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Job Description:
We are looking for a talented Senior Principal Product Analyst to push and deeply understand the performance of our game economy as part of the Candy Crush Saga team. You will get the opportunity to be part of a great team, working with an industry leading and genre defining game with over 200 million active players.
As the Senior Principal Product Analyst, you are tasked with leading the charge in holistically understanding, analysing, and optimising our game economy. You will work cross-functionally with Product Managers, Game Economy/System Designers and Engineers to not only analyse current economic systems, but also innovate and guide implementation of solutions that boost player engagement. Your deep understanding of economy dynamics and analytics will be pivotal in crafting strategic insights that propel Candy Crush Saga to new heights.
This role is crucial for driving the analytical foundation of our game economy work, including strategy, experimentation cycles and delivery of actionable insights to have a positive impact on our understanding, decision-making, and ultimately our player satisfaction.
- Opportunity identification
- Support the product area and growth via evaluation, performance reporting and data driven recommendations, including data and tech project coordination.
- Identify data-driven opportunities for your team, fostering value creation and problem-solving without predefined solutions.
- Support the product area and growth via evaluation, performance reporting and data driven recommendations, including data and tech project coordination.
- Identify data-driven opportunities for your team, fostering value creation and problem-solving without predefined solutions.
- High quality analytics
- Use knowledge about existing tools, methodologies and insights to both deepen analytical understanding and apply these to different problems.
- Provide strategic actions based on insights from your expertise in business, industry trends and competitor landscape; drive business observability.
- Use knowledge about existing tools, methodologies and insights to both deepen analytical understanding and apply these to different problems.
- Provide strategic actions based on insights from your expertise in business, industry trends and competitor landscape; drive business observability.
- Managing workflow
- Create and coordinate work smartly to deliver value continuously and mitigate risk independently.
- Guide stakeholders and the data community in improving ways of working, support tools and processes, collaborating cross-functionally to guarantee value delivery.
- Create and coordinate work smartly to deliver value continuously and mitigate risk independently.
- Guide stakeholders and the data community in improving ways of working, support tools and processes, collaborating cross-functionally to guarantee value delivery.
- Communication
- Clearly communicate the findings of your analysis to colleagues, enabling them to utilize the insights for learning or decision-making. Clearly and concisely report results and progress, ensuring conclusions are drawn from transparently cited sources.
- Foster strong relationships with other key functions across the business
- Clearly communicate the findings of your analysis to colleagues, enabling them to utilize the insights for learning or decision-making. Clearly and concisely report results and progress, ensuring conclusions are drawn from transparently cited sources.
- Foster strong relationships with other key functions across the business
- Support the product area and growth via evaluation, performance reporting and data driven recommendations, including data and tech project coordination.
- Identify data-driven opportunities for your team, fostering value creation and problem-solving without predefined solutions.
- Use knowledge about existing tools, methodologies and insights to both deepen analytical understanding and apply these to different problems.
- Provide strategic actions based on insights from your expertise in business, industry trends and competitor landscape; drive business observability.
- Create and coordinate work smartly to deliver value continuously and mitigate risk independently.
- Guide stakeholders and the data community in improving ways of working, support tools and processes, collaborating cross-functionally to guarantee value delivery.
- Clearly communicate the findings of your analysis to colleagues, enabling them to utilize the insights for learning or decision-making. Clearly and concisely report results and progress, ensuring conclusions are drawn from transparently cited sources.
- Foster strong relationships with other key functions across the business
- Comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of fast-paced economic systems, focusing on analysis and optimization. Ability to dissect complex economies to drive data-driven narratives and strategic decisions.
- Expertise in handling analytically complex projects, from concept to execution.
- Consistent track record as a key partner in cross-functional teams dedicated to developing economic systems or similar projects.
- Highly proficient in SQL as well as sufficient skills in Python or R for numerical analysis.
- Prior experience working directly with other peers in data science, engineering, consumer research, and business intelligence.
- Masters’ or PhD Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Engineering or similar field or work experience.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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
How to Apply
Apply via: https://careers.king.com/us/en/job/R023226/Senior-Principal-Product-Analyst-Candy-Crush-Saga