Strategic Planning Associate

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.

Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.

Rockstar Games New York is on the lookout for a Strategic Planning Associate. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, with demonstrated experience performing quantitative and qualitative assessments to help inform strategic and operating decisions across the business.

This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar’s NYC headquarters in Downtown Manhattan.

What We Do

• The Strategic Planning team is responsible for developing long-term strategic and business plans for Rockstar. We address high-impact problems and develop recommendations for the most compelling opportunities and challenging issues facing the company.
• Our team partners with multiple departments across Rockstar. We collaborate with Publishing, Development, Analytics, Finance, and Business and Corporate Development to devise, evaluate, and execute business strategies and initiatives to drive growth.
  
  

Responsibilities

Quantitative Analysis 

• Help evaluate key performance indicators for tentpole Rockstar products and share findings to senior management.
• Maintain data-driven financial models to support the forecasting, assessment and evaluation of strategic business opportunities and emerging business models that impact new product releases.
• Collaborate with Rockstar and Take-Two finance orgs to communicate and contextualize Rockstar financial forecasts.
• Assist with the strategic analysis of business opportunities and synthesize conclusions using a hypothesis-driven approach.
• Identify key variables when updating models and source sensible value ranges for those variables from both internal and external sources.
  
  

Opportunity Research

• Conduct key qualitative research (e.g., primary research, synthesis of secondary data sources) on the industry and its competitors to regularly update senior management on financial, operational, and product developments.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of existing and new research topics to keep the team updated on potential areas of interest.
  
  

Additional Duties 

• Coordinate with team to work with other groups within Rockstar to support strategic business objectives and assist in consolidating cross-org information for the senior leadership team.
  
  

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in analysis or strategy planning within a leading consulting firm, investment bank, private equity firm, or digital media company.
• Experience building analytical/financial/operating forecasts.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated passion and understanding of the interactive entertainment industry and the broader entertainment space.
• Track record of working with cross-functional operating teams and demonstrating positive morale and excellent teamwork.
  
  

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptionally strong, entrepreneurial mindset and good business instincts.
• A love for learning, natural curiosity, and comfort with ambiguity.
  
  

PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

• Experience with Tableau, SQL, and/or R.
• A knowledge of and passion for Rockstar Games, and the games industry in general.
  
  

How To Apply

Please apply with a resume and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect. In line with this commitment, Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles. If you need more information about Rockstar’s reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Department.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

The pay range for this position in New York State (inclusive of New York City) at the start of employment is expected to be between the range below* per year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

• NY Base Pay Range
  
  

$65,000—$82,000 USD