Data is at the heart of everything we do at Rovio. It enables us to continually improve our games and provide incredible experiences for the millions of users who play our games every day. All of this data is only valuable if it can be used to guide our day to day operations and the mission of the Data and Analytics craft is to turn that raw data into actionable insights.
We are now looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our flagship Angry Birds 2 game in the Stockholm studio. Coming into this role, you will build an understanding of the game and different business levers and use that knowledge to build new game features, optimising existing ones, structure vague problem statements in collaboration with key stakeholders. You will be working as a part of a live ops pod, supporting it as a dedicated team member.
The team is located in our studio in the centre of Stockholm and works in a hybrid mode (3 days per week onsite). Currently not based in Sweden? No problem at all, we will help you with the relocation and work permit if needed!
You will have impact and fun at work by:
Working with the team members of your pod, participating in the end to end process of new feature development from planning, research and testing to launch and post launch evaluation
Bringing an objective perspective and recommendations to all phases of decision making, leveraging your technical skills to mine raw data for valuable information
Constantly designing and running in-game A/B test experiments, helping the team to find options leading to better game monetization performance and higher audience satisfaction
Creating dashboards and reports to help the game team understand your findings
Proactively working with data exploration and looking for opportunities to improve gameplay experience
Working closely with peer Data Analysts, Product Managers, Designers and Producers to continuously improve how we are interpreting game metrics and making decisions
Coaching and sharing best practices between colleagues in the data craft and whole game team
Experience and skills we are looking for:
High proficiency in SQL
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or R
Solid understanding of statistics (hypothesis testing, regression, analysing bias)
Experience in product analysis and experiments design including A/B testing
Excellent presentation and collaboration skills with proven ability to present data and provide actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders
Prior experience as an analyst in mobile games or apps with large audiences
Passion for playing games and understanding what makes a successful feature
Skills Required
- High proficiency in SQL
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or R
- Solid understanding of statistics (hypothesis testing, regression, analysing bias)
- Experience in product analysis and experiments design including A/B testing
- Excellent presentation and collaboration skills with ability to present data and provide actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Prior experience as an analyst in mobile games or apps with large audiences
- Passion for playing games and understanding what makes a successful feature
What We Do
Rovio Entertainment Ltd. is a global mobile-first games company that creates, develops and publishes mobile games, which have been downloaded over 5 billion times. Rovio is best known for the global Angry Birds brand, which started as a popular mobile game in 2009, and has since evolved from games to various entertainment, animations and consumer products in brand licensing. Rovio has produced The Angry Birds Movie (2016), and its sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2 was released in 2019. The company offers multiple mobile games and has seven game studios – one in Espoo (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark), Barcelona (Spain), Montreal and Toronto (Canada), as well as a subsidiary in Izmir (Turkey) called Ruby Games. Most of the employees are based in Finland where Rovio is headquartered. In 2023, Sega Europe Limited acquired more than 90 percent of Rovio’s issued and outstanding shares, making Rovio a subsidiary of Sega
