Principal Insights Analyst, Riot Games
Player Platform
$178.8-249.2k
+ Incentive compensation and Equity
Player-focused game development platform
Open for applications
Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$178.8-249.2k
+ Incentive compensation and Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years experience in data analytics, business strategy, management consulting, or related fields
- 5+ years experience in analyzing large data sets and visualizing complex information
- 2+ years experience working in the games industry
- Experience leading multi-person efforts
- Experience driving on efforts from end-to-end, including identification and pitching, through to action and impact
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and SQL/Python
- Advanced proficiency in data visualization tools such as Tableau
Desirable
- Experience working in game analytics, including areas around monetization, matchmaking, and/or social systems
- Experience mentoring individuals in their craft or discipline, and growing them into seniority
What the job involves
- As a Principal Insights Analyst for Player Platform at Riot, you will leverage data and competitive intelligence to inform the strategic direction of high opportunity areas within the platform technology organization at Riot
- You will work directly with leaders across Player Platform spaces to report on the health of products, inform product strategy in a variety of areas which could include Matchmaking, Monetization, and Social and advise on problem and opportunity spaces to focus on
- You will collaborate with Insights members embedded in initiatives to tackle problems, as well as mentor them in problem-solving and analytics craft
- Partner with product leadership to understand impact and drive improvements to the holistic player experience
- Identify as well as investigate key problem or opportunity spaces and formulate recommendations and strategies for whether and how to pursue these
- Analyze core business KPIs and drivers in collaboration with initiative Insights teams, and present findings and takeaways to leadership
- Collaborate heavily with initiative producers and Insights teams to understand the product context and steward changes on the ground
- Serve as the expert for Player Platform Insights on problem-solving approach and analytics craft, mentoring Insights members in these areas and guiding critical projects
Our take
Riot Games has grown into one of the world’s most prominent online and mobile game developers, due in large part to the success of its 2009 flagship title League of Legends which hosts just under seventy million users every month.
Riot is riding the wave of online gaming growth, having made a well timed switch from PC-only into mobile-based gaming, as capitalising on the rising popularity of esports, with the League of Legends World Championships one of the most watched events in the space.
However, adding further titles to its resume will be key to building on its success, as League of Legends was its only offering for the best part of a decade. Since being acquired by Chinese tech giant Tencent in 2011, the company has grown significantly in Asian markets, opening its Shanghai Game Studio in 2021 and expanding its China Game Studio Group in 2022. These two hubs will help Riot Games make further inroads in a country where PC gaming is already huge and continues to grow.
Regardless of League of Legends' success both online and in live arenas, the company nevertheless experienced a round of layoffs internationally that amounted to 11% of its workforce. Pair that with legal troubles in 2024 concerning the company’s partnership with now bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, and Riot Games appears to be in a period of transition. Thanks to the strength of its gaming products, however, Riot will no doubt maintain a comfortable position within the gaming world.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2009
$8m
SERIES C
Jul 2008
$7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $15m
Company benefits
- We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
- Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available
- Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations
- Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games
Company values
- Player experience first
- Dare to dream
- Thrive together
- Execute with excellence
- Stay hungry, stay humble
Company HQ
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
Articles
Leadership
Brandon Beck
(Co-Chairman)Having studied at the University of Southern California, they worked as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company. they left this role in September 2006 to co-found Riot Games, where they served initially as co-CEO.
Marc Merrill
(Co-Chairman)After a degree at the University of Southern California, they worked as a U.S. Bank Analyst and a Manager of Advanstar Communications. They co-founded Riot Games with Brandon in September 2006, alongside being a Principal of NaHCo3 since 2016.
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