Associate Analyst

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Job description

Associate Analyst (Technology Strategy) - Leeds or Dublin base - Hybrid approach to WFH and office based working

This role sits within the Group Technology Strategy & Insight (S&I) team and is a great opportunity for someone to work across all disciplines of the team. The successful candidate will be exposed to shaping the strategy for how we leverage future technology capabilities to power business performance, how we provide thought leadership across the Group on emerging technologies and how we generate insight to enable our technologists across the group increase their contribution and impact.

The role involves leading the value capture process on behalf of the team, co-ordinating activities across the team, ensuring the material produced by the team is of the highest presentation standard, centralising the outputs from the team and tracking progress against plans and measures.

It is a great opportunity for a structured, organized and ambitious analyst to contribute to and get exposure to the Group Tech Strategy team and the key stakeholders we engage with across the brands and divisions.

This role will work closely with the Director of Strategy & Insight to support tracking, communicating and reporting on the value proposition of the team and defining the scope of support engagements across the group.

Accountabilities:

Manage the S&I team value capture process - what value/impact S&I team are delivering across all engagements and develop plans to incorporate feedback back into all team members to factor into overall frameworks, approaches, OKR's & ways of working across the team.
Centralise and maintain all S&I frameworks, templates and suite of toolkits. Create repository of decks / templates and ensure all S&I outputs have a standard quality look and feel that represents the S&I brand
Manage and track S&I OKR's and plans to support all reporting / tracking processes across the team and ensure all OKR's are live, visible and up to date across the team
Shape a planning methodology for S&I and support all team members to adopt approach consistently across the team. This involves define, develop, document and communicate plans of work for each outcome/OKR
Define, create and manage a central repository for all strategic planning and insight methodologies the S&I team can leverage
Research and evaluate innovative methodologies, tools and approaches the S&I team can consider to incorporate into engagements to drive team OKR's
Schedule and prepare all team meetings and material and support the S&I Director to manage and prepare team communications
Support the S&I Director to confirming the scope and contract for key engagements for the team
Provide and fulfil any analytical support as the S&I team requires

Competencies:

Effective Communicator: Provides clarity on business goals; is effective in all types of communication; adjusts communication style to fit the audience; consistently communicates the mission, vision and values to inspire, energise and motivate others throughout the Group; ensures others understand how their efforts positively impact the bigger picture; creates an environment that encourages effective communication and the sharing of diverse perspectives.
Nimble: Is energised by new and unfamiliar situations and quickly adapts; advocates active experimentation and encourages others to be agile in their approach; is adaptable and flexible when developing others encouraging them to learn quickly when faced with new situations and be open to new ideas and ways of working; proactively shares lessons learned across the organisation.
Wins Together: Gains trust and support of others, generous with time, advice and knowledge; is able to establish and engage networks to get stuff done rather than depend on authority; seeks out opportunities to break down barriers and collaborate and partner across organisational boundaries.
Commercially Savvy: Makes it their business to be aware and anticipate emerging external factors and changing market dynamics; constantly explores and analyses future scenarios and possibilities to help the Group respond to change and shape the future; has deep understanding of business drivers and the industry to guide decisions and lead others.

Experience:

1+ years working across a number of the following disciplines in a Technology, Product of Strategy Function- research, strategy definition, business analysis, insight, planning, execution - ideally in a leading digital organization.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Having an interest or background in graphic design would also be an advantage.
Experience in tracking, managing, reporting and presenting on KPI's would be an advantage
Highly organized and able to work on own initiative.
Culturally aware and able to build and maintain relationships with broad range of internal and external stakeholders
Experienced presenting to and influencing stakeholders across levels and functions
Demonstrated ability to be a great team member, willing to learn and wanting to progress their career
An understanding of the gambling sector would be an advantage
Display integrity, low-ego and tenacity to get to outcomes

The Fun Stuff

Bonus scheme
Flexible working hours and working from home options
Uncapped Holiday Allowance (yes, you heard right)
Health and well-being with free classes (yoga, bootcamp, swimming etc.)
Ministry of Fun who organise cool events throughout the year, like Bingo Loco
Pizza & Drinks Fridays
Career Progression
Global Mobility across all locations

The Boring Stuff

Pension Scheme
Subsidised Canteen
Snacks and Drinks
Life Insurance
Health Insurance
Access to thousands of online courses

There is more, but we won't go on... if this appeals to you click apply now. Alternately drop me an email to - Thanks.