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Lead Data Scientist, Mobile Product

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Your Mission is:

We are looking for a talented Lead Data Scientist to join our Mobile Analytics team. The team’s goal is to put science into product decisions and help to make a better game for both players and the company. You will be the technical leader for the product data science discipline, with the opportunity to take on a managerial role. First year responsibilities include:

• Partner with various product stakeholders to develop novel data science insights and solutions that directly impact feature roadmap, player retention strategy, and in-game economy
• Act as the thought leader for data scientists on the team, holding the team to a high technical standard
• Help the team to expand technical depth on areas including, but not limited to, experimentation, causal inference, and predictive modeling
• Identify new opportunities in applying data science into product decisions, with an eye on evolving the team’s long-term competence
• Help define the group’s data science roadmap and resource plans

Player Profile

• The ability to communicate complex results to a wide variety of stakeholders
• Team and impact oriented, ability to build collaborative relationships effectively that leads to actionable solutions for the business
• Eager to lend your expertise in every data and analytic conversation and be an advocate for data science in gaming
• Experience in econometrics, statistical inference, experimentation design and analysis
• Experience in developing Machine Learning models and/or optimization models a plus
• Proficient at performing analyses using R, Python, or similar tools
• Working knowledge of SQL, bonus for experience with big data tools
• Advanced degree with a technical focus; PhD a plus
• 7+ years of industry and/or research experience; 3+ years of industry experience preferred

Your Platform

We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many disciplines of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivalled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.

Our World

The Great Games Start with Great People! This is an exciting time to join us!

Ask anyone who works at Activision, or with Activision, their favorite thing about it, and they’ll tell you, it’s the people. We have world class brands, infrastructure and resources, but our success doesn’t come from assembly lines producing widgets. Our success comes from people producing greatness together. We are nothing without our employees’ brilliance. So, if you’re interested in our biggest priority, it’s the people.

Activision is more than just the leading developer and publisher of video games; we are the creators of some of the world’s biggest, most ground-breaking titles in the industry. Our portfolio includes Call of Duty® and Crash Bandicoot™.

Activision is a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), headquartered in Santa Monica, California with locations across the globe. Activision Blizzard is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology, and entertainment. A member of the S&P 500 and recognized on the 2018 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® list, Activision Blizzard has operations throughout the world with approximately 10,000 employees and players in 196 countries.

The video game industry and therefore our business is fast paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.