Blizzard
is hiring
Senior Data Analyst
About Our Company
Blizzard Entertainment is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software. After establishing the Blizzard Entertainment label in 1994, the company quickly became one of the most popular and well-respected makers of computer games. By focusing on creating well-designed, highly enjoyable entertainment experiences, Blizzard Entertainment has maintained an unparalleled reputation for quality since its inception.
At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.
Blizzard Entertainment 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.
Job Description & Responsibilities
Blizzard Entertainment’s games don’t just begin with an idea and end once the game is released. So much more goes into their creation and we support our games for years after they’re in the hands of gamers world-wide. Blizzard’s Global Insights organization is composed of teams of incredible engineers and talented analysts who work hand-in-hand with designers, commercial strategists, and business operations teams across the company. We pride ourselves on our ability to add value to our games and players with a combination of data analytics expertise, business acumen, and genuinely geeking out on Blizzard products and culture!
Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to partner across departments on Warcraft Arclight Rumble. In this role, you will empower the game team with actionable data derived from your own analyses, experiments, and data exploration.
Covid-19 Hiring Update: This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA
RESPONSIBILITY
- Provide best in class mobile analytics support, helping prepare and deliver the game to worldwide markets.
- Proactively explore multi-layer deep game data.
- Collaborate across departments to uncover business needs and provide data-based support.
- Tailor and deliver decisive data findings and presentations to an array of audiences.
- Create clear data visualizations, dashboards, and self-service data tools.
- Create telemetry message specifications from proposed features and changes to the game.
- Design and analyze experiments that maximize on impact and learnings.
- Contribute to an inclusive atmosphere, where team members communicate and support each other's efforts, enabling a productive team culture, built upon trust and collaborative problem solving.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of work experience in Data Analytics, Data Science, or Product Management roles
- 2+ years of work experience in the gaming industry
- Proficient in SQL and at efficiently navigating big data structures
- Clearly communicate technical insights to a non-technical audience
- Provide end-to-end analytics support, from surfacing business problems to providing recommendations
- Create clear data visualizations and dashboards, preferably comfortable with Tableau
Preferred Qualifications
- Work experience in mobile or free-to-play games
- Experimentation design, execution, and analysis in a live operations environment
- Provide constructive guidance to peers
- Familiar with a statistical programming language, such as Python or R
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, computer science, engineering, or business fields
What we offer
Subject To Eligibility Requirements, The Company Offers Comprehensive Benefits Including
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered.
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $92,920.00 - $171,814.00 Annual. This base pay range is for the U.S. and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.
