Senior Analyst, Data and Insights, Games

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. 

About the Role

The Times is looking for a creative senior analyst who is passionate about data and eager for the opportunity to support the Games team.

Within the Data and Insights Group (DIG), the New York Times has fostered a large community of experienced analysts who partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and PMO teams across the business. For this role, you’ll work within our DIG Game Analytics team to support the NYT Games team. You’ll partner with producers, product managers, engineers, designers, marketers, and editors to support our vision of being the premier destination for digital puzzle games. You'll analyze data, produce insights, build data pipelines, construct dashboards, run experiments, and more while working on a product that is beloved by tens of millions of users every week. You will report to the Executive Director of Analytics for Games. This is a hybrid position.

Responsibilities:

• Write SQL to pipeline and analyze big data

• Develop data models, dashboards, pipelines, and infrastructure that create evergreen solutions and support the wider analytics team.

• Set up and run A/B Tests - design the tests, provide scope and analysis, present findings, and advise on next steps

• Perform analysis to create insights, advocating for them and guiding them into action

• Build statistical models to analyze behaviors and identify opportunities for the Games business

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world

 

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience working with data analytics or data science teams

• Proficiency in SQL and experience working with relational databases

• 2+ years of experience with data visualization tools such as Mode, Tableau, or Lookr

• 1+ years of experience with A/B testing

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience in the gaming industry or digital/app product analytics

• Experience in Python or R 

• 1+ years of experience applying statistics to strategic problems

 

The annual base pay range for this role is $96,000.00 and $110,000.00.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:$96,000—$110,000 USD

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