Senior Product Analytics Developer
Data & Analytics Permanent - Full Time Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GB, NE991RN BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST Job Closing Date: 26/01/2025 THE ROLE
Job number 20748 Job Band: C Starting salary: up to £58,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract Type: Continuing Location: Newcastle Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application. Interview Process
This is a 2-stage interview process. Both are virtual for shortlisted candidates; the first is a 30-min technical interview based on your experience, the second is a 1-hour interview focusing on a take home exercise, competency, and values-based questions. Interviews will begin the week commencing 3rd February 2025. Introduction
Product Group is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the BBC’s portfolio of digital products, including iPlayer, Sounds, Bitesize, and the BBC News and BBC Sport apps and website. Our portfolio is diverse and contains some of the largest and highest-profile properties on the UK internet. We’re a huge streaming media destination, a news source trusted across the world, and a provider of educational and entertaining content to children of all ages. Data is fundamental to our future: both in helping us prioritise and shape our work and in creating richer, more personalised experiences for our audiences. Key Responsibilities
The Senior Analytics Developer will support the newly created Product Data Domain teams. Working as part of multi-disciplinary data teams, you will create clean, tested, well-modelled trusted datasets around our digital estate for use across the BBC. You will focus on modelling unstructured data into meaningful insights and build and maintain data pipelines through best practices. Responsibilities include: Designing, implementing and maintaining data models that promote a self-service approach to data consumption, ensuring data quality within the data warehouse is maintained throughout the data lifecycle. Automating data pipelines using proprietary BBC technology & Airflow. Involvement in planning the data the BBC collects online, helping to develop the BBC’s data collection framework and strategy. Contributing to the creation of processes for data product development and advocating their use throughout the organisation. Supporting analytics, data science and other colleagues outside the digital product area in managing projects and fielding queries. Supporting junior colleagues within the team. Building and maintaining strong working relationships with senior colleagues. Working across mobile, web, television, and voice platforms supporting Product Managers, Business Analysts, and Data Engineers. Are you the right candidate?
We look for the following skills: Technical Skills
At least 5 years’ experience in a Data Analyst, Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering role, preferably in digital products, with an interest in data modelling and ETL processes. Excellent SQL skills for extracting and manipulating data. Experience of using tools such as DBT, Looker, and Airflow would be an advantage. Good knowledge of analytical database systems (Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery). Comfortable working alongside cross-functional teams interacting with Product Managers, Engineers, Data Scientists, and Analysts. An understanding of how digital products use experimentation. Some experience coding in R or Python. A good understanding of on-demand audio and video media products, with knowledge of key competitors. Teamwork and Stakeholder Management
Ability to listen to others’ ideas and build on them. Ability to clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to collaborate effectively, working alongside other team members towards the team’s goals. Ability to prioritise with a structured approach. Strong attention to detail. About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration. We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Diversity matters at the BBC. We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. 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.
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Data & Analytics Permanent - Full Time Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GB, NE991RN BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST Job Closing Date: 26/01/2025 THE ROLE
Job number 20748 Job Band: C Starting salary: up to £58,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract Type: Continuing Location: Newcastle Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application. Interview Process
This is a 2-stage interview process. Both are virtual for shortlisted candidates; the first is a 30-min technical interview based on your experience, the second is a 1-hour interview focusing on a take home exercise, competency, and values-based questions. Interviews will begin the week commencing 3rd February 2025. Introduction
Product Group is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the BBC’s portfolio of digital products, including iPlayer, Sounds, Bitesize, and the BBC News and BBC Sport apps and website. Our portfolio is diverse and contains some of the largest and highest-profile properties on the UK internet. We’re a huge streaming media destination, a news source trusted across the world, and a provider of educational and entertaining content to children of all ages. Data is fundamental to our future: both in helping us prioritise and shape our work and in creating richer, more personalised experiences for our audiences. Key Responsibilities
The Senior Analytics Developer will support the newly created Product Data Domain teams. Working as part of multi-disciplinary data teams, you will create clean, tested, well-modelled trusted datasets around our digital estate for use across the BBC. You will focus on modelling unstructured data into meaningful insights and build and maintain data pipelines through best practices. Responsibilities include: Designing, implementing and maintaining data models that promote a self-service approach to data consumption, ensuring data quality within the data warehouse is maintained throughout the data lifecycle. Automating data pipelines using proprietary BBC technology & Airflow. Involvement in planning the data the BBC collects online, helping to develop the BBC’s data collection framework and strategy. Contributing to the creation of processes for data product development and advocating their use throughout the organisation. Supporting analytics, data science and other colleagues outside the digital product area in managing projects and fielding queries. Supporting junior colleagues within the team. Building and maintaining strong working relationships with senior colleagues. Working across mobile, web, television, and voice platforms supporting Product Managers, Business Analysts, and Data Engineers. Are you the right candidate?
We look for the following skills: Technical Skills
At least 5 years’ experience in a Data Analyst, Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering role, preferably in digital products, with an interest in data modelling and ETL processes. Excellent SQL skills for extracting and manipulating data. Experience of using tools such as DBT, Looker, and Airflow would be an advantage. Good knowledge of analytical database systems (Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery). Comfortable working alongside cross-functional teams interacting with Product Managers, Engineers, Data Scientists, and Analysts. An understanding of how digital products use experimentation. Some experience coding in R or Python. A good understanding of on-demand audio and video media products, with knowledge of key competitors. Teamwork and Stakeholder Management
Ability to listen to others’ ideas and build on them. Ability to clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to collaborate effectively, working alongside other team members towards the team’s goals. Ability to prioritise with a structured approach. Strong attention to detail. About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration. We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Diversity matters at the BBC. We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. 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.
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