Strategy & Competitive Intelligence Analyst

1 Month ago • All levels • Data Analyst

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Strategy & Competitive Intelligence Analyst at King, you'll analyze competitor data in the mobile gaming market, identifying trends and delivering insights to influence game design and strategy. You'll provide tailored market and competitor insights to leadership and game teams. Responsibilities include spotting feature innovations, hypothesizing on success/failure drivers, collaborating on product development, presenting findings to diverse audiences, and building strong internal relationships. Strong quantitative skills, SQL/BigQuery proficiency, experience with Looker, and excellent communication skills are essential.
Must have:
  • Strong quantitative skills (SQL/BigQuery)
  • Experience with Looker
  • Data analysis & insight extraction
  • Presentation & communication skills
  • Collaboration & teamwork
Good to have:
  • Mobile gaming industry knowledge
  • Python or R proficiency

Job Details

Craft:

Data, Analytics & Strategy

Job Description:

Join our dynamic team at King, the makers of Candy Crush, and help shape the future of mobile gaming in a creative, fast-paced, and collaborative environment where your ideas are as valued as your insights.

Your role within our Kingdom

As part of our central Strategy & Competitive Intelligence team, you'll develop deep expertise in the mobile gaming market to keep King ahead of trends and opportunities. We are responsible for King’s view on the outside world of mobile gaming, spotlighting the latest product innovations, game launches, and competitor activities. We draw insights from these to inform and support King’s products and strategic decisions. 

Strong data analysis and processing skills are essential, along with the ability to structure compelling arguments using data. You'll work with large, diverse, and often imperfect datasets, understanding how to manipulate and combine them to reach actionable conclusions. You appreciate that the best insights draw from both quantitative and qualitative data.

As a Strategy & Competitive Intelligence Analyst, you will:

  • Analyse competitor data to identify industry trends, investigate causes, and deliver insights that influence game design and strategy.

  • Provide tailored market and competitor insights to leadership and game teams for informed decision-making.

  • Spot feature innovations in the gaming market, hypothesize on the drivers of their success or failure, and clearly communicate your findings.

  • Collaborate with team members and game teams to support product development cases and refine product designs, shaping the future of King's games.

  • Present key findings and adapt your messaging to suit diverse audiences, conveying complex problems and solutions creatively and effectively.

  • Build and nurture relationships within the team and across King.

Skills to create thrills

  • Strong quantitative skills with proficiency in SQL/Big Query and experience with Google’s ‘Looker’ data intelligence & analytics tool.

  • Passionate about data and applying an analytical mindset, with keen attention to detail

  • An ability to extract insights from various data sources by:

    • Creating robust and dynamic models

    • Developing presentations with key findings for diverse audiences

    • Effectively communicating key findings to senior leaders and product teams

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint).

  • Adaptability in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

  • A proactive attitude, with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get things done.

Bonus Points

  • Strong knowledge of the mobile gaming industry and/or a passion to dive into its business side.

  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R

About King

At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that change only happens when we all come together. It’s our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is our mission – it’s the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Let’s face it, who doesn’t love a bit of fun?

Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players aren’t the only ones that can level-up. We’re always looking for ways to champion each other and make what’s already great, even better.

So, if this feels like a fun way to spend your days, and you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful.

Applications need to be in English.
Discover King at careers.king.com

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