Staff Product Data Analyst (Hybrid)

Big Viking Games; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A gaming company in Toronto is looking for a Staff Product Data Analyst to analyze player behavior, build dashboards, and develop predictive models for their flagship titles. The role demands strong SQL and Python skills and a minimum of 6 years in analytics within gaming. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Group Retirement Savings Plan matching

Comprehensive benefits package

Generous time off policies

Qualifications

• 6 years in product business or game analytics, ideally in mobile or live-ops gaming.
• Expert SQL skills and ability to wrangle messy data.
• Proficiency in Python or R and experience with ML libraries.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain analytics dashboards for stakeholders.
• Analyze player behavior and trends for decision-making.
• Lead A/B test design and impact analysis.

Skills

Product analytics

SQL

Python

Data visualization

A/B testing

Education

Master's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Description

Important: This a full-time hybrid role for Ontario-based employees only. The successful candidate will be required to work from our Toronto office (Queens Quay West) for a minimum of 3 days per week.

About Us

Making fans - Thats what were all about! Since our humble beginnings in 2011 these two words have driven Big Viking Games to become the successful company it is today. We are focused on making our mark as a next-generation live operations games company.

We believe that each Viking is unique and brings exponential value to the return we provide Vikings with the opportunity to solve problems through continuous learning and fostering feedback ultimately mastering their craft. By investing in our Vikings and in new technologies we can continue our success for years to come.

We are embarking on an adventure and rely on our team of skilled enthusiastic and collaborative Vikings to turn our ship towards a new horizon.

About the Role

Big Viking Games is looking for a Staff Product Data Analyst to join our team and own analytics for our flagship titles YoWorld and FishWorld. Embedded within our cross-functional product pods you’ll partner with Product Marketing FP&A and Data to evaluate player behaviour refine monetization strategies and architect predictive models revenue forecasts and agentic workflows that automate key live-ops processes.

Reporting into the Product org this Staff-level role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced hypothesis-driven environment and wants their dashboards forecasts and automation to directly impact millions of players.

You’ll help drive smarter decisions across roadmap planning feature development campaign performance and in-game economy optimization while championing first-principles analytics machine-learning pipelines and self-serve data automation.

What You’ll Do

• End-to-end analytics & modelling
• Build and maintain dashboards (DAU player spend content performance pricing effectiveness) for stakeholders across Product Marketing and Finance.
• Analyze player behaviour campaign performance and monetization trends to inform roadmap and live-ops tuning.
• Develop predictive models and forecasting pipelines (e.g. adoption curves revenue projections churn risk) using first-principles thinking.
• Impact & experimentation
• Lead A/B test design impact analysis and lift measurement for Gem Events Challenges Reactivation Offers and new gameplay features (ex. SplashO Storylines).
• Partner with FP&A to quantify cost savings and migration impacts.
• Automation & scalability
• Identify inefficiencies in IAP config asset throughput and content velocity recommend and build agentic workflows to streamline campaign planning and delivery.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering to operationalize data pipelines enable self-serve analytics and embed predictive insights into product dashboards.
• Cross-functional thought partnership
• Translate complex quantitative findings into clear actionable recommendations for PMs engineers and live-ops leads.
• Evangelize next-gen analytics best practices mentor junior analysts and shape our data-driven culture.

Requirements

• 6 years in product business or game analytics side ideally in mobile or live-ops gaming
• Expert SQL skills; ability to wrangle messy data into clean performant datasets
• Proficiency in Python or R and experience with ML libraries (scikit-learn TensorFlow etc.)
• Strong attention to detail so you’ll notice we like you to mention Kattegat in your application
• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining BI dashboards (Looker Tableau Power BI or similar)
• Ability to blend descriptive analytics (What happened Why) with predictive insight (What will happen How can we optimize)
• Proven track record applying first-principles thinking to build and validate forecasting and predictive models that drove measurable product or revenue impact (validating assumptions testing holdout samples iterating on feature engineering)
• Ability to translate complex data insights into concise stories and actionable recommendations

Nice‑To‑Haves

• Experience with in‑game economy design or IAP configuration
• Familiarity with A/B testing frameworks (Optimizely Firebase custom tooling)
• Background in automated data pipelines and agentic workflow tools
• Masters degree in a quantitative field (Statistics Economics Computer Science) or equivalent experience

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Group Retirement Savings Plan matching & participation
• Comprehensive benefits package (health dental and vision) including Health Wellness spending account
• Generous time off policies

Ready to set sail Apply now and help steer our next wave of live-ops success!

Big Viking Games is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. We welcome applications from individuals of all abilities and will provide accommodations throughout the hiring process as needed. If you require any accommodations please email so we can work with you to support your needs.