Research Data Analyst

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Analytics & Insights

• Conduct in-depth analysis of player behavior metrics and feedback to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities across gameplay and systems.
• Develop and maintain dashboards in tools such as Looker to communicate findings and progress against goals.
• Partner with gameplay programmers to design and maintain event dictionaries, ensuring consistent telemetry data definitions.
• Identify objectives and queries for data collection across development (SPINT) and post-launch (PROD) databases.
• Translate complex data sets into clear, actionable insights that guide design, feature prioritization, and project strategy.

Research Collaboration

• Collaborate with user research teams to integrate quantitative data with qualitative findings, strengthening overall player experience insights.
• Participate in user research studies to understand player behaviors firsthand and identify new tracking opportunities.
• Support creation of research reports, visualizations, and presentations that combine telemetry and player study results.
• Provide expertise on data collection, telemetry architecture, and analytic methodologies to ensure quality and accuracy of player data.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Act as a liaison between Game Analytics, User Research, and Development teams, ensuring analytic deliverables align with studio and project needs.
• Coordinate with Development Support and PSSQA to verify telemetry accuracy and relevance.
• Communicate analytic updates to research schedules and dependencies with partner teams.
• Evaluate new data sources, tools, and workflows to continuously improve analytic capabilities.

Developer-Centered Analysis

• Develop a deep familiarity with game systems, mechanics, and design goals to provide meaningful context for data trends an