Zone Project Intelligence Director - Zone 3 (Nordics & Romania) [Project Intelligence]

Company Description

Massive Entertainment is a world-renowned AAA game development studio located in Malmö, Sweden, and a proud part of the Ubisoft family. Our diverse and talented team of over 750 professional hails from more than 50 countries, all driven by a shared passion for crafting memorable gaming experiences.  

At Massive, we are committed to pushing the boundaries of creativity and technology, currently leading projects such as Tom Clancy’s The Division 3 while continuously working on our live games Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Star Wars Outlaws, and Tom Clancy’s The Division 2.  

We're also at the forefront of tech innovation, developing our proprietary Snowdrop engine, which powers many of Ubisoft’s flagship titles, and contributing to Ubisoft Connect, Ubisoft's digital ecosystem and distribution platform. Join us, and you'll have the opportunity to do what you love while shaping the future of interactive entertainment. 

Job Description

Zone 3 is seeking a Project Intelligence Director for its Game Analytics, Production Analytics, User Research, Data Science and Applied AI teams. The Project Intelligence Director is responsible for defining the long-term HD project-related data strategy and implementing that vision, developing and supervising a team of high-performing data analysts, user researchers, and data scientists that deliver fact-based insights and recommendations for all HD projects in the Zone. 

You'll be responsible for monitoring trends and patterns within and outside the gaming industry, to identify developments in data analytics and data modeling, and implementing changes across all project intelligence teams, ensure high data quality, usability and availability. You'll oversee the Game Intelligence team including User Research, Games Lab, Game Analytics, Data Science and Production Intelligence and ensuring the team's health and engagement working together with leads on improvement plans to address problematic areas. 

What You'll Do    

• Provide Zone 3 top management with 360 snapshot KPIs of each project at fixed intervals, for zone level project decision making and steering, covering everything from production intelligence to game analytics and user research. 
• Monitor the data and provide insights and recommendations to lead producers and Zone executives on strategies to improve the business. 
• Manage stakeholders on Senior Producer/Director level, including for example Production, Publishing and Ubisoft Central Data Office. 
• Ensuring the communication and reports from the teams are aligned and delivered for developers to help them make informed decisions on game design, live strategy and business strategy. 
• Ensure high-quality design and implementation of telemetry architecture within all of the games. 
• Enable teams to work closely with finance and Monetization teams to inform the project business strategy and produce updates to the project P&L’s at regular intervals. 
• Oversee the operations of the User Test Lab, as well as all User Research activities. 
• Ensuring the availability of production data through automated reporting and on demand dashboards for developers throughout the organization to understand the production status on project, team and individual level. 
• Ensure integration of production data against G&A and prod tools such as RPM, TSM, JIRA etc to ensure precision in the reporting. 
• Ensure the teams work closely together with Producers and Production Directors on the projects to understand the production data needs. 
• Ensure reliable data pipelines and their 24/7 operation. 
• Ensuring high data quality to deliver accurate data, with a high level of usability. 
• Enable building and maintaining capabilities regarding Machine Learning and applied artificial intelligence, both for development tools and in-game application. 

We're offering a permanent position in Malmö, Sweden, with the flexibility to work partially from home (up to two days a week) under our Flexible Workplace Policy. Please apply using English, our company's primary language.

This recruitment process is ongoing and closely aligned with the evolution of our new projects. While we carefully review every application, it’s possible that not all applicants will be interviewed immediately. 

However, don’t be discouraged if you don’t receive an invitation. You may well be an excellent fit for the next phase of our selection process when more openings occur. We really encourage you to apply and express your interest/preference moving forward. 

Qualifications

What You'll Bring 

You are interested in games and game development. You are able to solve complex problems and transform them into an action plan with the delivery target in mind. You are inclusive and a great communicator, being able to take and give feedback to improve yourself and your team. You have a proactive approach and are willing to help out on every part where your knowledge and skills are needed. You show a solid work ethic regarding team development and the well-being of your team members. 

Besides the above we’re looking for someone aligned with our core values and the following skills and experience: 

• Master’s degree in Math, Business or equivalent work experience. 
• Extensive experience managing data analytics team within the game industry 
• Extensive knowledge of game industry business and live games. 
• Extensive knowledge of game production. 
• Proficiency in data pipelines and data engineering 
• Deep knowledge of MLOps Engineering and Data Science. 

Additional Information

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown! 

We embrace a hybrid work model helping you stay connected with your team and aligned with business priorities, while giving you the opportunity to maintain your work-life balance. Note, that some roles are fully office based and are not eligible for hybrid work. 

You can also find a summary of the Massive Job Perks here. 

Questions? We're more than happy to answer them! Please contact Paula Roese Mesquita, Talent Acquisition Partner for this position.

All your application information will be kept confidential according to EEO & GDPR guidelines.