Senior Business Analyst
Company: 2K
Location: Novato
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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Job Description:
Who We Are
Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company,
publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game
development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for
developing 2K's portfolio of world-class games across multiple
platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy,
Cloud Chamber, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding
due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting
studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes
titles in today's most popular gaming genres, including sports,
shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family
entertainment.
Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data
scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional
publishing stewards of our growing library of critically-acclaimed
franchises such as NBA 2K, BioShock, Borderlands, Mafia, Sid
Meier's Civilization, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, WWE 2K, and
XCOM.
At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work
environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are
and do your best work! We are dedicated to diversity and inclusion,
and want our community of candidates to reflect this commitment. We
encourage all qualified applicants to explore our global
positions.
2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned
label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
What We Need
We are looking for a skilled and passionate analyst to join us in
the global 2K Analytics group, with a focus on our Sports Titles
(excluding NBA) with the remit to influence at a global level.
Whilst this person will report to a manager in London, their
immediate team will include colleagues based around the globe -
Singapore, USA and Ireland - providing a broader perspective on
trends and insights.
Our team work closely with 2K's regional marketing, finance,
commercial, and sales teams, understanding and delivering against
their analytical needs. We're able to do this by leveraging the
power of our multi-dimensional datasets, which include, but are not
limited to, gameplay, behavioral, financial and marketing data.
What You Will Do
Analyzing economy telemetry and sales data to extract compelling
and actionable business insights and communicate your findings and
recommendations with various stakeholders.
To provide expert advice on the structuring, running and
measurement of test and learn trials to maximize insight and -
ultimately - revenue. These will be focused on retail led
promotions and marketing activity to drive profitable new &
returning players, and you'll be responsible for creating the
analysis that allows us to compare what happened vs. what would
have happened.
To act as a conduit between the regions and the central teams,
sharing best practice from one to another and keeping the wider
analytical community aware of challenges and opportunities that are
region specific.
Understand data science model outputs. Evangelize data- and
model-based decision making.
Establishing and distributing regular performance reports and
dashboards.
Build relationships across geographies, functions, and levels to
embrace new ways of working and leverage existing ones.
What Will Make You a Great Fit
The right candidate will harness all of this powerful data to
improve our understanding of the business and its drivers on a
regional and territory-level to inform our business strategy,
tactics and outcomes. Success in this role means making analytics
relevant and impactful for our stakeholders.
You are a structured problem-solver and data-driven decision maker.
You work very well with colleagues across functions, geographies,
and skillsets to contribute to some larger goals. You love to tell
a thoughtful story from data and insight, with clear "so what's"
while seeking and incorporating feedback from stakeholders. You
enjoy working out how to structure ambiguous and complex
problems.
5+ experience in fast-paced, dynamic, consumer-focused technology
companies.
3+ years of experience with business and strategic analytics,
and/or FP&A.
Bonus Points
Comfortable in using SQL to extract data from large databases
(Snowflake experience would be a plus).
Familiarity with other analytical packages, such as R, Python,
Knime, etc.
Familiarity with ML algorithms and model building is desirable
(Snowflake experience would be a plus).
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that
qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable
accommodation to participate in the job application or interview
process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive
other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if
you need reasonable accommodation.
Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant
messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective
employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com
accounts.
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