Junior Business Development and Strategic Investment Analyst / Associate, Gaming

This role involves conducting research on the global PC and Console gaming landscape, evaluating investment and publishing opportunities, and participating in new business incubation. The analyst will utilize AI tools for research acceleration and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business development. Key responsibilities include tracking industry trends and contributing actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a passionate PC/Console gamer with strong analytical skills, structured thinking, and proficiency in AI tools.

Must Have

• Conduct research on the global PC and Console gaming landscape, turning gameplay experience into structured insights.
• Support opportunity evaluation across investments, publishing partnerships, studio scouting, and BD-related initiatives.
• Participate in new business incubation, including product research, user behavior study, competitive analysis, and early concept validation.
• Use AI tools to accelerate research, automate data scraping, assist report writing, build knowledge bases, and enhance team efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to push business development progress, resolve blockers, and drive execution outcomes.
• Track industry trends, emerging technologies, business models, and content performance across global game markets.
• Gradually take ownership of research modules and contribute actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Passionate gamer, particularly in PC/Console titles, able to articulate opinions on gameplay.
• Learns quickly, asks meaningful questions, and can break down unfamiliar problems with structured thinking.
• Communicates clearly, collaborates well with teammates, and takes initiative with ownership and accountability.
• Strong proficiency with AI tools (LLMs, automation workflows, research assistants, etc.) or determination to quickly learn them.
• Basic analytical ability, can interpret data with logic, and summarize information into insights and hypotheses.

Good to Have

• Experience in game reviews, media writing, critical commentary, content analysis, or community discourse.
• Background in PE/VC, investment research, finance, or deal evaluation combined with real passion for gaming.
• Familiarity with Excel/PowerPoint, research frameworks, workflow automation, or productivity tooling.
• Curiosity across entertainment, technology, pop culture, creative content or interactive experiences beyond games.

Business Unit

Tencent Games was established in 2003. We are a leading global platform for game development, operations and publishing, and the largest online game community in China. Tencent Games has developed and operated over 140 games. We provide cross-platform interactive entertainment experience for more than 800 million users in over 200 countries and regions around the world. Honor of Kings, PUBG MOBILE, and League of Legends, are some of our most popular titles around the world. Meanwhile, we actively promote the development of esports industry, work with global partners to build an open, collaborative and symbiotic industrial ecology, and create high-quality digital life experiences for players.

About the Hiring Team

Business Development Department is dedicated to fostering connections between Tencent and top-tier game developers worldwide, catering to a diverse network of over 100 global investment partners and developers. Our primary objective is to enhance Tencent's global presence in the internet ecosystem as well as gaming sector, identifying business prospects and supporting investment partners in achieving sustainable growth. We are actively seeking exceptional talent globally to join our dynamic team. By building a strong global talent network, we aim to strengthen and expand Tencent's partnerships with more partners worldwide while nurturing high-quality games for the market.

What the Role Entails

As a Junior Business Development and Strategic Investment Analyst / Associate, you will:

1. Conduct research on the global PC and Console gaming landscape, turning your own gameplay experience and observations into structured insights.

2. Support opportunity evaluation across investments, publishing partnerships, studio scouting and BD-related initiatives.

3. Participate in new business incubation, including product research, user behavior study, competitive analysis, and early concept validation.

4. Use AI tools to accelerate research, automate data scraping, assist report writing, build knowledge bases, and enhance team efficiency.

5. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to push business development progress, resolve blockers, and drive execution outcomes.

6. Track industry trends, emerging technologies, business models and content performance across global game markets.

7. Gradually take ownership of research modules and contribute actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Who We Look For

We are looking for someone who:

1. Is a passionate gamer, particularly in PC/Console titles, and can articulate opinions on gameplay feel, systems, design choices, pacing, or player engagement.

2. Learns quickly, asks meaningful questions, and can break down unfamiliar problems with structured thinking.

3. Communicates clearly, collaborates well with teammates, and takes initiative with ownership and accountability.

4. Has strong proficiency with — or the ability and determination to quickly learn — AI tools (LLMs, automation workflows, research assistants, etc.).

5. Has basic analytical ability, can interpret data with logic, and summarize information into insights and hypotheses.

Nice-to-Have / Bonus Points

1. Experience in game reviews, media writing, critical commentary, content analysis, or community discourse.

2. Background in PE/VC, investment research, finance, or deal evaluation — combined with real passion for gaming — is a strong plus.

3. Familiarity with Excel/PowerPoint, research frameworks, workflow automation, or productivity tooling.

4. Curiosity across entertainment, technology, pop culture, creative content or interactive experiences beyond games.

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Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

Who we are

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life for people around the world.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.