Lead Data Analyst - 38843

Job Title: Lead Data Analyst
JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Full Time / Permanent
DEPARTMENT: Product Analytics
LOCATION: London, Salford, Newcastle or Glasgow – Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £80,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a Lead Product Analyst you will lead a diverse team of product analysts to produce insights that will drive digital product strategy across the BBC, working closely with colleagues and stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Data Science and more.

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.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Be jointly responsible for defining and implementing Product Analytics’ strategy, in collaboration with teams and leadership across Data, Engineering, Architecture and Product.
• Grow and lead a diverse team of analysts to produce high quality, actionable insights, fostering an inclusive environment to ensure all individuals can be their authentic self and contribute to their full potential.
• Provide expert leadership in analytical approaches.
• 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.
• Lead on deep-dive analysis that will frame product strategy and product roadmap decisions by looking for opportunities to optimise audience experience and drive engagement.
• Proactively shape and enable engagement and collaboration opportunities across the BBC, evangelising the use of data to guide strategy.
• Lead in improving and shaping our data analysis capabilities through understanding and guiding Product
• Group’s data needs, leading on projects which directly support company goals and improving our self service functionality to facilitate data-led decision making everywhere.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Experience leading and managing a team of data analysts, developing individuals and teams to achieve their full potential and driving value through data and insight
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment in order to deliver insights that can influence the direction of the business
• Great communication skills and the ability to translate technical information for non-technical audiences at all levels of the organisation 
• Ability to think strategically and a passion for producing high-quality, accurate analytics deliverables 
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across multipledisciplines, managing expectations of senior colleagues and navigating conflicting priorities and pressures
• High levels of logical thinking and problem solving skills
• A keen advocate for the role of data in driving business performance

Desirable

• Experience working in a digital product focused analytical role in a customer-centric organisation
• Familiarity with agile or other rapid application development methods
• Understanding of data pipelines and/or data modelling
• Experience with Data Science & Machine learning
• Understanding of how digital products use experimentation and experience with A/B testing
• Knowledge of R or Python

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