Senior Game Analyst

Hutch; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A mobile games developer in London is seeking a Senior Games Analyst. This role requires a detail-oriented professional with a strong analytics background, passionate about data and insights. Responsibilities include collaborating with game teams for data-driven decisions, building statistical models, forecasting game performance, and analyzing user behavior. Ideal candidates will have experience with free-to-play games and proficiency in SQL, Python, and Excel. This position offers a supportive work environment, flexible hours, and a 4-day work week.

Benefits

4-Day Work Week

Flexible working hours

Remote working 2 days per week

Private health care

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave

Access to mental health initiatives

Support for learning and development

Free snacks and drinks

Social events and game launch parties

Qualifications

• Proven track record of working on free to play games.
• Experience with AB testing.
• Ability to contribute to performance forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Enable data-driven decisions through analysis.
• Build statistical models to analyze user behavior.
• Forecast game performance and refine forecasts.

Skills

Game Analytics experience

Data-driven decision making

SQL proficiency

Python proficiency

Excel proficiency

Visualization skills

Communication skills

Tools

Amplitude

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Overview

Senior Games Analyst | London | Permanent

We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 280 million people, with new titles in development.

We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy.

Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way.

We believe in looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.

We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!

Senior Games Analyst

Hutch is looking for a Senior Game Analyst to join the team in London. We’re looking for an experienced, detail-oriented professional who is passionate about data and driven by insights. You should be a strong collaborator and an excellent communicator, able to break down complex data and concepts in a clear and accessible way for a variety of audiences. You’ll be working closely within the game teams to analyse and offer predictions for our existing and in development games, helping build analytical strategy for the products and contributing to their further success.

Responsibilities

• By proactively collaborating with the game team, enable them to make data driven decisions through data analysis
• Build statistical models to analyse user behaviour, predict future developments and automate processes
• Forecast game’s performance and collaborate with the game team in order to refine said forecast, overseeing its feasibility, accuracy and correct reporting
• Estimate the impact of new features and analyse retargeting, reactivation, AB tests, CRM activities
• Look into various aspects of user behaviour, e.g. churn, conversion, LTV
• Work with the marketing team to test and optimise retargeting / reactivation campaigns
• Consult with other game analysts to identify analytical opportunities across all our games, fostering collaborative culture.

Requirements

• A proven track record of Game Analytics working on free to play games
• Your analysis has led to tangible and quantifiable improvements in the games you worked on
• Experience with AB testing and data-driven decision making
• Proficiency with SQl, Python & Excel
• Excellent visualization, presentation and communication skills
• You are a fast learner and are happy to work in an agile and fast-paced environment

Bonus Points

• Experience with statistical and ML model creation and deployment
• Experience in regular game performance forecasting for FP&A purposes
• Experience / exposure to marketing & Performance marketing analytics
• Experience in using tools such as Amplitude, Tableau or Looker

Benefits

Life at Hutch

Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with;

• Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company
• Flexible working hours
• Remote working 2 days per week
• Excellent salary
• Private health care
• Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks)
• Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching
• Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch
• Free snacks and drinks
• Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more
• This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours / week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week).

Our Values

• Transparent - Being transparent and open helps us to be trusted and fosters integrity.
• Humble - When we are humble we show humility, we let go of egos and we are self-aware.
• Collaborative - We value teamwork, the spirit of collaboration and the results of working together.
• Driven - We have drive and ambition and always push for the best results rather than settling.
• Adaptable - Demonstrating the ability to adapt ultimately helps us grow and helps us thrive in different situations