Senior Data Analyst

3 Months ago • All levels • Data Analysis

Job Summary

Job Description

Behaviour Interactive, a leading independent game development studio headquartered in Montreal, is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join their team. This role involves collaborating with product and design teams to define data collection strategies, establish best practices for implementation, and ensure live operations are informed by actionable insights. The Senior Data Analyst will be responsible for shaping product direction and optimizing games by analyzing player behavior, translating raw data into actionable insights, building dashboards, and presenting findings to stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have industry experience, expertise in analytics, strong SQL and NoSQL skills, excellent data visualization abilities, autonomy, and the capacity to navigate ambiguity. The company emphasizes diversity and equal opportunity, fostering a creative environment for all employees across its studios in Montreal, Toronto, Rotterdam, and the UK.
Must have:
  • Collaborate with product and design teams
  • Design and specify events for data collection
  • Ensure data quality and consistency
  • Translate raw data into actionable insights
  • Build dashboards and segment player base
  • Present findings to stakeholders
  • Analyze performance of in-game events
  • Define key KPIs and metrics
  • Implement data governance processes
  • Advocate for data-driven decision-making
  • Industry experience in live service games
  • Expertise in analytics and statistical methods
  • Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Excellent data visualization skills
  • Autonomy and strong organizational skills
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity

Job Details

Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is at the forefront of the gaming industry, crafting unforgettable experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms. We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over 1200 passionate employees, with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) and in the UK (Behaviour UK–North & South). Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses: Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants like Disney, Sony, Activision, and Nintendo, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment (LBE). Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including the iconic Dead by Daylight. Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!

At Behaviour Interactive, we believe in giving everyone a fair shot. We embrace a diverse and creative environment where everyone is celebrated. We value folks of all ages, sex, ethnicity, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, civil status, disability, or any other protected characteristics as per applicable law.

As a Senior Data Analyst, you will work hand-in-hand with our product and design team to define the right data to collect, establishbest practices for its implementation, and ensure that our live operations are informed by actionable insights. Your expertise will play a crucial role in shaping our product direction and optimizing our games for our targeted market.  

In this role you will:

    • Collaborate with the product and design team to understand feature goals, user journeys, and data requirements.
    • Design and specify events to measure player behavior and product performance. 
    • Work closely with tech and data engineering teams to ensure data quality and consistency from implementation to ingestion.
    • Translate raw data into clear and actionable insights by querying and analyzing large datasets, performing ad-hoc analyses, and uncovering opportunities for game improvement.
    • Build dashboards and segment the player base to better understand engagement and retention.
    • Present and communicate findings to various stakeholders and departments, fostering a data-driven mindset across live operations.
    • Shape live operations strategies by analyzing the performance of in-game events, special offers, economies, and experiments.
    • Define key KPIs and metrics to ensure the viability and long-term success of ourprojects. 
    • Implement processes and documentation to improve data governance across games.
    • Educate and advocate for data-driven decision-making, ensuring analytics play a pivotal role in optimizing game development and live operations. 

What we’re looking for:

    • Industry experience or equivalent, with proven interest in and knowledge of live service video games.
    • Expertise in the field of analytics and ease to work with different statistical methods. 
    • Excellent knowledge of how to use databases, particularly complicated data processing of large data sets with SQL and NoSQL.
    • Excellent data visualization skills.
    • Autonomy and excellent organization skills.
    • Ability to navigate through ambiguity.

Dans ce rôle vous devrez :

    • Collaborer avec l'équipe produit et l'équipe de conception pour comprendre les objectifs des fonctionnalités, les parcours des utilisateurs et les exigences en matière de données;
    • Concevoir et spécifier des événements pour mesurer le comportement des joueurs et la performance du produit; 
    • Travailler en étroite collaboration avec les équipes techniques et d'ingénierie des données pour assurer la qualité et la cohérence des données, de la mise en œuvre à l'ingestion;
    • Traduire les données brutes en informations claires et exploitables en interrogeant et en analysant de grands ensembles de données, en effectuant des analyses ad hoc et en découvrant des possibilités d'amélioration du jeu;
    • Construire des tableaux de bord et segmenter la base de joueurs pour mieux comprendre l'engagement et la rétention; 
    • Présenter et communiquer les résultats aux différentes parties prenantes et aux différents départements, en favorisant un état d'esprit axé sur les données dans l'ensemble des opérations en direct;
    • Élaborer des stratégies pour les opérations en direct en analysant les performances des événements en jeu, des offres spéciales, des économies et des expériences; 
    • Définir des indicateurs clés de performance et des mesures pour assurer la viabilité et le succès à long terme de nos projets;
    • Mettre en œuvre des processus et de la documentation pour améliorer la gouvernance des données dans tous les jeux;
    • Sensibiliser et promouvoir la prise de décision fondée sur les données, en veillant à ce que l'analyse joue un rôle central dans l'optimisation du développement des jeux et des opérations en direct.

Ce que nous recherchons :

    • Expérience dans l'Industrie ou expérience équivalente, avec un intérêt et une connaissance avérés des jeux vidéo en direct ;
    • Expertise dans le domaine de l'analyse et facilité à travailler avec différentes méthodes statistiques ; 
    • Excellente connaissance de l'utilisation des bases de données, en particulier du traitement compliqué de grands ensembles de données avec SQL et NoSQL ; 
    • Excellentes compétences en matière de visualisation des données ; 
    • Autonomie et excellentes compétences organisationnelles ; 
    • Capacité à naviguer à travers l'ambiguïté.

En tant qu'analyste de données senior, vous travaillerez en étroite collaboration avec notre équipe de produits et de conception afin de définir les bonnes données à collecter, d'établir les meilleures pratiques pour leur mise en œuvre et de veiller à ce que nos opérations en direct soient éclairées par des informations exploitables. Votre expertise jouera un rôle crucial dans l'orientation de nos produits et l'optimisation de nos jeux pour notre marché cible.


Prêt·e à plonger dans le monde du développement de jeux vidéo à la pointe de la technologie ? Basé à Montréal, Behaviour Interactif est un acteur majeur de l’industrie du jeu, créant des expériences inoubliables sur PC, console et mobile. On est un studio indépendant dynamique avec plus de 1200 employés passionnés, et on a des studios à Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) et au Royaume-Uni (Behaviour UK–North & South). On se concentre sur deux grands axes : les Services et les Jeux Originaux. Notre équipe Services collabore avec des géants du jeu et du divertissement comme Disney, Sony, Activision et Nintendo, en offrant un développement sur commande de premier choix et en innovant dans le divertissement immersif en lieu fixe (LBE). Pendant ce temps, notre unité Jeux Originaux repousse les limites de notre créativité avec nos IPs emblématiques, comme le fameux Dead by Daylight. Rejoins-nous et fais partie de l'avenir du divertissement interactif !

Chez Behaviour Interactif, on croit en l’équité des chances pour tout le monde et on célèbre la diversité des personnes, des perspectives et des idées. C’est donc important pour nous de travailler avec des talents qui proviennent de tous les horizons, et ce, indépendamment de leur âge, sexe, ethnicité, couleur, origine ethnique ou nationale, religion, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, statut familial, handicap ou toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois applicables. 

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