Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC is seeking an Analyst, Product Analytics in California to join our team and contribute to the exciting future of the PlayStation platform. This role involves close collaboration with product feature teams and data partners to ensure effective data utilization and measurement methodologies for data-driven insights and decision-making. The Analyst will oversee end-to-end product analytics projects, including data exploration, KPI design, target setting, measurement planning, and impact assessment.
Responsibilities
Work closely with product feature teams to understand their roadmap and translate initiative goals into data KPIs, targets, and measurement plans.
Extract and integrate data from various sources to support analytical efforts, coordinating with data product, engineering, data science, and other analytics teams as needed.
Lead A/B test experiments, validate test data, monitor progress, perform post-test analysis, and provide recommendations for feature release decisions, collaborating with the experimentation platform team as necessary.
Convert business questions into data analytics tasks, conduct thorough analyses to segment and explore data, identify key drivers, and generate actionable insights to inform business decisions.
Collaborate with data scientists on research and innovation, applying standardized processes and enhancing analytics methodologies as they become available. Contribute to the development and use of digital tools, reporting visualization, and analytical storytelling.
Work with the reporting team to define and create automated and self-serve dashboards, providing relevant information efficiently to optimize business operations and track key initiatives.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Business, Economics, or a related field, with 3+ years of relevant professional experience in data analysis. A related Master’s Degree is a plus.
Experience working with product, business, or other partner teams, including conducting experiments and supporting optimization efforts such as A/B testing, holdout groups, and multivariate analysis is a must. Familiarity with quasi-experimental causal inference methodologies is a plus.
Relevant experience in data analysis with advanced SQL, Python/ R skills is required; Experience with user journey tools (e.g., Adobe Analytics) and standard BI tools (e.g., MicroStrategy, Tableau, Domo) is highly preferred.
Strong understanding of statistical concepts (e.g., confidence intervals, hypothesis testing) and analytic modeling techniques (e.g., multivariate/linear regression, k-means clustering) is preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting analytical results to non-technical partners.
At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.
Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.
Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice (where applicable) for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
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