Electronic Arts

EA Sports Planning Analyst

We are EA - the world’s largest video game publisher. Our teams build meaningful relationships with hundreds of millions of players around the world who love our games. We aim to be the best at meeting players where they are and supporting them throughout their journey with EA. Our teams develop the strategic vision of our products, run outstanding multi-channel campaigns, build global engagement across all touchpoints, develop global insights, and propel sales and global publishing. We understand the dynamic global landscape so we can bring relevant content, promotions, and help to players anywhere.

Main Purpose of the Role

The EA Sports Planning Analyst is part of the Asia EA Sports Franchise team focused on supporting operational planning and forecasting across both mobile and console (HD) game portfolios. This role will collaborate closely with Commercial, Marketing, Product, and Finance teams across Asia to optimize performance and drive growth

Responsibilities

• Work directly with game analysts, product managers, marketing, publishing and finance to establish collaborative mobile forecasts with aligned assumptions

• Own the end-to-end HD packaged game forecast, including top-down allocation support and scenario modeling

• Manage regional pre-order and sell-in/sell-through tracking for AAA HD releases

• Develop and deliver comprehensive performance reporting for both mobile and HD portfolios

• Support Asia Franchise team leads with insights on market share, EA title performance, and commercial effectiveness across both HD & Mobile titles

• Propose localized pricing and promotional strategies based on regional dynamics 

• Measure title performance post-launch, analyzing drivers such as pricing, marketing impact, competition, and market trends

• Conduct ad hoc analysis and generate custom reports to support commercial and marketing decision-making

• Support Franchise lead with Commercial Management tasks for selected EA Sports suite of titles

• Input into monthly consolidated reporting for Asia i.e “Last Month in Asia”

Skills and Knowledge Required

●        2+ years of experience forecasting revenue, experience in mobile gaming, video games or live service forecasting an advantage

●        Excellent Excel skills including pivot tables, vlookups, index+match, charts and graphs

●        Working knowledge of SQL, data visualization software package (e.g., Tableau or R packages) & PowerPoint

Key Performance Measures

●        Successful delivery of projects supported by clear, compelling presentations and thorough, insightful analysis

●        Supporting the Franchise team to meet and exceed Plan revenue

What’s in it for you? 

We want EA to be the ultimate destination to make great content and experiences. Everything we’re doing here is about creating a culture, environment, and company where you can do the best work of your career – so there’s that. There’s also:

• An employee assistance program, including coaching and therapy sessions to support your wellbeing

• An inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers

• 17.5% annual leave loading – yes, we’ll pay you extra to take a break!

• Bonus end of year leave days – time off between Christmas and New Years, no annual leave necessary

• Volunteer leave and charitable donation matching

• A flexible work reimbursement program - $$ to go towards your working from home and/or commuting expenses

We also offer access to our employee stock purchase program.