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Data Analyst

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The Blizzard China Shanghai office is looking for a skilled Data Analyst to implement a new data platform that will power all our epic entertainment experiences in China. As a Data Analyst, you will report to the Associate Director of Data in Blizzard China, and located in Blizzard China Shanghai office.

Responsibilities

• Partner with analysts and engineers to clearly report business-facing KPIs that measure the health and success of Activision Blizzard games used by millions of players worldwide.
• Comprehensively address both high-level and detailed strategic questions by clarifying the business requirements, developing hypotheses, and building an analytical structure to address the inquiry.
• Write effective queries against big data sources that return results accurately, maximize database efficiency, and are ready to scale for the future.
• Leverage tools such as Tableau, Big Query, Airflow, & Git to deliver insights and provide visibility to key metrics across the business.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Finance, Game Business & Commercial Leadership, Product teams, and regional analytics partners to deliver business impact, effectively communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Requirements

• 2+ years of work experience in Gaming, Data Analytics, Product Analytics, Data Science, Business Intelligence, or Product Management roles
• Analytical orientation and strong problem-solving skills, demonstrated by the ability to understand core business needs and get to the root of the inquiry.
• Curious, internally-motivated self-starter with ability to plan, organize, and establish priorities to manage multiple projects and achieve results in a timely, scalable manner.
• Have the ability to structure a concise, clear presentation of findings, based on large sets of complex data, and effectively present this to any level in the organization with appropriate visualizations.
• Strong quantitative skills with a penchant for analytical query writing using SQL.

Pluses

• BS degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Economics, or other quantitative field
• Experience communicating and advocating with analytical insights to executive-level audiences to inform decision making
• Demonstrated experience with some or all of the following: data modeling, data visualization, statistics
• Highly proficient in SQL
• Experience with cloud computing platforms and big data (such as Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Hadoop, Teradata, and/or Azure)
• Adept in at least one visualization tool such as Tableau; R or Python knowledge is a plus
• Familiar with agile project management tools such as Jira

About Us

Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to our employees. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work / life balance. We've worked hard to champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences...ever. We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

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