Analytics Manager

About Skillz:

Skillz is the leading mobile games platform connecting players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition. 

The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books, with more than 2.7 billion gamers playing monthly and 10 million developers worldwide. Mobile is the fastest-growing segment of the gaming market, expected to increase from $86 billion last year to $161 billion in 2025. 

As the first publicly-traded (NYSE: SKLZ) mobile esports platform, Skillz has pioneered the future of the gaming industry. The Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide, and distributes millions in prizes each month.

Through its philanthropic initiatives, Skillz has harnessed the power of its platform to transform the way nonprofits engage with donors, enabling anyone with a mobile device to support causes such as the American Red Cross, Susan G. Komen, American Cancer Society, and NAACP by playing in Skillz tournaments.

Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators, San Francisco Business Times’ Best Places to Work, Parity.org’s Best Companies for Women to Advance, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, a two-time winner of CNBC’s Disruptor 50, one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.

Analyst Program at Skillz:

As a Manager of analytics, you will lead a group of Data Analyst professionals at Skillz.

Your Responsibilities:

• Recruit & Train: Recruit, train, develop and lead a team of data analysts. 
• Drive the long term vision of the team; set clear priorities and expectations on weekly deliverables to achieve that vision
• Data Insights: Own the delivery of product insights and highlighting opportunities to improve acquisition, engagement, retention, monetization, and player experience for our current and potential customers.
• Oversee the creation of dashboards and reports that analyze key performance metrics and player behavior.
• Build strong relationships with product & finance counterparts to ensure uplift metrics are provided for new features, new experiments.
• Data Accuracy: Ensure accuracy of data and deliverables completed by the team on a timely basis.
• Communication: Drive highly visible strategic projects, collaborating cross-functionally to structure problems, understand opportunities, and develop solutions.
• Use data-driven storytelling skills to persuasively communicate your recommendations to senior executives and other stakeholders.
• Leadership: Be a strategic leader within the analytics and product organization.

Your Skillz:

• 7+ years experience in product, data or marketing analytics
• Atleast, 3+ years of experience working for gaming, mobile & entertainment companies
• 2+ years of experience leading a team of analysts
• Inquisitive mindset with a major in marketing, business, economics, statistics, engineering, or mathematics preferred but not required 
• Experience performing quantitative and strategic analysis (preferably in product development, consumer marketing, or consulting preferred)
• Self-starter with a ‘don’t take no for an answer’ attitude
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and relational databases.
• Experience with data visualization tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI, etc).
• Demonstrated track record of success in a high-growth, self-directed business environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Location: Work will be in office in San Francisco or Las Vegas

Nice to Haves:

• Gameplay analysis experiences a plus, with an understanding of user engagement and monetization strategies in gaming or mobile apps
• Deep understanding and insights around Retention, Engagement, Audience and Monetization areas in gaming, consumer and entertainment apps.