Product Analyst

Team and Role Overview

The Senior Product Analyst will join the Player Value team on Candy Crush Saga. The primary focus is the In-App Purchases (IAP) area, with potential expansion into the early funnel, communication systems, or the in-game economy. This role involves end-to-end ownership of the experimentation lifecycle, partnering with Product Managers, and operational work at scale within a live-game environment. The team actively utilizes AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate analysis and communication.

Responsibilities

• Own the experimentation lifecycle from problem formulation and hypothesis design to analysis, readout, recommendation, and follow-up.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis of player behavior to identify opportunities for improving monetization, retention, and player experience.
• Translate complex data into clear insights, recommendations, and narratives for Product Managers, Designers, and leadership.
• Analyze price points, offers, and promotions to support pricing decisions and measure impact on conversion, revenue, and long-term player value.
• Manage the in-game economy by monitoring balance, sinks, and sources, and identifying risks/opportunities within currency and reward systems.
• Own tracking specifications by defining necessary events and metrics, writing documentation, and ensuring instrumentation is accurate.
• Execute operational work at scale, including reporting, observability, data quality, event integrity, and coordination.
• Build and maintain Looker dashboards and reporting frameworks for self-service analytics.
• Write performant SQL in BigQuery to answer product questions.
• Partner with Developers, Product Managers, and Data Scientists on solution delivery, observability, and data model improvements.
• Use segmentation, funnel analysis, and journey mapping to explore complex product questions.
• Utilize AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate analysis, prototyping, and communication.
• Support the Analytics craft through knowledge sharing, defining standards, and mentoring junior analysts.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of deriving insights from behavioral or product data.
• Strong SQL skills (BigQuery preferred) and ability to work independently with large datasets.
• Experience owning or contributing to experimentation and A/B testing (design, interpretation, and translation into recommendations).
• Dashboarding experience in Looker or a comparable BI tool.
• Experience using data to support product, business, or operational decisions.
• Ability to communicate analysis clearly via data visualization and evidence-based recommendations.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with Product, Design, Engineering, and Data Science.
• Independence and initiative to drive ambiguous problems to actionable outcomes.
• Willingness to own operational work at scale, including tracking, observability, and data quality.

Highly Appreciated Skills

• Good understanding of statistics and experience interpreting A/B test results.
• Proficiency in Python or R for analysis, automation, or modeling.
• Curiosity regarding the use of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, or Codex) to accelerate workflows.
• Experience in games, live-service products, or fast-moving consumer products.

Success Criteria

• Acting as a trusted analytical partner to Product Managers to shape decisions via data and commercial insight.
• Providing reliable, actionable insights that deepen team understanding of players.
• Surfacing facts to reduce ambiguity and connect data to product outcomes.
• Operating effectively in a fast-paced environment where solutions require unique approaches.
• Building strong relationships across Product, Design, Engineering, and Analytics.
• Executing operational tasks reliably as a core component of delivering value.

Role Scope

The Senior Product Analyst typically operates at the product-theme or feature level, providing analytical leadership across end-to-end solution delivery. This position complements Product Management and Data Science. Core contributions include data-driven discovery, experimentation, exploration, and recommendation, with a heavy emphasis on product understanding, technical independence, and translating data into better product decisions.

About King

King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, part of Microsoft, with over 20 years of history delivering iconic titles including the Candy Crush franchise and Farm Heroes Saga. With approximately 200 million monthly players, the company maintains offices in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Malta. King operates with a mission of Making the World Playful, fostering a culture of curiosity, passion, and team-based impact.