As the Game Explorer Team Lead, you will coordinate a team responsible for collecting and analyzing player interaction data within free-to-play mobile games. You will balance people leadership, project coordination, and hands-on gameplay research to ensure the delivery of accurate, high-quality insights that support product and market intelligence initiatives. In this role, you will hire, train, and mentor Game Explorers, manage team priorities, improve data collection processes, and help drive operational excellence. The ideal candidate is passionate about mobile games, highly organized, detail-oriented, and experienced in leading teams and delivering results across multiple projects.

What you'll do

Hire & train new Game Explorers to maintain the operational efficiency & expertise of the Game Exploration group
Manage division of project work across multiple Game Explorers
Define new data collection templates for team to use to precisely record & organize gameplay data
Play a wide variety of free-to-play mobile games every day
Collect detailed gameplay data from multiple playthroughs about level progression, item types & costs, live ops events, sales & offer details, marketing messages, & similar
Change gameplay behavior according to predefined playthrough scripts based on project needs & data collection objectives
Reliably and proactively communicate with rest of Product Insights team, delivering time-sensitive data on schedule, on budget, and ensuring it meets quality requirements for every project

What we are looking for

Passion for playing games – experience playing casual mobile games with in-app purchases daily is helpful
Mentor – Experience hiring, onboarding, & training team members at different levels of expertise
Planner – Experience coordinating & organizing multiple projects across multi-person teams
Highly reliable – Excellent time management skills & attention to detail required
Flexible – Ability to responds to changing project requirements
Strong written and verbal communication skills – both concise & precise – required

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V

World Leader in Gaming Entertainment
Robust benefits package
Global career opportunities

Our Values

All about the Player
Talent Unleashed
Collective Brilliance
Good Business Good Citizen

Travel Expectations

None

Additional Information

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Game Explorer Lead

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