Advanced Data Analyst - Experimentation Lead, FC Ultimate Team

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Advanced Data Analyst, Experimentation Lead - FC Ultimate Team

As one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, EA SPORTS FC is redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences, connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivaled authenticity.

With more opportunity than ever to design, innovate and create new, immersive experiences that bring joy, inclusivity, and connection to fans everywhere, we invite you to join our passionate and dynamic team as we pioneer the future of football fandom.

The FC Data & Analytics team is seeking an Advanced Data Analyst to join our Ultimate Team (UT) function. Reporting to a Senior Manager, you will lead the Experimentation program for FC Premium Analytics. You’ll also collaborate closely with data, production, and product management partners to drive informed decision-making within a dynamic live service environment.

We are looking for a candidate who is excited at the prospect of cultivating and uncovering actionable insights from live player data and contributing to the sustained success of one of the industry's most prominent live service products. In this role, you will act as a data leader, driving design, implementation, and evaluation of numerous player-facing experiments.

What you'll do on our team:

• Collaborate with production teams to define telemetry requirements, ensuring robust data collection and validity.

• Design and implement player-facing experimentation using best practices in a complex, live environment

• Write and maintain complex SQL and scripting workflows to extract, transform, and validate large-scale telemetry datasets

• Build and maintain scalable dashboards that translate complex datasets into clear, actionable business insights for cross-functional partners

• Explore user behavioral patterns through experimentation to identify opportunities for improving player experiences and to inform live content release strategies

• Present analytical findings clearly and effectively to stakeholders of all seniority levels to facilitate informed decision-making

• Act as a subject-matter expert in all things experimentation, helping to drive adoption of a data-driven, test-and-learn focused culture across FC’s development team

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research) or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of technical experience in data analytics, with a focus on performing quantitative analysis with large datasets to guide decision-making

• Expert knowledge or equivalent practical experience in leading an experimentation function for a live product

• Proficiency in SQL with the ability to extract data from complex, multi-source systems.

• Hands-on experience with data visualization software (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

• Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, R) with experience writing scripts for data transformation and statistical analysis

• Passion for gaming or previous experience in the gaming industry is considered a strong plus.

Pay Transparency - North America

* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$92,900 - $129,200 CAD