Job Description

Job Title: Lead Data Scientist

Requisition ID: R020319

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Job Title: Lead Data Scientist
Reporting To: Director of Product, Mobile
Department: Product Management
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Your Platform
Welcome to Solid State Studios. We're a new in-house studio within Activision, dedicated to developing the best AAA mobile games in the world. Our first project is Call of Duty: Warzone for Mobile, and we're looking for great talent, passionate about their work, who share our belief in what AAA experiences on mobile can and should be. We're incredibly excited to build out our teams and get to work, and invite you to join us in making something special!

Your Mission
The Solid State Product Management Team is adding a dedicated Lead Data Scientist. As part of the team, your mission is to put science into decision making. Responsibilities include:

• Proactively perform data exploration to understand player behavior and find opportunities for improving in-game features
• Partner with cross functional teams to prioritize areas of opportunity to drive engagement and monetization, and enable easier experimentation
• Develop novel analytics to qualitatively deduce and draw conclusions from player behavioral data that directly influences game design, play balance, retention of our live titles
• Partner with studio and engineering teams to ensure smooth and timely instrumentation of gameplay and mtx measures
• Develop and monitor operational metrics to track the health of a live multimillion-dollar service business
• Measure the impact of features, promotions, store offerings, and events through experimentation and causal inference to fuel recommendations
• Democratize and socialize findings by contributing to a centralized repository that informs future game design, and is carried across titles and franchises

Player Profile
We are seeking a leader who will contribute to team success by embodying all the characteristics of our culture

• Competently defines execution plans, and suggest projects for prioritization
• Effectively manages own time and partner expectations
• Fosters relationship with our collaborators and partner teams to increase our sphere of influence
• Contributes to company takeaways and proactively documents results
• Participates in feedback conversations with supervisor and peers, and can adapt approach when needed
• Drives measurable engagement and revenue impact through analysis and statistical models
• AAA Mobile Gaming experience required

As a Lead Data Scientist you will:
Possess a unique blend of project skills and business savvy; a passion for exceptional execution within a dynamic environment and the flexibility and focus to achieve result

• BA/BS degree required with technical focus (Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or a related quantitative field); MS/PhD a plus
• 5+ years total experience in analytics
• Strong technical skills with SQL, R/ Python for data analysis; demonstrated programming skills either in data science or software development settings a plus
• Experience with distributed analytic processing technologies (Spark, Presto, Hive)
• Understanding of AB testing, experimentation, and causal inference methodologies
• Experience with predictive and prescriptive modeling a plus
• Skilled at deriving narrative from data and communicate the results effectively
• Good product sense, with a solid understanding of user engagement and monetization strategies in gaming, entertainment/ecommerce service providers, or mobile apps a plus

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most treasured entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy Crush and Bubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for \'Every World\' - we\'ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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