Director of Analytics and Business Intelligence - Playfish

Company: Electronic Arts
Location: San Francisco, CA
Web: www.ea.com/

Playfish is one of the world's largest and fastest growing social games companies with a mission to change how the world plays games.

We take pride in our creativity, innovation and technical excellence. We have created some of the most loved games on social and mobile platforms such as Facebook, MySpace, Google, Bebo, iPhone and Android and our games are played by millions of people worldwide every day.

At Playfish we believe in a positive and creative team culture where everyone feels ownership and enjoys what they do. Our work environment is fun, fast-paced and rewarding. We provide a unique environment for learning, development and shaping the future of computer games and internet services and we're looking for high energy, intelligent and highly motivated individuals with a just-do-it attitude to join us.

Playfish games are akin to internet services in that they undergo constant testing, analysis and iteration with the goal of optimizing the user experience. Analytics and business intelligence are central to our company's future.

In this role, your responsibilities would include:

• Defining and executing on Playfish's strategy for collecting and analyzing data to enable fact-based decision making relating to our games
• Defining business requirements for the ongoing evolution of the data warehousing, analytics and reporting systems at Playfish
• Translating both articulated and unarticulated business requirements into analyses, insights, actionable reports and tools
• Designing and implementing advanced statistical testing for custom problem solving, including methodologies such as A/B and multivariate testing
• Driving best practices in the use and adoption of analytics, reporting and tools across the global organization
• Ensuring data quality and validity

• Passion and commitment to changing how the world plays games
• 8+ years of experience in quantitative research or analyses, with a focus on business intelligence and analytics
• Thorough understanding of data warehousing concepts (e.g. roles of ETL, BI, facts, dimensions, drill-down, roll-up, data mining), data storage technologies, BI tools, and online metrics
• Self-starter with a passion for data and attention to detail
• Strong understanding of presenting data through a combination of summary, charting and tables
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of staff and senior management required
• Bachelors degree required - advanced degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, or economics a plus