Principal Insights Analyst - Unpublished R&D Product

Riot Games

Los Angeles, CA

Full Time

Senior

5 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Riot's mission is to put players at the center of everything we do. We do this by continuing to evolve and deliver new experiences to players with games like Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. Riot is also expanding into the world of music/multimedia with the release of our animated series Arcane and music from KDA and True Damage. In short - it's an exciting time to be a Rioter. As Principal Insights Analyst, you lead Insights efforts on an exciting new game at Riot. You help the team deeply understand our audience and opportunities, ensure insights support strategy and decision making, and own product and business validation strategies. You report to the Game Director of the project.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain a deep understanding of our audience and their needs, unmet needs, and pain points.
Ensure our product strategy is oriented towards meeting that audience's needs.
Ensure the game team has actionable and high quality insights (across research, analytics, and data) critical to evaluating the team and product's success.
Drive team philosophy on the integration of insights into the development of strategy and game product, effectively translating insights into impact on the game team.
Identify and advise towards product choices that create competitive advantages and adapt to changing market dynamics (e.g., competitive, legal, etc.).
Help to connect product strategy with broader organizational and company strategy.
Help the team set targets for and monitor performance against development plans, goals, finances, and product KPIs.
Formally manage, lead, mentor, elevate performance of, and support career growth for Insights Rioters within the BU (Revenue Strategy, Insights, and Finance).
Workforce planning, staffing, and hiring for Insights positions on the BU.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Psychology, Economics, Mathematics or a related discipline plus 7 years of relevant experience (an advanced degree can account for up to 2 years of experience).
Familiarity with both analytics and research and 6+ years experience in one or both of those crafts.
7+ years experience working directly in game development.
Experience participating in strategy development for a product or business in a leadership capacity and helping to operationalize that strategy via ownership or advisory.
Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Experience building and leading cross-functional teams.
Leading Insights (or related) teams for R&D game titles.

Nice to Have

Experience advising teams on product and game design problems by applying a broad & deep gaming background, game design craft, and product strategy thinking.
Experience leading complex efforts with multiple collaborators.
Experience working on a AAA game with global reach through development and launch.
Experience working on live-service titles.

Qualifications

Experience leading insights teams for game titles.
Strong understanding of game development and strategy.

Benefits & Perks

Open paid time off policy and flexible work schedules.
Medical, dental, and life insurance.
Parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children.
401k with company match.

Working at Riot Games

At Riot Games, we put players first. We create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective every day. We value work/life balance, diversity, and inclusion, and strive to create an environment where everyone can thrive. We consider all qualified applicants and provide reasonable accommodations, emphasizing our commitment to equal employment opportunity and a safe, inclusive workplace.

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