Esports Business Intelligence Specialist

Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

As the Esports Business Intelligence Specialist, you will play a crucial role in driving data-driven decisions across Ubisoft's esports and competitive gaming ecosystem. You will leverage your expertise to develop and optimize analytics tools and dashboards that deliver valuable insights into performance, audience engagement, and monetization strategies. This role requires a strong understanding of the esports landscape combined with advanced skills in data analysis, architecture, and BI tools.

In this position, you'll collaborate closely with internal teams, including marketing, production, community engagement, and Ubisoft’s data departments, to provide actionable insights, establish best practices, and support global data strategies. You will help transform data into strategic opportunities that drive growth, improve decision-making, and keep Ubisoft’s esports initiatives at the forefront of the industry.

What you’ll do

• Develop and manage BI dashboards and reporting systems to track esports performance, audience behavior, and monetization opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (marketing, esports production, finance) to define KPIs and establish metrics that measure the success of various esports initiatives.
• Partner with Ubisoft’s internal data teams (Data Office, Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Operations) to ensure alignment with global data strategies.
• Build and refine data pipelines that aggregate data from various sources, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and accessibility.
• Conduct deep-dive analyses on player engagement, viewership trends, audience retention, and content performance to help drive marketing and operational decisions.
• Support the design and implementation of predictive models for esports viewership, revenue forecasting, player retention, and customer segmentation.
• Analyze the impact of marketing campaigns, in-game items, content drops, and other esports-related initiatives, providing insights to marketing teams.
• Ensure the automation of reporting processes to deliver timely insights, and simplify complex datasets for non-technical stakeholders.
• Monitor key industry trends and emerging technologies, adapting BI tools and methodologies to improve reporting and analytical capabilities.
• Identify areas for operational improvement based on data analysis, collaborating with internal stakeholders to drive efficiencies in esports and competitive gaming operations.
• Present insights and recommendations to senior leadership, guiding business strategies and helping to refine future esports products and experiences.

• A first experience in data analytics, BI development, or a related role, ideally within esports, gaming, or entertainment industries.
• Proficiency in BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Strong knowledge of data visualization principles and the ability to present complex data in an understandable format for diverse stakeholders.
• Advanced skills in SQL, Python, R, or other data querying and scripting languages.
• Experience working with cloud-based data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake, AWS, Google BigQuery, Azure) and ETL processes.
• Proven experience working with large datasets, including data cleansing, transformation, and modeling.
• Ability to communicate complex insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Passion for esports, competitive gaming, and the gaming community.

Recruitment process

[30 minutes] : phone call with a Recruiter,
[60 minutes] : visio interview with the manager of the role and a Recruiter,
[60 minutes] : visio interview with a Manager in Data Strategy

Ubisoft's perks

💰 Profit Sharing, yearly company saving plan. 25 paid time off + 12 additional paid days off. 50% of your transportation pass is paid by the company, lunch vouchers (9€/day), healthcare for you and your family, and lots of Ubisoft additional perks.
👶 Maternity leaves of 20 weeks, paternity/co-parental leaves of 7 weeks.
📍 Our office is located in Saint Mandé, (Metro line 1, Saint Mandé station). Gym available in the building. Ability to work with a hybrid work arrangement according to the Ubisoft Work From Home policy.

Additional Information

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our gamers’ community.

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