BBC Career Opportunities Senior Consumer Technology Researcher

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
DEPARTMENT: BBC R&D
LOCATION: Salford Quay House 4 days a week in the office
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 41500 - 51500 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

As Senior Consumer Technology Researcher youll research and demonstrate consumer technologies to leaders and teams across the BBC Group as well as key external stakeholders and business partners.

Youll design and deliver research and demonstration sessions that turn media and technology trends into practical engaging examples and insights helping BBC teams understand their relevance implications and opportunities.

From connected TVs and streaming platforms to AI apps and generative content youll help colleagues explore how audience experiences and the wider market are changing - identifying opportunities challenges and priorities that can help the BBC reinvent grow and engage future generations.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

We are Blue Room - the BBCs consumer technology research and demo lab and part of the Advisory team within BBC Research & Development.

We help teams across the BBC Group understand the consumer tech and content shaping audience choices and behaviours in a rapidly changing technology and media market.

Were looking for a Senior Consumer Technology Researcher to join the team.

This is a creative influential and collaborative role where you will help teams across the BBC respond to a fast-changing market growing competition rapid developments in AI and financial pressure.

Your work will support BBC R&Ds vision to enable the BBC and its audiences to thrive in an increasingly internet-only AI-enhanced and highly competitive future.

Research and demonstrate consumer technology and media trends
Design and produce practical demonstrations sessions and events
Present and deliver sessions to BBC staff stakeholders and guests
Generate and assess insights from our attendees
Report and advise actionable learnings for the BBC
Build and develop relationships that increase use and value of Blue Room
Represent and promote the Blue Room R&D Advisory BBC Media Tech and the wider BBC Group

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

You have experience as an analyst technologist journalist or similar roles
You are knowledgeable about relevant consumer technologies and media trends along with an awareness of the commercial and regulatory context
You enjoy presenting and demonstrating in-person and remotely and are at ease engaging with senior stakeholders and large groups
You are comfortable communicating business and technical concepts to experts
You can adapt to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences

DESIRABLE:

You have expertise in research design or storytelling
You show attention to detail
You care about public service media
You are natural at networking and building relationships
You are a team player with a sense of fun