cities. With King based right in the centre, it’ll be yours to enjoy and explore.

A great saga needs all sorts of heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace, great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply can’t expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. And that’s it.

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