Senior Data Analyst

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Job description

Job Description

Senior Data Analyst

Reporting of the role

This role reports into the Head of Analytics

Overview of job

We're looking for a Senior Data Analyst with Digital experience who can help develop our Analytics capabilities across Global to drive data led decision making and build industry leading data products.

The successful applicant would be joining a passionate Analytics team who care about making a difference and work together to achieve their goals. They will be part of a team that use industry leading technology to transform the business and make a difference, in part due to having true buy in from board level.

The Senior Data Analyst will need to be confident in networking with different stakeholders to understand their business objectives, whilst ensuring they are confident and skilled in presenting their findings and recommendations.

3 best things about the job

• Work on projects across leading brands such as Heart, Capital & Global Player and play a huge part in their development
• Work with a team of data experts, passionate about building scalable data services and pushing towards making Global an outstanding data business
• The opportunity to work with state of the art technologies such as Snowflake, Tableau and our customer data platform

Measures of Success:

In the first few months, you would have

• Begun to learn how the team operates and uses technologies such as Snowflake, Tableau, Amplitude, and our CDP and started to identify opportunities for how these can contribute to project briefs
• Built a clear understanding of the strategic direction of Data and Analytics as well as how these feed into the wider business' goals
• Answered multiple stakeholder briefs
• Integrated within Agile team ceremonies such as daily stand ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinements
• Become familiar with the teams that you'll be working with, whilst identifying opportunities for how Analytics can improve their decision making and processes

Responsibilities of the role

The successful applicant will be part of the Data team, providing Analytics expertise across the business to build new products and drive key decision making.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with teams to identify key strategic opportunities for how Analytics can be used to improve decision making and project streams
• Plan and implement analysis, reporting and insights to support key business objectives across (but not limited to), Commercial, Insight & Programming teams
• Be a subject matter for datasets, advising senior colleagues on decision making based on analytics outputs
• Collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders to identify opportunities for how goals can be met using data analytics
• Maintain and proactively develop data products across multiple teams
• Help to mentor and guide other members of the team
• Work with the Data Engineering team to structure datasets that can be used to build data products and other use cases depending on stakeholder briefs

What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:

• 3+ years' experience in a Data Analyst position
• Proactive, problem solving attitude with strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to work both individually or part of a team
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and experience of using Jira
• Strong organisational skills and an eye for detail and quality
• The ability to connect and present insight to a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders to influence key decision making at all levels
• Display excellent data visualisation skills (Tableau preferred)
• Experience of using SQL databases (E.g. Snowflake)
• Experience of working with a Customer data platform (CDP) (desired)
• Experience in and understanding of analysing and interpreting data
• A demonstrated ability to learn new skills and pick up new technologies quickly

Everyone is welcome at Global

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can't possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that's why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that different will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.

Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Global

And of course, we're looking for someone who's going to live and breathe our values everyday…

• STRIVE: aim big, bring new ideas, embrace change, move at pace and do the best work of your career.
• PRIDE: have a passion for excellence, pay attention to the detail, don't walk by what you can put right, go the extra mile, and leave things better than you found them.
• SIMPLE: focus on what matters, break down barriers, remove complexity and cut to the chase.
• RESPECT: say it how it is but do so with respect, be a team player, look after others, value different and celebrate the success of others.