
Director, Analytics
- Los Angeles, CA
- $220,000-250,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead Analytics Strategy: Define and drive the analytics vision across R&D and live service games, embedding data into every stage of development.
- Telemetry & Data Infrastructure: Oversee the design and implementation of telemetry systems; ensure clean, scalable data pipelines with Data Engineering.
- KPI Frameworks: Establish and maintain game-specific KPIs to track player engagement, monetization, retention, and live ops success.
- Live Service Optimization: Guide analytics for live games, including content performance, churn analysis, A/B testing, and feature tuning.
- Player & Monetization Insights: Analyze player behavior and spending patterns to inform game design, economy balance, and growth strategies.
- Team Leadership: Manage and grow a high-performing analytics team; mentor talent in partnering with and delivering key insights to the Product,Marketing, and IP Development teams.
- Cross-Functional Partnering: Collaborate with Product, Design, and Studio leadership to turn insights into decisions and strategic direction.
- 8+ years of experience in analytics, with deep exposure to gaming, entertainment, or consumer tech
- 6+ years leading analytics or data science teams, including senior staff and cross-functional collaborators
- Proven experience managing analytics for live service games, including real-time telemetry, feature performance, and content iteration
- Expertise in telemetry instrumentation, data pipeline design, event tracking, and data QA
- Strong command of game KPIs, player segmentation, LTV modeling, and economy balancing
- Proficiency in SQL and either Python or R; experience with tools like Tableau, Looker, or similar
- Experience working with large-scale data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)
- Executive presence and communication skills-able to influence product, design, and executive stakeholders
- Experience launching analytics programs for new IP or unreleased games in R&D
- Deep understanding of free-to-play or multi-platform live service ecosystems
- Familiarity with experimentation platforms and causal inference methods
- Passion for games, and a player-first mindset that fuels innovation