Data Science

The Minecraft Player and Data Insights (PADI) team is looking for a Data Science  to span the creator, subscription, monetization and gameplay areas of business, plan analytical projects with stakeholders, deliver strategic insights, and help shape the future of the Minecraft franchise.  

In your product analytics role, you will focus on practical applications of visualizations, statistics, and machine learning to influence product strategy with key decisionmakers in areas including user generated content and multiplayer experiences. On the PADI team, you will be responsible for identifying opportunities to improve player and creator experiences from telemetry using big data tools, and partner independently and seamlessly, aligning and influencing to create action on insights. You will design analysis and machine learning models to uncover actionable insights about enabling new content, highlighting player journey moments, and sizing opportunities available. You will bring engagement, revenue, and player perspectives, while coaching the stakeholders to use data to move franchise objectives. PADI’s goal is to be the most impactful data team in games!  

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Responsibilities

• Grow relationships across teams in Minecraft, enhancing quality of collaboration, with insights to promote more data integration partnerships.  

• Evaluate business impact of potential projects. Leverage understanding of data to influence business decisions and own & advocate for analysis results.  

• Brainstorm with stakeholders to direct ambiguous questions into hypotheses and impactful analysis plans.   

• Use a variety of data science methods like time series and statistics. Proficiency in adhoc queries.  

• Strength in story telling data to stakeholders through visualizations, and dashboard & live services reporting.  

• Articulates drivers and strategies from a perspective that combines analytical and product expertise.  

• Work environment is fast-paced and requires flexibility and adaptability to align to rhythm of business.  

• Build games industry expertise. Become a Minecraft player. Gain experience with creators, mods, user generated content.  

Embody our Culture and Values 

Qualifications

 Required/Minimum Qualifications

· Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)

o OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)

o OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics