Data Analytics Development Lead

Job Band
Band: E
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Newcastle
Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
26 days' annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days
Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes
Employee assistance and well-being programmes
Learning and development tailored to your role - this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring
An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women's Network, National Disability Networks and many more.
Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any time, please let us know by contacting us on with the job reference in the subject.
Introduction
The BBC has been serving audiences online for more than 20 years. Across key products including BBC iPlayer, News, Sport, Weather and Sounds, we entertain, educate and inform audiences in their millions every day.
As part of our Digital First strategy, we are making the shift from being a broadcaster that speaks to our audiences to becoming a service that is directly shaped by them and designed around their wants and needs. We are creating personalised content, products and services that bring the right content, to the right people, at the right time - a personalised BBC. This will be our greatest leap since iPlayer, and that's why it's right at the top of our agenda.
At the BBC we see data as fundamental on that journey. We use data and machine learning to enrich our content and power personalised experiences for millions of audience members. We're looking for a Analytics Engineering Lead to support our analytics engineering effort, improve our data operations processes, feed into our data infrastructure, and help accelerate the value unlocked by our existing data activity. This role will be key in successfully delivering our Digital First strategy.
Meet the Product Data Team
We are Product Data team, sitting inside the BBC's digital and online products area called Product Group. Our digital products include some of the UK's most popular online services such as BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, BBC News and BBC Bitesize.
Our Product data team comprises of data analysts, data scientists, analytics developers and data managers. In the last 18 months we have grown our team substantially, and we are looking to grow our tracking implementation team next.
Responsibilities
What is the role?
You will :
Architect the automated data pipelines and workflows to power our Data Products, ensuring data usability, scalability and value
Drive forward data management principles for the division they work in, including measuring and improving data integration, data quality, data governance and data security for the data products they are responsible for
Drive continuous improvement in Analytics Development processes, leveraging agile, DevOps principles to enable and empower our analytics engineers across our teams
Serve as a key point of contact for data incident management, leading incident response efforts, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing preventive measures to mitigate future incidents
Take a provide approach to data incident management, developing robust incident response protocols, and leading rapid resolution efforts to minimise downtime and ensure data availability
Lead on data quality monitoring and alerting, proactively detect and address data quality issues before they impact business operations and work closely with the wider analytics engineering team to embed data quality monitoring
Collaborate effectively with cross functional teams including data platform engineers to continuously improve data development environment and testing infrastructure
Develop trusted relationships with senior members of the Editorial, Marketing and Product teams
Able to build and maintain strong working relationships where you might, as a specialist, have to manage expectations of multiple senior colleagues which conflicting needs and pressures
Help non-data oriented colleagues understand how data products and analytical engineering can help achieve the strategic goals of the BBC.
Plan resource and recruitment of the team to ensure the needs of the business are being met
Are you the right candidate
Are you the right candidate?
We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience. Please do not think you have to tick all boxes, you will be working in a supportive and collaborative team, where we aim to put everyone in the condition to contribute at their best and feel that their work is useful and valued. Besides, you will find great development and learning opportunities to support your professional growth. We value diversity and are committed to be truly inclusive and a place where everyone belongs.
Technical skills
Previous experience (5+ years) in Analytics or Data Engineering role, preferably in a managerial role for at least 18 months
Experience of setting up and running data incident and data operational processes at scale
Experience of continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) practices in analytics engineering
Strong programming skills in languages such as Python and SQL
Strong knowledge of version control software such as Git
Experience of working with data warehouses (Redshift, Snowflake), transform tools (DBT), orchestration tools (Airflow) and data observation tools
Proficiency in modern industry best practice data modelling and data architecture principles.
Experience with data profiling, data cleansing and data validation techniques.
Leadership and Strategic Skills
Experience managing a high performing data teams and understanding career path progression for analytics and data engineers.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including non-technical stakeholders
Experience of setting strategic direction of a project, or a major initiative
Familiarity with agile development methodologies and a track record of delivering projects on time and within scope.
Ability to collaborate effectively, working alongside other team members towards the team's goals, and enabling others to succeed, where possible.
Interview Process
For Shortlisted Candidates, the interview will consist of :
A first round 45 minute initial telephone call with the hiring manager
Second round, a take home exercise will be provided prior to a one hour panel interview which will be remote
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 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.
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. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
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. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.
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 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.
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. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles . click apply for full job details