Data & Analytics
Permanent - Full Time
Location: Office Base is Newcastle, Glasgow or Salford; this is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working. We’re happy to discuss flexible working.
THE ROLE
Job Reference: Req no 19740
Band: D
Salary: £53,000 - £71,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: Permanent role
As a Principal Data Tracking Implementation Analyst at the BBC, you will play a pivotal role in helping us collect the data we need to make data informed decisions. You will be working alongside our product managers and product analysts to understand what metrics and KPIs need to be tracked, and then translate them into the right data structures and schemas. You will also work with our engineering teams to help them tag the events/properties correctly. You will also be working with our data governance colleagues to update our data dictionary with the right business information.
By contributing to the tracking implementation plan and roadmap across the portfolio, you’ll be helping us to have high quality data to make decisions for the future.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
* Contribute to the data tracking plan for the digital product portfolio by collaborating with key stakeholders across the BBC on roadmap alignment
* Drive the strategic direction of our tracking schema evolution, ensuring alignment with the broader visions of our various digital products
* Lead and drive the definition of tracking event schemas across multiple products; conforming to a coherent event taxonomy and naming standards and conventions
* Transform business requirements to technical event specifications developed with other members of the Product Management and Analytics teams
* Own acceptance criteria, definition of done and troubleshooting of analytics related issues and provide QA sign off for tech implementation alongside product engineering teams
* Communicate the importance of data tracking to a range of audiences
* Implement data quality checks to ensure high quality for the data collected and work with Data Governance teams to ensure we adhere to BBC wide processes and standards
* Provide subject matter expertise concerning the solution roadmap for tracking across the business
* Provide support to stakeholders for questions, advice or incidents relating to tracking or tracking schemas
* Potentially line manage other tracking implementation analysts
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:
* Previous experience implementing data tracking or tagging in websites, web applications and/or mobile applications at scale
* Previous experience of creating and implementing tracking plans across a portfolio of products
* Previous experience of leading others in tracking implementation roles
* Previous experience of translating business requirements into technical/data requirements
* Experience of using analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Adobe analytics, ATI Piano, Mixpanel) or tagging tools (e.g., Google Tag Manager)
* Strong understanding of data tracking and tagging best practices
* Experience of working with data quality tools or writing data quality tests is a bonus
* Experience of working in media organisations is a bonus
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. 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 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 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.
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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