Principal Product Analytics Developer /Team Lead, Newcastle

BBC News

The BBC's Product Group is tasked with developing and delivering a diverse range of digital products, including BBC iPlayer, Sounds, and various apps. The group focuses on using data to enhance audience experiences and engagement, contributing to the BBC's digital strategy. This role will guide data initiatives across the product teams to drive insights and value.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Lead the development of trusted datasets and data pipelines for BBC's digital platforms.
• Oversee team operations including workload delegation and incident support.
• Guide the modeling and integration of diverse data sources into useful insights.
• Mentor team members in data modeling skills and maintain data quality.
• Drive cross-product strategic projects and manage stakeholder expectations.

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Career progression opportunities within the BBC.
• Access to extensive training and development resources.
• Flexible 35-hour work week and generous annual leave.
• Defined pension scheme, discounted health care, and gym memberships.

This role requires you to have:

• Strong experience in data analysis, modeling, and analytics engineering.
• Proven SQL skills and familiarity with analytical databases such as Redshift and Snowflake.
• Experience designing dimensional data models and STAR Schemas.
• Ability to manage data warehouses and analytics projects.

You would benefit from having:

• Experience with tools like DBT, Looker, Airflow.
• Programming skills in R or Python.
• Knowledge of digital product performance metrics and competitors.

The BBC emphasizes diversity and equality within its workforce and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. Flexibility in working arrangements is encouraged, unless operational constraints apply.