Senior Experimentation Analyst

We are News UK Technology, using technology to innovate and lead the global conversation on the future of media and storytelling. We keep people at heart of our business through values-driven and inclusive practices enabling our staff to grow and thrive. As such, we are proud members of Tech Talent Charter UK, with 34% of our Tech roles filled by gender minorities. News UK Tech is an award-winning team, winning Team of the Year at the UK Business and Innovation Awards 2023.

The Team: We are Data Technology, a programme that comprises a number of agile, cross-functional teams between London, Sofia and Bangalore. We grow data platforms, build AI-powered front-end products and predictive models, and provide experimentation and technical analytics expertise for News UK. We focus on the capture, management and utilisation of customer, clickstream and content data, in order to drive growth in consumer engagement and business revenue. 

Our users include the newsroom editors, marketing, advertising and product teams associated with our world-leading digital and print publications. From operations and infrastructure support to data technology and software development, we are committed to finding creative solutions to deliver essential news around the globe.

Your Role: We are seeking a Senior Experimentation Analyst, to join our team on a 12 month fixed-term contract. In this role, you will drive experiment velocity and quality across News UK through use of best-in-class tools to optimise our consumer facing products.

Day to day you will:

Work with our title teams to enable them to design, build and analyse their own experiments

Promote the "experimentation first" mindset across the Technology team and influence senior Product & Engineering colleagues to incorporate experimentation into their frameworks and processes

Report and validate experiment data and present findings, utilising data visualisations and concise written summaries

Partner with our Data and Analytics teams both to identify opportunities and delve deeper into experiment data, drawing out valuable insights

Work with the Data and Analytics teams to improve News UK's overall data literacy

Empower News UK's Product and Engineering teams by onboarding new users to the Experimentation platform

Look for new opportunities to advance the News UK's Experimentation program through capability enhancement and training

Support the development of the experimentation analyst and empower them to proliferate News UK's experimentation culture

What we're looking for from you:

Experienced in an experimentation, optimisation or experimentation focused product role

Experience working with and building relationships with senior stakeholders to clearly demonstrate the value of the experimentation function and promote best practices.

Experience working within an agile framework and in cross functional teams

You have devised and built a broad range of both client-side & server-side AB / MVT / Bandit tests

Ability to analyse complex data sets and translate insights into clear, streamlined concepts

Working knowledge of SQL a major advantage

Fluent in using commercially available experimentation platforms, we use Optimizely

Passion for the media industry and product development

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme

Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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