About the company
The Insights discipline helps empower Rioters' decision-making to be more data-informed. We're an interdisciplinary group of scientists, consultants, and strategists from all sorts of backgrounds who join together to represent and advocate for gamers around the world.
Responsibilities
- Tackle complex & impactful game analytics problems across the Riot Games portfolio including foundational cross-game analytics, product health deep dives, and investigations into multi-game player behaviors and patterns.
- Apply machine learning and statistical modeling techniques to uncover insights in player behavior, forecast product performance, and support ecosystem-level strategies.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of analytics tools, dashboards, and datasets that support portfolio decision-making.
- Mentor and develop game analysts on CPI.
- Work with central and game teams to drive consistency and efficiency in key reports.
- Partner closely with Data Engineering to productionalize central analytics tables and pulls.
- Model and mentor best practices in analytics craft.
- Proactively identify player and business opportunities through deep analytical and strategic thinking.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics or a related discipline plus at least 8 years of relevant experience (an advanced degree can account for up to 2 years of experience).
- 2+ years experience applying analytics to games or other live-service products.
- Strong analytical skills across the entire stack (Tableau, SQL, Python/Pyspark).
- Familiarity with game design/direction and product strategy.
- Experience conducting analytics to answer product or portfolio strategy questions.
- Experience synthesizing & socializing analytics results and distilling results into impactful recommendations for product leadership.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to work independently and lead projects which require coordinating multi-party worksteams.
- Ability to own and drive workstreams collaboratively with cross functional partners.
Conditions
- Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules.
- We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match.