Senior Data Manager

About Steel City Interactive

SCI was born out of passion for video games and boxing, with the ambition to create an authentic and exciting boxing game that does justice to the sport we love. What started as a fun prototype has grown into ‘Undisputed’, the first major boxing video game in over a decade.  

SCI is a welcoming place for expression and open communication, where everyone has a voice. We’re a diverse bunch, consisting of people with decades of games industry experience, graduates and talented individuals who come from other industries. We all bring knowledge and learn from each other.

Together we are driven by ambition to bring the world of boxing into a video game like never before.  

The Role

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Data Manager accountable for identifying the data sources available, designing, articulating and presenting data sets to meet Steel City Interactives ongoing business drivers, initiatives and improvements.

If you are looking for a challenging role and the next step in your career, leading and driving productive engagements with our internal functions this may be the role for you.

Responsibilities

Leadership

• Leading virtual teams and delegating effectively to subject matter experts as necessary to manage and drive improvements, including process changes to make sure internal and business milestones are met.
• Role model for the studio in terms of work ethics, engagement, and integrity.
• Lead and coach more junior team members
• Represent the studio’s values in all engagements

Data Solution strategy, architecture & design

• Drive deep, impactful learnings by working across data, game design and research to deliver a story-driven direction based on data.
• Develop best practice and ways of working that support the game team to deliver engaging content.
• Present and communicate analysis conclusions to business stakeholders in a clear and practical way.
• Design and maintain telemetry events for current and future content updates.
• Create automated reports and dashboards to share insights across the studio.
• Create and foster effective relationships across the studio to promote a data-driven partnership.
• Partner with data engineering to manage data requirements such as schema requirements and data format to support high-quality deliverables.
• Conduct effective analysis while adhering version control, documentation, and reproduction.
• Develop a strong and continuously improving understanding of the game mechanics and telemetry.
• Proven and demonstrable experience in consumer, user or player analytics
• Effective communicator and data storyteller with demonstrable examples of cross- functional communication and presentation.
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders across all levels of the business.
• High proficiency with SQL.
• Familiarity with modern data architectures (AWS, Snowflake, OLAP)
• Experience using modern data visualization tools e.g Tableau, PowerBI etc.
• Effective internal and external stakeholder management.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in commercial industry, including 3 years in a role collating, processing, presenting and articulating meaningful solutions and improvements using business data
• Ability to self-motivate.
• Leadership and ability to motivate and drive improvements across teams effectively
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively at senior / board levels.
• Ability to influence the internal teams through sound and well-structured thought-out processes supported where necessary with eloquent and concise written work.
• Ability to articulate value improvements against consumer issues in support improving the players experience.
• High level of competence and experience with technical writing.
• High degree of strategical, analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to stay focused and decisive in uncertain and unstructured situations.

Benefits

• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays, this increases 1 day per year of service
• 2 x Mental Health days
• Sick Pay
• Extended Maternity and Paternity pay
• Technology Benefit (up to £750 to spend on tech)
• 5 Learning days per year
• Career Progression Path
• Unlimited access to Udemy Courses
• Relocation Benefits
• Flexible Working Hours
• Discount Club at over 350 high street stores
• Company paid outings
• Wrap Parties
• Healthcare Cash Plan which includes optical and dental
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to 24/7 Doctors
• Bonus Scheme
• Discretionary Cost of Living Payments
• Electric Car Vehicle Scheme
• Christmas Shutdown
• Dog friendly office