Director, Gameplay Analytics

Sci Play is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, providing highly entertaining free‑to‑play games that millions of people play every day for authenticity, engagement and fun. Sci Play currently offers nine core games, including social casino games Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Hot Shot Casino and Quick Hit Slots, and casual games MONOPOLY Slots, Bingo Showdown, 88 Fortunes Slots, Backgammon Live and Solitaire Pet Adventure with offices all over the world!

The Manager of Analytics will play a key role in the product and be responsible for a wide range of aspects. The Manager of Analytics will manage a high‑quality analysts team that will work on a variety of large data sets and use advanced analytics and statistical tools and techniques, combined with excellent critical, business, strategic, and problem‑solving thinking, to provide top‑notch analyses, insights, and recommendations to support product growth, decision making, features, and AB Tests execution, and to improve our players’ experience consistently.

• Manage the Product Analysts team and deliver actionable and valuable conclusions and insights.
• Recruit, train, and manage the team and support the personal / professional growth of team members, fostering a motivated, creative and exploratory environment.
• Create a solid and productive work relationship with the different product and studio departments – product managers, monetization, game economy, VIP, data science, BI, etc.
• Plan and manage the AB Tests method, roadmap, and execution.
• Establish, analyze, implement, execute and validate complex statistical models and segmentations to support and improve decision‑making.
• Consistently monitor the product KPIs to ensure its health and drive product focus.
• Manage data‑driven meetings on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis with various stakeholders, including senior management.
• Leverage multiple massive and complex data sets to identify patterns, trends, opportunities, and threats to the product.
• Own and lead multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic and results‑oriented environment.
• Use advanced analytics, data mining, BI, and statistical tools, along with critical and strategic thinking to execute top‑notch analyses to drive product growth.
• Initiate, design, and own reports, custom tools, and automation processes.
• Collaborate with different departments in Sci Play:
  Data Science, BI Development, Data Engineering, Finance, VIP, etc.
• Search constantly for new technologies, tools, and methods to leverage analytics performance and capabilities.

• 5+ years of practical analytics experience in big data environments, e-commerce, gaming, online or telecom industries.
• 3+ years of proven experience as a team/group manager.
• Passion for the gaming industry.
• Strong sense of problem‑solving, conflict management, leadership, responsibility, and professionalism.
• Strong SQL experience, along with a solid understanding and experience with big‑data environments.
• Excellent proficiency in Excel and BI tools;
  Tableau – advantage.
• Strong understanding of statistical significance, models, and tools; hands‑on experience with Python/R – advantage.
• Outstanding attention to detail, analytical skills, and critical, business, strategic, and problem‑solving thinking.
• Exceptional approach to data and ability to take a business question, define the analysis method and deliver a high‑level output and present it concisely.
• Self‑learner, multi‑tasking, able to work independently, initiative, highly organized, “can‑do” approach.
• Fluent English – both written and verbal.
• BA in Industrial Engineering / Economics / Statistics or equivalent academic background.

• Competitive salaries.
• Annual bonuses, matching 401(k).
• Open Office concept with ergonomic seating and standing desks.
• Game Room featuring current‑generation consoles, numerous game titles, and various table games.
• Fully stocked kitchen with beverages and snacks, as well as company‑paid lunches 2× per week.
• Paid family leave.
• Paid volunteer time.
• Annual 2‑night company retreat.

Sci Play is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.