Head of Analytics

Lighthouse Games is a new AAA studio in Leamington Spa. We are defined by our pedigree of talent, and serious ambition to build a new best-in-class game. When you join us at Lighthouse, you will be able to create the best work of your career, in an environment that feels truly collaborative. You will learn from the best, and work along side the future greats of the gaming industry.

Reporting to the Director of Live Service, you will own analytics for a new AAA IP end to end including the strategy and team. You’ll lead the team, define how we measure and understand player behaviour, and be the analytics voice in the room.

Key Duties Include

• Decide what needs to be built: define the analytics strategy, event taxonomies, and instrumentation roadmap
• Lead the team day to day: setting priorities, reviewing work, and unblocking delivery
• Deliver actionable insight by turning data and analysis into clear recommendations
• Manage partnerships across the studio, particularly with design, to get analytics requirements built and prioritised
• Deliver forecasting, build outlooks and scenarios, and pressure test assumptions
• Lead data governance and privacy by driving compliance across analytics and data pipelines, monitoring data quality, managing access, and keeping documentation current
• Act as the primary analytics counterpart to our publisher’s analytics team, aligning on data definitions and reporting

• Demonstrated track record owning analytics for a live product at meaningful scale in games, digital products or platforms with an ongoing live cadence
• Proven leadership of analysts and data engineers, including setting standards, reviewing work and coaching craft
• Genuinely strong, hands-on SQL, comfortable writing and reviewing complex queries yourself
• Ability to build and defend a forecast or scenario model with statistical rigor
• Clear communication that tells a story with data and explains trade-offs to creative and commercial partners
  A practical approach to experimentation and decision-making when formal tests aren't feasible

• 25 Days Holiday, plus 1 day for your birthday
• Studio Shutdown between Christmas and New Year
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Private Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare
• Health and Well-Being Benefits
• Dental Care
• Optical treatments
• Mental Health Support