Scopely is looking for a Director of Analytics Engineering to lead our Game Insight team in Barcelona!
At Scopely, we are passionate about creating engaging experiences for millions of players worldwide. Our teams build and operate some of the most successful mobile games, supported by a modern data platform that enables analytics, insights, and data-driven decisions across the company.
Playgami is building a best-in-class SaaS gaming platform, and data is a core pillar. The Game Insight team plays a key role in enabling game teams to make better, faster, and more consistent decisions through trusted data products, scalable analytical foundations, and close partnership with analytics and business stakeholders.
What You'll Do
This is a senior leadership role focused on scaling analytic engineering capabilities across Scopely’s game portfolio while helping shape the broader Analytic Engineering strategy across the company. You will lead a team of managers and senior analytic engineers responsible for delivering trusted data products, scalable analytics foundations, and consistent business metrics that empower game teams to make data-driven decisions.
- Lead and grow the Game Insight team, managing managers and senior individual contributors
- Define and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Analytic Engineering within the Game Insight organization
- Partner with the Director of Analytics for Core Insight to shape the broader Analytic Engineering strategy across Scopely
- Collaborate with Data Products and Data Platform leadership to align the company's data strategy and investments
- Build a high-performing organization through hiring, coaching, succession planning, and organizational design
- Own the quality, consistency, and scalability of analytical data products, business metrics, and semantic layers supporting game teams
- Drive standardization of analytical foundations and metric definitions across games while balancing local business needs
- Partner with Analytics, Product, Engineering, and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions and trusted insights
- Establish effective ways of working across Analytics, Data Products, Data Platform, Governance, and Engineering teams
- Represent Analytic Engineering in strategic planning, prioritization, and executive discussions
- Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, improve data usability, and increase the impact of data across Scopely
Scope
- Analytic Engineering strategy and standards across game-facing domains
- Analytical data products, semantic layers, and business metrics supporting Scopely's game portfolio
- Cross-game standardization of analytics foundations and KPI governanceOrganizational leadership and talent development within the Game Insight team
- Cross-functional alignment with Analytics, Data Products, Data Platform, Governance, and Engineering teams
- Scalable, reliable, and trusted analytical data products
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, business intelligence, analytics platform, or related data leadership roles
- 5+ years of experience managing and developing analytics, data, or engineering teams
- Experience leading managers and building high-performing organizations
- Strong understanding of analytic engineering principles, including data modeling, metric design, semantic layers, testing, and governance
- Experience with modern data stack technologies such as BigQuery, DBT, Looker, Airflow, or equivalent platforms
- Proven ability to define strategy, influence stakeholders, and translate vision into execution
- Experience leading large-scale transformation, standardization, or platform adoption initiatives
- Strong organizational leadership skills, including planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, and talent development
- Ability to balance technical depth with business impact and organizational effectiveness
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams
- Experience operating in complex, fast-moving environments with multiple stakeholders
- Full on-site presence in the Barcelona office (5 days per week)
Nice to Have
- Experience in gaming, mobile products, or free-to-play business models
- Familiarity with game analytics concepts such as player behavior, economy, monetization, progression, live operations, and experimentation
- Experience working with high-scale event data and large data volumes
- Experience with KPI governance, semantic layers, or centralized metrics frameworks
- Experience partnering with product analytics, data science, experimentation, or machine learning teams
At Scopely, we create games for everyone, and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us and embrace the adventure!
About Scopely
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Niantic games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.
Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.
Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, business intelligence, analytics platform, or related data leadership roles
- 5+ years of experience managing and developing analytics, data, or engineering teams
- Experience leading managers and building high-performing organizations
- Strong understanding of analytic engineering principles, including data modeling, metric design, semantic layers, testing, and governance
- Experience with modern data stack technologies such as BigQuery, dbt, Looker, Airflow, or equivalent platforms
- Proven ability to define strategy, influence stakeholders, and translate vision into execution
- Experience leading large-scale transformation, standardization, or platform adoption initiatives
- Strong organizational leadership skills, including planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, and talent development
- Ability to balance technical depth with business impact and organizational effectiveness
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams
- Experience operating in complex, fast-moving environments with multiple stakeholders
- Full on-site presence in the Barcelona office (5 days per week)
- Experience in gaming, mobile products, or free-to-play business models
- Familiarity with game analytics concepts such as player behavior, economy, monetization, progression, live operations, and experimentation
- Experience working with high-scale event data and large data volumes
- Experience with KPI governance, semantic layers, or centralized metrics frameworks
- Experience partnering with product analytics, data science, experimentation, or machine learning teams
Scopely Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Scopely and has not been reviewed or approved by Scopely.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity, stock options, and an ESPP are emphasized as core parts of total rewards and are credited with boosting overall pay, especially in tech and product roles. Incentive‑style equity units tied to company performance provide additional upside beyond base salary.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Multi‑cadence bonuses (annual, quarterly, and in some cases monthly) and structured incentive programs are presented as meaningful components of compensation. These incentives are portrayed as significant contributors to total compensation alongside base pay.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health coverage are described as solid, with U.S. benefits pages calling out strong health insurance. Health coverage is cited as a standout element of the benefits package.
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What We Do
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences based on both original and licensed IP, including “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Scrabble® GO,” “WWE Champions," “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and "Stumble Guys," among others. Scopely creates, publishes and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience. Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s "World’s Most Innovative Companies" and Built In's "Best Places to Work," Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has global operations in Bangalore, Barcelona, Boulder, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Sevilla, Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and more! Scopely is home to many internal game development teams, or Scopely Studios, including: Boundless Entertainment, DIGIT, Genjoy, Hijump, Omnidrone and Parallel, among others, with additional studio partners in seven countries across four continents. For more information, visit scopely.com.
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