Esports
Advanced Data Analyst - EA SPORTS™ FC
Mid Level
Vancouver, Canada
in office
Full time
Job description
About the Role
The FC Data & Analytics team is seeking a data analyst to join its Ultimate Team (UT) function, reporting to a Senior Manager. The role leads the Experimentation programme for FC Premium Analytics and collaborates closely with data, production, and product management partners to drive informed decision-making within a dynamic live service environment. The analyst acts as a data leader, driving the design, implementation, and evaluation of numerous player-facing experiments.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with production teams to define telemetry requirements, ensuring robust data collection and validity.
- Design and implement player-facing experimentation using best practices in a complex, live environment.
- Write and maintain complex SQL and scripting workflows to extract, transform, and validate large-scale telemetry datasets.
- Build and maintain scalable dashboards that translate complex datasets into clear, actionable business insights for cross-functional partners.
- Explore user behavioural patterns through experimentation to identify opportunities for improving player experiences and to inform live content release strategies.
- Present analytical findings clearly and effectively to stakeholders of all seniority levels to facilitate informed decision-making.
- Act as a subject-matter expert in all things experimentation, helping to drive adoption of a data-driven, test-and-learn focused culture across FC's development team.
- Lead the Experimentation programme for FC Premium Analytics.
- Drive design, implementation, and evaluation of numerous player-facing experiments as a data leader.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research) or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of technical experience in data analytics, with a focus on performing quantitative analysis with large datasets to guide decision-making.
- Expert knowledge or equivalent practical experience in leading an experimentation function for a live product.
- Proficiency in SQL with the ability to extract data from complex, multi-source systems.
- Hands-on experience with data visualisation software (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, R) with experience writing scripts for data transformation and statistical analysis.
Preferred Skills
- Passion for gaming or previous experience in the gaming industry.
Workplace
- British Columbia, Canada
Salary
- Pay offered will be determined based on relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).
- Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and long-term cash programs.
Benefits & Perks
- Vacation: 3 weeks per year to start.
- 10 days per year of paid sick time.
- Company top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave).
- Extended health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- Retirement benefits to regular full-time employees.
About the Company
EA SPORTS FC is one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences and connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivalled authenticity.
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