International Games Business Insights Manager

Job Description

WarnerMedia showcases some of the most iconic and cherished entertainment, news and sports brands in the world, but we are much more than that. WarnerMedia is truly where art meets science. Our combination of cutting-edge technology and an unrivaled commitment to groundbreaking storytelling builds a sense of community and meaningful connection that is shaping the future of media. We create rewarding opportunities across our entire family of brands, while championing a spirit of inclusion, innovation, self-development and support. Join WarnerMedia as we think big, live true and make the stories that move the world.

The Job

The International Games Business Insights Manager is an integral role in the International WBD Games team, driving reporting and analysis to support commercial tactical and strategic decision making.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone that enjoys working with large data sets in a dynamic industry, to develop data models/visualizations into actionable insights for the business.

The role is responsible for the generation of key market insights, analytics and reporting across 10+ territories, and will utilise games industry knowledge in the maintenance and development of short and long term forecasts for both released and future titles.

The Daily

The International Games Business Insights Manager supports both the central International and local territory teams. The role will perform detailed evaluations, analysis and present data, reports, insights and recommendations that will help the company to remain competitive with the games industry.

Business Insights:
• Creates high-impact and visually appealing dashboards to elevate data and improve visibility into performance across title, formats and territories.
• Communicate insights in a powerful, quantified, and user-friendly way whilst measuring adoption and actions taken.
• Deliver insights on the performance of our International business. Recommending a course of action based on sound data analytics to ad-hoc problems as identified by self, management, and other stakeholders.
• Conducts a full range of quantitative and qualitative research studies to provide in-depth business, market and competitor insights
• Ownership of the International databases – ensuring the accuracy of the data used to drive all benchmarking and detailed analysis.
• Manage tactical adjustments (permanent and promotional) to pricing strategy to react to potential physical channel issues and limit the negative financial impact of potential returns

Support the leadership team:
• Supporting finance, forecasting and sales in financial planning processes.
• Maintain strong relationships with the research companies, sharing wider industry research and keeping the group up to date industry insights.
• Monitor competitor pricing and recommend best practice into WB Int'l pricing strategy - new release & catalogue. Identify and anticipate key trends and assess opportunities and risks for pricing strategy development.

The Essential
• Confirmed experience as a business analyst, data analyst, or statistician with a proven track record of analysing large data sets to drive significant business impact, preferably in the gaming industry
• Experience in a large company environment is a plus
• Strong preference for those with analytical experience in the games industry or similarly sophisticated customer-facing digital businesses experience
• Excellent analysis skills and practical experience modelling behaviour from data with an ability to interpret large volumes of sales data and identify key consumer trends.
• Stakeholder management and a track record of delivering insights into action.
• Proficiency with data analytics and visualisation tools.
• Experience with advanced data visualization and tools.
• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI skills to prepare communications, functional spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Excellent knowledge of Power BI / visual analytics.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment whilst also being able to work independently.
• Have strong communication skills.

The Nice to have
• Must have the ability to organize and schedule work efficiently and work well under time constraints
• Must have the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment, able to cope with change and respond well under pressure
• Must be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously whilst maintaining an attention to detail.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1bymv-3-14-132-214-42 in your application.