Lead Commercial Analyst

Jagex Ltd.; Hartford; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company in the UK is seeking a Lead Commercial Analyst to guide a team providing key insights into membership and sales strategies. You will deliver analytical solutions that inform commercial decisions and lead effective practices within a creative team. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in commercial analytics, exceptional communication skills, and familiarity with data visualization tools. This role is remote and offers great benefits including private healthcare and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan

Minimum 6% Pension contributions

Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling

Life Insurance

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Enhanced family leave policies from day 1

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & option to buy/sell holidays

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in commercial analytics in a B2C company.
• Previous experience leading analysts and delivering high quality insights.
• Strong communicator and excellent data storyteller.
• Familiarity with statistical languages like Python or R.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of analysts to deliver insights.
• Drive deep learnings by working across data and research.
• Manage stakeholders across the business to support decisions.
• Partner with data engineering to manage data requirements.

Skills

Commercial analytics experience

Data storytelling

Stakeholder management

SQL skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline

Tools

Tableau

PowerBI

AWS

Snowflake

OLAP

Job description

The Lead Commercial Analyst role is your opportunity to lead a small commercial analytics team that supports the entire studio by providing analytics and insights on our membership and sales. You will be the central expert on commercial analytics, ensuring best practices are embedded and delivering insights that drive smarter commercial decisions.

You'll deliver insights, learnings, and guidance to pricing, strategy, and our executive team, shaping the future direction of the studio. You'll also manage two Commercial Analysts, developing ways of working that ensure insights inform and improve commercial outcomes. You will be part of our Analytics, Data Science and Engineering (ADSE) department, the heart of player, product, and business insights at Jagex.

This is a remote working position. You will be working with the highly creative, data driven and talented individuals across the Jagex Analytics, Marketing, & Games teams to drive forward reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a small team of analysts who deliver insights that guide decisions on subscriptions, sales and pricing.
• Drive deep, impactful learnings by working across data, proposition design and research to deliver a story driven direction based in data.
• Develop best practice and transparent ways of working that support player value programs.
• Manage stakeholders across the business, developing analysis and delivering insights to support their commercial decisions.
• Grow relationships across the studio to promote a data-driven partnership
• Partner with data engineering to manage data requirements such as schema requirements and data formats to support high-quality deliverables

Requirements:

• 5+ years' experience in commercial analytics in a B2C company
• Previous experience leading analysts while also delivering high quality insights
• Strong communicator and excellent data storyteller
• Ability to manage stakeholders across all levels of the business
• Successful at driving and delivering change in a meaningful way
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline such as Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or equivalent experience
• Advanced skill in SQL
• Familiarity with modern data architectures (AWS, Snowflake, OLAP)
• Experience using modern data visualization tools e.g Tableau, PowerBI etc.
• Superior attention to detail, natural curiosity, and ability to problem-solve creatively

Desirable Requirements:

• Previous experience in a subscriptions business
• Familiarity with statistical languages (e.g. Python r R) and IDEs like Jupyter Notebook or PyCharm
• Experience with quantitative techniques including regression, classification, and clustering

Jagex is a leader in developing and publishing deep, engaging online games that connect millions of players worldwide. We strive to foster an inclusive workplace built on trust, autonomy, and a shared passion for creating forever games. Our values guide everything we do: We Embrace Fellowship by collaborating and sharing openly. We Hone our Craft by always learning and improving; we Honour our Vows by being honest and transparent; we are our Customers' Heroes by striving to understand our team & player needs, and we Seize The Day by making the most of every opportunity.

As part of Jagex, you'll have the opportunity to work on a globally successful franchise, contribute to exciting new projects, and be part of a company that hugely values both our employees and our players. We offer a generous Perks & Benefits package including:

• Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
• Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
• Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.
• Life Insurance.
• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
• Flexible working hours.
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays