Director of Analytics and Game Economy

2 Months ago • 4 Years +

Game Economy

Job Description

SciPlay is seeking a Director of Analytics and Game Economy to lead a team in building future hybrid-casual games. This role involves leveraging advanced statistical methods, innovative analytics, and strategic thinking to deliver actionable insights and drive business growth. The Director will be responsible for shaping player experience and incentives from a numerical perspective, controlling level design, rewards, and feature configurations. Key responsibilities include leading and mentoring a team of analysts, economy managers, and level designers, fostering a high-performance culture, delivering high-quality analyses, collaborating with the product team to define game economies, planning and managing A/B testing, improving player experience through statistical models, monitoring KPIs, and leading data-driven discussions with senior management.

Good To Have:

Experience in Mobile Gaming (IAA and IAP games)
Tableau proficiency
Hands-on experience with Python/R
Self-learner, multi-tasking, and highly organized

Must Have:

4+ years analytical experience in online/marketing/big data environments
2+ years team management experience
Strong SQL experience
Proficiency in Excel and BI tools
Strong understanding of statistical significance and models
Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills
Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Ability to translate business questions into analysis and deliver concise output

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SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, providing highly entertaining free-to-play games that millions of people play every day for their authenticity, engagement and fun.

SciPlay currently offers nine core games, including social casino games Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Hot Shot Casino and Quick Hit Slots, and casual games MONOPOLY Slots, Bingo Showdown, 88 Fortunes Slots, Backgammon Live and Solitaire Pet Adventure with offices all over the world!

Position Summary

The Director of Analytics and Economy for our casual games will be instrumental in building future leading hyrbid-casual games. In this role, you will be leading a skilled team capable of working with extensive datasets. By leveraging advanced statistical methods, innovative analytics, and strategic thinking, you will deliver actionable insights, tools, and solutions to drive business growth. In addition, using economic and behavioral insights, you will be responsible for setting the experience and incentive of our players – from the numbers’ side. You will be controlling the level design, rewards and features’ configurations.
As a key member of the game’s leadership team, you will shape strategy, influence roadmaps, and foster a positive company culture. Additionally, you will collaborate with senior leadership to present impactful insights that inform critical decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and mentor team: Manage and mentor analysts, economny managers and level designers, overseeing day-to-day operations, recruiting, training, and supporting the professional and personal development of team members.
Foster a High-Performance Culture: Promote a culture of excellence, motivation, creativity, proactivity, and urgency within the team.
Deliver Actionable Insights: Ensure the team consistently produces high-quality analyses, models, insights, tools, and solutions in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
Collaborate with the Product team: Define the economy of new and existing games to set healthy incentives and keep the game economy balanced.
Plan and Manage A/B Testing: Oversee the end-to-end planning, methodology, tools, roadmap, and execution of A/B testing initiatives.
Improve Player Experience: Develop and validate statistical models and segmentations to enhance the player experience and optimize the overall game economy, alongside defining a conhesive level design for multiple games.
Monitor KPIs: Continuously monitor product KPIs, providing real-time insights and recommendations to the product team to ensure product health and maintain a balanced economy.
Lead Data-Driven Discussions: Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly data-driven meetings with stakeholders, including senior management, to align on goals and performance.

Requirements:

4+ years of practical analytical experience in online/marketing/big data environments - mandatory
2+ years of team management experience
Past expereince in Mobile Gaming in both IAA and IAP games - a major advantage
Strong SQL experience, along with a solid understanding and experience with relational DB and big-data environments
Excellent proficiency in Excel and BI tools; Tableau- advantage
Strong understanding of the statistical significance, models, and tools; An hands-on experience with Python/R- advantage
Outstanding attention to detail, analytical skills, and critical, business, strategic, problem-solving thinking, oral and written communication skills
An exceptional approach to data and ability to take a business question, define the analysis method and deliver a high-level output and present it in a sharp and concise way
Self-learner, multi-tasking, able to work independently, initiative, highly organized, "can-do" approach