Principal Insights Analyst (Game Analytics)

Company

Riot Games develops games and player-focused experiences and uses data, science, and strategy to improve how its portfolio serves gamers worldwide.

What you will do

• Solve complex game analytics problems across the portfolio, including cross-game analysis, product health investigations, and multi-game player behavior studies.
• Apply machine learning and statistical modeling to analyze player behavior, forecast product performance, and support ecosystem strategies.
• Develop and maintain scalable analytics tools, dashboards, datasets, and central reporting solutions.
• Partner with Data Engineering to productionalize central analytics tables and data pulls.
• Collaborate with game, product, engineering, and data teams to improve consistency and efficiency in reporting.
• Mentor game analysts and raise analytical quality across the Insights organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline, plus at least 8 years of relevant experience; an advanced degree may replace up to 2 years of experience.
• At least 2 years of experience applying analytics to games or other live-service products.
• Strong skills across the analytics stack, including Tableau, SQL, Python, and PySpark.
• Experience answering product or portfolio strategy questions through analytics and presenting recommendations to product leadership.
• Familiarity with game design, game direction, and product strategy.
• Ability to work independently, lead multi-party projects, and collaborate across game design, engineering, data engineering, and product.

Nice to have

• Experience with competitive PvP titles.
• Experience developing and maintaining scalable data warehouse schemas and architecture.
• Experience developing and deploying statistical or machine learning models.
• Advanced degree in a related analytical, technical, finance, or management discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Player-first culture focused on player empathy and improving player experiences.
• Collaborative environment with support for diverse perspectives and cross-functional work.
• Open paid time off and flexible work schedules.
• Medical, dental, and life insurance.
• Parental leave for employees, spouses or domestic partners, and children.
• 401(k) with company match.