Head of Econometrics

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

**What you’ll do**:
As Head of Econometrics within the Consumer Strategy team, you’ll be responsible for the UK’s largest and best in-house econometrics team to ensure Sky makes optimised marketing investment decisions across all territories and product categories:

- Lead a team of 27 econometrics specialists
- Support the UK and EU Econometrics Leads overseeing delivery of the annual project roadmap
- Through the team, support efficient delivery of 6-8 econometrics projects per quarter across the Sky product suite to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of our marketing activity
- Ensure the team provide clear and actionable insight with ‘so what’ implications that will directly shape future campaigns
- Ensure statistically robust analysis is in place and providing recommendations to maximise the impact of our £400-£500m annual media investment and supporting key pricing decisions
- Maintain and enhance analytical standards, modelling platform and optimisation capability ensuring consistency across the full econometrics team (i.e. UK and EU).
- Manage relationships with local data teams to ensure maintenance of required data inputs, tooling and alignment with Finance on per sub fluid economic units and media performance reconciliation
- Interact with and influence decision-making of Executives, MDs, Directors, Heads of Department and our media agency to ensure timely and accurate dissemination of the econometric insights
- Ensure econometrics power and limitations are understood, integrating the capability with the wider brand measurement framework, digital attribution and test & learn programme.
- Champion and drive the reputation of the capability and your team across Sky

**What you’ll bring**:

- Prior experience leading an econometrics team within an organisation and / or client management within an established marketing analytics provider in the industry
- Proven experience of delivering econometric modelling specifically to make recommendations that inform Media Planning and Marketing Strategy.
- Proven understanding of scenario and optimisation tools - inputs, functions, outputs and user models
- Previous experience managing multiple project teams concurrently, supporting your team’s personal and professional development
- Excellent communication skills - be an articulate, positive and professional communicator
- Impeccable organisational and time management skills: ability to multitask and prioritise workload
- A clear understanding of the relevant tool sets to build econometric models with knowledge of Eviews, SQL and Python desirable

**The Rewards**:
There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

**Where you’ll work**:
**Osterley**:
Our Osterley campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There’s also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.

On campus you’ll find six subsidised restaurants and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

**Inclusion**:
We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re open to discussing where and when you do your job, as long as we can balance your needs with those of our customers.

**Why wait?**

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