Senior Data Analyst
The Gearbox Entertainment Company is an award-winning creator and distributor of entertainment for people around the world. Gearbox Entertainment develops and publishes products through its subsidiaries, Gearbox Software and Gearbox Publishing. Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for successful game franchises including Brothers in Arms and Borderlands, as well as acquired properties Duke Nukem and Homeworld. Gearbox’s ambition is to entertain the world and its key driving objectives include the pursuit of happiness for our talent, partners and customers, the prioritization of entertainment and creativity and a measured respect for profitability. For more information, visit www.Gearbox.com .
Combine your love of data and games at Gearbox Software! Influence data-driven decision making in design, development, and business with a rigorous practice of objectively guiding us through data to understand our players.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with your colleagues to set the strategy and roadmap for the Analytics team. Assess high-impact business opportunities and partner with key stakeholders to understand analytics needs.
- Generate reports from accumulated data, defining automated procedures and documentation related to data collection and retention.
- Support marketing by creating dashboards and analytics reports that communicate status and the effectiveness of promotions, offers, and campaigns.
- Communicate findings, actionable recommendations, and data limitations to stakeholders to facilitate data-informed decisions.
- Participate in the full life cycle of analytic data, from requirements to implementation, maintenance, and usage.
- Create, curate and maintain accurate and comprehensible data visualizations and dashboards.
- Help to define and create innovative solutions to assist developers.
Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or related field, or 5-7 years of equivalent experience with data analytics.
- Advanced knowledge in Tableau and SQL based languages.
- Experienced in segmentation/cluster analysis and/or user behavior analysis.
- Experience working in Centralized, Distributed, and Relational databases.
- Understanding of game design and in-game economies.
- Ability to grow and foster relationships across various departments with various backgrounds.
- Ability to change directions quickly based on business, project, and team needs.
- A willingness to be a voice for data advocacy.
Bonus Points For:
- Advanced degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, or a related quantitative discipline.
- 5-7 years of experience in the games industry.
- Knowledge in (analytics) scripting languages, such as R or Python
- Experience developing and implementing statistical analysis and machine learning models
- Hobby gamer, moderate familiarity with game design in multiple game genres.
- Experienced working with tool stacks for streaming data (real time reporting).
- Experience in a mentorship role for other data analysts.
- Knowledge of or familiarity with AWS and Perforce.
Gearbox Entertainment believes that all team members should be able to enjoy a work environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment. We are committed to reflecting the diversity of the world we strive to entertain. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we provide fair and equal treatment to all team members and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.