People Analytics Lead at Skillz

<h3 id="About-the-Role" data-local-id="c537263f-1174-4957-ad4b-df1bd92f1d78" data-renderer-start-pos="139"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">About the Role</strong></h3> <p data-renderer-start-pos="155" data-local-id="7df23dd3-3bff-4c14-ae16-033b84af33e5">If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career!</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="246" data-local-id="fac57c29-4c9f-4dbd-9802-c8872f2e3642">Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="716" data-local-id="6a04e1e7-37fb-485f-8de3-c1eb43081085">At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, <span data-highlighted="true" data-vc="highlighted-text"><span class="_kqswh2mm"><span class="_5pioz8co _189e1dm9 _1il9buyh _19lc184f _d0altlke" data-testid="definition-highlighter">EA</span></span></span>, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, <span data-highlighted="true" data-vc="highlighted-text"><span class="_kqswh2mm"><span class="_5pioz8co _189e1dm9 _1il9buyh _19lc184f _d0altlke" data-testid="definition-highlighter">EY</span></span></span>, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1143" data-local-id="95101ecb-ea9c-491e-9f5e-c4dbc1c5fa39"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Why Skillz</strong></p> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="e89ff20a-fdaa-4b5a-ba14-61ba1540fc02" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1157" data-local-id="5bb190d7-494d-4bbc-9119-83eaa1202045">Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1369" data-local-id="a98c0062-2d80-46d1-a54c-35df2a50e681">Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, pre-tax benefit options, and more.</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1666" data-local-id="32d9b698-1a1a-4411-a3f0-760b7ecb97b1">Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1935" data-local-id="c5b370d6-3428-422e-ab10-77feaa352a8b">Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) &amp; company holidays to help you recharge and pursue your passions.</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2123" data-local-id="b7de23a4-d2d9-4f46-8f40-c47f59015f32">Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free breakfast and catered lunches, snacks, a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more.&nbsp;</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2420" data-local-id="f73f6e35-d7bf-4c79-b376-9db23e70b46a">Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, <span data-highlighted="true" data-vc="highlighted-text"><span class="_kqswh2mm"><span class="_5pioz8co _189e1dm9 _1il9buyh _19lc184f _d0altlke" data-testid="definition-highlighter">CNBC</span></span></span>'s Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2719" data-local-id="6a69b52c-9e4a-489d-9b6e-fe4ad20ab9d8">Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth.&nbsp;</p> </li> </ul> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3073" data-local-id="27b6b372-b656-4cc7-b8b5-0181e9f74f92"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="6876" data-local-id="78e02608-965c-4069-b02d-10ce7f2af7dc">&nbsp;Architect and Own the People Analytics Ecosystem</li> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="6929" data-local-id="0d68a8bc-1a21-45b0-9412-be996f9b19bb">&nbsp;Drive Strategic Workforce Insights</li> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="6968" data-local-id="f63cc742-3857-4251-b133-3bd8c73f57ee">&nbsp;Enable Division-Level Workforce Planning</li> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="7013" data-local-id="d6075843-19f8-4c4f-83e1-9a73cd4e6f1e">&nbsp;Drive Process Optimization Through Data</li> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="7057" data-local-id="b581e32c-f03f-4435-baeb-34e85b13cc2b">&nbsp;Establish Data Governance and Stakeholder Enablement</li> </ul> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3167" data-local-id="5b102d9a-5e75-40b3-8f1e-45cd596bc5b8"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Key Competencies&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="7135" data-local-id="b1e2888d-f064-4b40-82b5-1b35864acb3d">Advanced Proficiency in SQL, Tableau and Expert level in Excel or Google Sheets</li> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="7246" data-local-id="9689eca70cd9">Experience designing scalable reporting frameworks and metric governance</li> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="7322" data-local-id="f92e4472-ed23-484f-bef7-639a8240194a">Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into structured analysis and clear executive recommendations; Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions</li> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="7509" data-local-id="db120688-546d-4d6b-8d82-4fdd206467d1">Strong systems thinking with track record of automating and standardizing analytics workflows</li> </ul> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3223" data-local-id="a23dc508-14fb-4086-b941-61fe1a2afdb5"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Required Experience&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 2;">5+ years professional work experience in analytics roles with ownership of reporting infrastructure and business decision support&nbsp;</li> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="7854" data-local-id="c97caf98-c385-49bf-880c-f804f15f4f9a">Demonstrated impact influencing operational or strategic decisions</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Experience working in high-growth or structurally evolving organizations&nbsp;</li> <li style="line-height: 2;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HR/People analytics experience&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="8075" data-local-id="e64a82f4-f1c6-4bd1-a920-23b012fe9ad8">Bachelor’s or Master’s degree required</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Requirements/Nice to Have:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 2;" data-renderer-start-pos="8010" data-local-id="df1165c0-b730-4f98-935f-7a962ec4bbed">Consulting or cross-functional analytics background</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Exposure to workforce planning, headcount modeling, and/or labor cost analytics</li> <li style="line-height: 2;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Exposure to Python&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 2;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gaming Industry experience </span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 2;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bachelor’s or Master’s degree required in analytics, marketing, business, economics, statistics, computer science, engineering, or mathematics&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="line-height: 2;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Passionate about video games&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3335" data-local-id="10cc0f3b-5307-4284-8eee-657f72659163"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Location:</strong> Onsite in Las Vegas, NV&nbsp;</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3417" data-local-id="017e4801-b93a-4b71-be5f-ddf3dd79aee5"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Travel Requirement: </strong>Less than 5%</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3417" data-local-id="017e4801-b93a-4b71-be5f-ddf3dd79aee5"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Total Starting Compensation including Base + Bonus for Las Vegas: </strong>$121,000</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3560" data-local-id="0f76499e-9456-4cd0-8942-5233c2e21885"><a class="_ymio1r31 _ypr0glyw _zcxs1o36 _mizu1v1w _1ah3dkaa _ra3xnqa1 _128mdkaa _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu1r31 _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _syaz13af _ect41gqc _1a3b1r31 _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj13af _9oik1r31 _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l313af _1nrm1r31 _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h12zz _10531ra0 _1ien1ra0 _n0fx1ra0 _1vhv17z1" href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uptd8zrFsLU" data-renderer-mark="true"><u data-renderer-mark="true"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mCdFJpn3YZA?feature=shared" width="560" height="314"></iframe></u></a></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3604" data-local-id="8fc95715-a64d-465a-8b5a-79d5fc67ed21"><a class="_ymio1r31 _ypr0glyw _zcxs1o36 _mizu1v1w _1ah3dkaa _ra3xnqa1 _128mdkaa _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu1r31 _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _syaz13af _ect41gqc _1a3b1r31 _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj13af _9oik1r31 _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l313af _1nrm1r31 _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h12zz _10531ra0 _1ien1ra0 _n0fx1ra0 _1vhv17z1" href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mCdFJpn3YZA?feature=shared" data-renderer-mark="true"><u data-renderer-mark="true"><video poster="" controls="controls" width="560" height="314"> <source src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mCdFJpn3YZA?feature=shared"></video></u></a></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3664" data-local-id="af6f1e8b-788e-49d3-9120-dda2bf44ffe4">Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming!</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3722" data-local-id="cdebb531-5fef-4cb8-9e54-517963906dd7">Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. We look forward to having you on board!</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3841" data-local-id="28fd1cc3-a9bc-40bf-b894-ef3e3c3b982a">Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></em></p></div>