Principal Data Analyst

London, GBR, W1A 1AA
London, GBR, W1A 1AA
Glasgow, GBR, G511DA
Glasgow, GBR, G511DA
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GBR, NE991RN
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GBR, NE991RN
Salford, GBR, M50 2QH
Salford, GBR, M50 2QH

JOB DETAILS

Job Band : D
Contract Type : Full Time/ Permanent
Department : Product Analytics
Location : London, Salford, Newcastle, Glasgow - Hybrid working (1/2 days in office, remainder at home).
Proposed Salary Range : Up to £70k depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Please note an additional allowance (London Weighting) of £5,441 will be applied to the London office only.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preferences in the application form - there is no obligation to do so at this point. Flexible working conditions would be part of the discussion at offer stage, should you be successful.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As Principal Data Analyst you will take the lead on key strategic projects, working closely with colleagues and stakeholders across Product, Engineering and Data Science to produce insights that will drive digital product strategy across the BBC. Your work will span our entire portfolio of products, deepening our understanding of our audiences, wherever and however they interact with our services, shining a spotlight on what it is our audiences want and where we should be focusing our efforts.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The BBC has been serving audiences online for a quarter of a century. Across key products including iPlayer, Sounds, Bitesize, BBC News and BBC Sport, we entertain, educate and inform audiences in their millions every day.

Behind the scenes, we are making the shift from broadcasting at our audiences to a service shaped by them and designed around their wants and needs. We are creating personalised products and services that bring the right content to the right people at the right times - a personalised BBC. It will be our greatest leap since iPlayer, and that's why it is right at the top of our agenda.

Delivering it is going to require a fundamental reshaping of the BBC's culture and how we work. Product Analytics are at the forefront of understanding how our audiences interact with our brand, working to create richer, more personalised experiences that our audiences love.

Within Product Analytics, the Portfolio team plays a unique role - supporting Product Group leaders to make better, user informed decisions, and ultimately support the BBC's overall digital transformation. We are tasked with building a shared measurement foundation and capabilities across Product Group that supports reliable performance tracking, decision-making and accountability across the portfolio.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Lead on deep-dive analyses that span the BBC's entire digital portfolio, collaborating closely with specialists and leaders across Data, Engineering, Architecture, Product and Data Science to offer clear recommendations that will drive product strategy and inform top-level decision making
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to understand problem areas and areas of opportunity, challenging assumptions and bringing expert knowledge of our data into every stage of product decision making
• Challenge the status quo and think boldly to change the way we do things and maximise our value to our audiences
• Provide expert leadership in analytical approaches, sharing expertise, knowledge and feedback to develop and upskill the wider team
• Champion the power of data in decision making, leading the charge within the Product Group to leverage it to make decisions through experimentation and insight

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Significant experience in an analytical role, preferably analysing digital products
• Highly proficient in SQL and experience working with extremely large and complex datasets
• Proactive self-starter, comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy whilst maintaining a focus on collaboration and thriving as part of a cross-functional team
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to tell a story with data, translating technical information for non-technical audiences at all levels of the organisation
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment, delivering insights and recommendations that can influence business strategy
• Ability to think strategically and a passion for producing high-quality, accurate analytics deliverables
• High levels of logical thinking and problem solving skills
• Excellent data visualisation skills and significant experience working with data visualisation tools such as Tableau
• Clear understanding of the value of experimentation within digital products and experience analysing the results of A/B tests
• Experience with Data Science & Machine learning
• Familiarity with agile or other rapid application development methods
• Understanding of data pipelines and/or data modelling

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and warmly encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Life at BBC

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss: