Senior Director, Data Science and Data Analytics

Job Description

About Activision Blizzard
Our mission, to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment has never been more important. Through communities rooted in our video game franchises we enable hundreds of millions of people to experience joy, thrill and achievement. We enable social connections through the lens of fun, and we foster purpose and a sense of accomplishment through healthy competition. Like sport, but with greater accessibility, our players can find purpose and meaning through competitive gaming. Video games, unlike any other social or entertainment media, have the ability to break down the barriers that can inhibit tolerance and understanding. Celebrating differences is at the core of our culture and ensures we can create games for players of diverse backgrounds in the 190 countries our games are played.

As a member of the Fortune 500 and as a component company of the S&P 500, we have an extraordinary track record of delivering superior shareholder returns for over 30 years.
Our enduring franchises are some of the world's most popular, including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, Diablo®, StarCraft®, Candy Crush™, Bubble Witch™, Pet Rescue™ and Farm Heroes™. Our sustained success has enabled the company to support corporate social responsibility initiatives that are directly tied to our franchises. As an example, our Call of Duty Endowment has helped find employment for over 80,000 veterans.

Learn more information about Activision Blizzard and how we connect and engage the world through epic entertainment on the company's website, www.activisionblizzard.com.

Position Description

Activision Blizzard Media ('ABM') is a rapidly growing business that has been crafted to connect advertisers with our 400MM+ global player base across Activision, Blizzard, and King. Are you interested in crafting powerful marketing solutions embraced by the world's biggest marketers? At Activision Blizzard Media we are seeking a passionate and expert Data Scientist to push the boundaries of mobile games analytics and advertising product performance.

Your role within ABM
• Lead the data science driven initiatives/projects in building data products that power our advertising and monetization platform.
• Leverage understanding of metrics, testing methodology and business strategy to help define the roadmap of the company.
• Promote and use advanced modeling techniques (eg. reinforcement learning, time series forecasting, causal methods) to provide precise measurement of our player base.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to fellow data scientists by disseminating standard methodologies, publishing reusable tools/code and giving valuable feedback.
• Present and visualize results in a clear and concise way to senior management for decision making.
• Lead data-driven decision making by partnering with key multi-functional teams and leadership.
• Proactively identify and lead improvements to the execution of research and analytics within the Data Science team.

Skills to create thrills
• Prior experience in advertising data products.
• Experience in leading multiple high impact ad-initiatives.
• An advanced degree in a quantitative field - computer science, engineering, statistics, operations research, economics, etc.
• 6+ years of demonstrable experience in Analytics or Data Science both as an individual contributor and potentially leading teams
• Consistent record of leading and influencing projects using data and working with large scale data and infrastructure
• Be an authority expert and analysis lead for ad products.
• Can research, identify and disseminate standard methodologies across teams in terms of tools, systems and processes.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively about data problems with multi-functional audiences (e.g Product, Engineering, Business Strategy) in simple common language.
• You are methodological and practical; able to prioritize and assist with business requests i.e. analyzing A/B tests, strange player behavior, complex interaction dynamics, etc.
• Experience with a broad set of statistical and machine learning methods to solve and optimize critical business problems and metrics.

Bonus points
• Prior experience in the games industry
• Ability to learn quickly and work in a fast paced, rapidly changing and collaborative environment.
• The ability to write complex SQL queries and work effectively in any functional programming language for numerical analysis purposes.
• Ability to triage a problem clearly and come up with a solution.
• Strong alignment to data driven development and design, with an experimental and analytical approach to product improvement.
• Able to show good communication skills, and experience in visualizing and reporting takeaways.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the US, the standard base pay range for this role is $189,520.00 - $350,516.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all US locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.

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, Los Angeles, 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 recently acquired by Microsoft.

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