Insights Director, Riot Games

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Psychology, Economics, Mathematics or a related discipline plus 9 years of relevant experience (an advanced degree can account for up to 2 years of experience)
• Familiarity with both analytics and research and 5+ years experience in at least one of those crafts
• 3+ years experience managing high performing individuals and teams
• 3+ years experience working directly in game development
• Experience participating in strategy development for a product or business in a leadership capacity and helping to operationalizing that strategy via ownership or advisory
• Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, collaboration and stakeholder management
• Experience building and leading cross-functional teams

Desirable

• As a Director, Insights (R&D) at Riot, you will be a member of the game’s leadership team focused on helping them deeply understand their audience and opportunities, building actionable strategic and business plans
• Helping to drive strategy into operations on the development team; monitoring performance against targets; driving improvements to our processes and systems to support better decision making; and building, managing, and operating a team that can meet the Insights needs of the product
• Since the role touches on all parts of the product and business, the role will require a leader that has broad experience in Insights and game development
• You will report to the Executive Producer of the project
• Maintain strategy & audience understanding for the game and help to operationalize that strategy by ensuring the development team's efforts are aligned with the critical path of creating a successful product & business and are executed effectively and efficiently
• Identify and advise towards product choices that create competitive advantages and adapt to changing market dynamics (eg: competitive, legal, etc.)
• Help to connect product strategy with broader organizational and company strategy
• Support the strategic planning and forecasting (SPF) process for the Business Unit; set targets for and monitor performance against development plans, goals, finances, & product KPIs
• Oversee issues relating to data, research, analytics, and other Insights areas of expertise including playtesting, market research, financial & other forecasting, and telemetry & reporting
• Help to ensure efficient and effective resource allocation (workforce planning, spend)
• 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