Lead Analytics Engineer

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Your Platform

We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many fields of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivaled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.

The Mobile Analytics Team is seeking a talented Lead Analytics Engineer to collaborate directly with data, analytics/data science, and product functions to transform data into actionable insights for strategic decision-making. You will be focused on leading the analytics engineering function, you will build and maintain data pipelines and systems that enable efficient data analysis across the mobile portfolio. You'll work closely with engineers, product managers, and analytics peers to build a foundational data layer that helps derive meaningful insights and recommendations, as well as furthering self-service and automation capability through new tools and AI integration.

Responsibilities include:

• Analytics Solutions: Partnering with analysts and data scientists to proactively identify and implement analytics solutions in support of the game development goals.
• Data Warehouse and ETLs: Develop and maintain data warehouses and related ETL progress to ensure a centralized and organized repository for data consumers.
• Data Integrity: Designing data solutions to ensure data integrity, reliability, and efficiency throughout our pipelines.
• Tools and Innovation: Partnering with data engineering, data analytics, and data science teams to identify innovative solutions to improve data accuracy, automation, and self-service capabilities.
• Leadership: Lea a functional team of up to 3 analytics and visualization engineers, with the option to take on managerial responsibilities.
• Technical Communication: Communicate technical findings and insights to non-technical partners clearly and understandably.

What will you bring to the team?

The ideal candidate will be a motivated data expert who wants to grow their analytics engineering toolset in a fast-paced environment, is focused on delivering solutions to partners, and has a passion for video games. Your success will be reflected in:

• Improved Efficiency: By designing and optimizing ETL processes: your work enhances the efficiency of data workflows. 
• Relationship Building: As a cross-functional team member, team success is a priority. You will rely on your excellent relationship skills to build trust with your internal and studio partners. 
• Communication: You will effectively lead communication efforts within analytics engineering projects, ensuring that team members are informed, aligned, and motivated.
• Documentation Excellence: Create comprehensive and understandable documentation for complex data models, ETL processes, and other technical aspects.
• Eye for the Future: Motivated to explore new tools and process to improve self-service and automation; deep interests and understanding of AI integration in data a plus.

Qualifications:

• Educational Background: A BA/BS degree in a technical field is required, with a preference for majors in Data Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related areas. Equivalent practical experience is also highly valued.
• Experience: At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in data modeling, warehousing, and the development of ETL pipelines, with a preference for experience in Airflow.
• Technical Skills: Demonstrated expertise in SQL and python for querying complex datasets. The candidate should possess strong technical skills with a proven track record in data handling and manipulation.
• Data Visualization Competence: Familiarity with creating data visualizations using platforms like Tableau, Looker, or similar tools. The candidate should be capable of handling standard data visualization tasks and translating data into clear, informative visuals.
• Collaboration and Communication: Strong capability to work alongside business partners, understanding their needs and translating them into strategic and actionable insights. The role demands excellent communication skills to provide solutions.
• Industry-Specific Knowledge (Desirable): Experience in gameplay analytics is a big plus. Candidates should have a robust understanding of user engagement and monetization strategies, particularly in the domains of mobile gaming, entertainment, and e-commerce services.

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.

We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization. 

We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up. 

Ready to Activate Your Future? 

We are 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.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!  Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• 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/.