Pricing & Planning Analyst
Pricing & Planning Analyst
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Job Title: Pricing & Planning Analyst
Location: London
Contract: Permanent
The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing authoritative credible responsible trusted comment and analysis on the UK and the world. Founded in 1785 The Times is Britains most trusted newsbrand and is the home of authoritative and credible journalism. The Sunday Times celebrated its 200th year in 2022 and has always been relied upon to challenge entertain inspire and inform its readers.
Together the two titles boast over 600k digitalonly subscribers and have earned some of the industrys most prestigious awards for investigations foreign reporting feature writing and interviews. At the 2024 Press Awards The Times was named Daily Newspaper of the Year while The Sunday Times took home Sunday Newspaper of the Year.
Times Media includes newsbrands The Times The Sunday Times and the Times Literary Supplement (TLS) and expanding into audio in 2020 with the launch of Times Radio and a portfolio of awardwinning podcasts including The Story How to Win An Election and Off Air with Jane and Fi.
Team: The Strategic Planning & Pricing team is part of the broader Customer Engagement & Planning function. It is responsible for shaping the future of our consumer subscription business. The team develops pricing strategies forecasts subscription performance and supports longterm growth planning using datadriven insights.
Our team works collaboratively with Finance Marketing Product Data & Insights and Editorial teams to provide commercial recommendations that inform acquisition and retention strategies.
Role: As a Planning & Pricing Analyst you will support the daytoday analytics and reporting needs of the Strategic Pricing & Planning team. This role is ideal for someone who is datacurious commercially minded and eager to learn how pricing trading performance and strategic planning contribute to the success of a modern media business.
You will be instrumental in transforming performance data into actionable insights helping to optimise pricing track subscriber trends and support strategic decisionmaking.
Day to day you will:
Analyse pricing and trading performance across the subscription lifecycle including traffic acquisition retention and reactivation.
Create automate and maintain recurring reports and dashboards focusing on key performance indicators such as volume revenue traffic engagement and lifetime value.
Support the evaluation of pricing tests and new propositions in collaboration with Finance and Data teams.
Assist finance and data scientists in modelling the lifetime value of different customer segments.
Conduct competitor pricing analysis and monitor market trends.
Perform cohort and behavioural analyses to uncover patterns in subscriber behaviour.
Contribute to scenario modelling and strategic planning to inform growth initiatives.
Prepare concise performance summaries and presentations for stakeholders.
Collaborate with acquisition and retention teams to derive insights and identify risks and opportunities from performance data.
What Were Looking For
A keen interest in subscription businesses media and consumer behaviour.
Proficiency in SQL (essential) and familiarity with Google BigQuery (ideal but not required).
Strong Excel skills (pivot tables formulas) and the ability to present findings effectively using PowerPoint or Google Slides.
Experience in data modelling (ideal but not required).
Logical thinking with a proactive problemsolving mindset.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
A highly organised and detailoriented approach with a desire to grow professionally.
Familiarity with concepts such as lifetime value (LTV) churn retention metrics or A/B testing (a bonus).
If you believe you have the skills and passion to succeed even if you dont meet every requirement on the list we encourage you to apply. We value potential just as much as experience and are eager to hear from individuals who are enthusiastic about learning and growing with us.
At News UK we know the value of working together which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Being in the office allows us to collaborate innovate and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more officebased days depending on the nature of the position so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about whats required for your role.
We are News UK: 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 Talk and Virgin Radio UK and we have marketleading local radio stations across Ireland. Our worldfamous 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 multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.
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.
To do this we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individuals potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Strategy which focuses on three main priorities attracting talent from a wider more representative pool developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
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 preexisting 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
We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on emailprotected.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
