Director, Game Science & Insights

Who We Are

Founded in 2005, 2K is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios — including Visual Concepts, Gearbox, Firaxis, Hangar 13, Cloud Chamber and HB Studios — develop 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, spanning sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy and more.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers are the professional publishing stewards of critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, Borderlands, Sid Meier’s Civilization, BioShock, Mafia, WWE 2K, PGA 2K and XCOM. 2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work. We encourage all qualified applicants to explore our global positions.

What We Need

The Director, Game Science & Insights is a senior technical leader within the Game Science & Insights (GSI) organisation, reporting to the Senior Director, Game Science & Insights. This role focuses on proactive problem solving through causal inference, experimentation, predictive modelling and AI integration. Our data scientists act as strategic partners, turning complex business challenges into testable hypotheses, validating them through causal inference or controlled experimentation, and then scaling the successful findings into predictive models and AI systems that help the business anticipate change and address challenges before they occur.

In this role you will lead and grow a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, data analysts and ML practitioners across our US, Ireland and UK hubs, using sophisticated player and commercial data to understand and influence engagement, retention and monetization across our AAA and live-service franchises — directly shaping product decisions and business outcomes. The scope is significant: you will own analytical operations including recurring analysis, ad-hoc insight, experimentation and the AI/ML systems that productionise our work.

This is a hands-on, deeply technical leadership position. You are expected to be fluent in — and set the standard for — the modern data and AI stack we are deploying across the business today, and to keep 2K ahead of the curve as the technology landscape evolves.

Our Technical Environment

You will lead delivery on, and be highly proficient across, the platform and tooling we are actively deploying:

• Cloud data platforms: Snowflake and Databricks — data modelling, performance, governance at scale.
• Programming & modelling: Python as the primary language for analysis, experimentation, statistical modelling and machine learning; production-grade, well-tested code.
• Analytics & BI: Tableau/ Power BI for data storytelling, self-service analytics and executive-ready reporting.
• AI & generative AI: Claude and other large language models applied to data science workflows, insight generation and internal tooling; broad fluency in modern AI/ML and GenAI techniques and how to apply them pragmatically and responsibly.
• AI-assisted engineering: GitHub and GitHub AI (Copilot) for version control, code review and AI-accelerated development across the team.
• SQL: expert-level SQL underpinning all of the above.
• Project Management: Experience with project management and communication tools such as Asana, Confluence, JIRA, and Slack.

What You Will Do

Game Science & Insights Strategy, Prioritisation and Execution

• Define the technical direction for the team — setting priorities and driving successful execution of analytics, experimentation and AI/ML projects across the product suite.
• Oversee the full AI/ML development lifecycle, from research and prototyping through to scalable deployment, monitoring and iteration on Snowflake and Databricks.
• Champion best practice in machine learning engineering, MLOps and cloud-native development, embedding AI-assisted tooling (Claude, GitHub AI) into how the team works.
• Direct experimentation and A/B testing initiatives, and apply causal inference to pinpoint winning strategies that boost conversion and long-term player value with precision.
• Establish clear expectations for the effort required to deliver different types of analysis and data requests, manage bandwidth and bottlenecks, and ensure work progresses at quality and on time.
• Oversee the development of risk registers and contingency playbooks, particularly around game releases, and inform the development or licensing of key tools used by GSI.

Cross-Functional Partnership and Execution

• Partner with product, commercial and marketing leaders to shape intelligent, player-focused solutions grounded in evidence.
• Build strong partner relationships through honest, precise and consistent communication; evaluate, triage and prioritise incoming requests against team capacity.
• Transform intricate analytics into compelling, actionable guidance that empowers leadership — including the C-suite — to lead with confidence.
• Amplify the 2k and central data strategy by engaging the right cross-functional partners to build scalable, impactful solutions across the business.
• Communicate team plans, actions and outcomes across all levels of 2K and Take-Two leadership.

Leadership and Team Building