Senior Data Analyst
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Job Summary
Music is Universal
Its the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the worlds leading music company. From A&R to finance legal to digital sales to marketing Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender race disability sexual orientation religion belief age marital status background pregnancy or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism dyslexia ADHD and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment workplaces and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition please email
Are you interested in working for the music industry Would you like to help turn data into insight that drives innovation and creative data-driven strategies across Universal Music
Universal Music UK is looking for a Senior Data Analyst to become part of our UK central dataAIand technology team. The role offers a unique opportunity to join us at the start of a new chapter where we are looking to grow & expand on the foundation of workwevealready begun.
The role is perfect for a candidate that is passionate about music dataAIand technology and has a thirst foracquiringanalysingand communicating knowledge through a creative organisation such as ours reducing a complex problem into something simple is key so any experience managing stakeholders shapingquestionsand translating data into clear insight would also be a strength.
Alongside this you willbe responsible fordelivering analysis reporting and measurement that helps solvereal businessproblems across Universal Music UK. You will work with stakeholders to understand business needs define the rightquestionsand turn complex data into clear actionable insight. Working closely with data scientists engineers productmanagersand business teams you will help improve how we measure performance understandaudiencesandidentifyopportunities for our artistslabelsand central teams. Aswerefirst and foremosta dataAIand technology team you should be comfortable working with large datasets technicalteamsand modern analytics tools.
As part of the central data AI and technology team youll have a chance to work across all divisions including AMS frontline labels our catalogue division UMR and all other central teams as well as data and technologyteams within the wider business. This includes helping shape insight reporting and data products that support & supercharge the labels.
Key Responsibilities
Coreresponsibilities include:
Working directly withthe Data & AIteamtosupport artists & labels across the business.
Being a senior voice within the team and leading data strategy at a label level.
Supporting core strategicresearchwithdata&audience insight.
Researching & developing data driven solutions to solve current & future business problems.
Utilising partner data to pull out keymetricsand feedingback tothelabelteams.
Advisingon data related topics to help guide or inform business decisions.
Sourcingcleaningand preparing data for modelling productcreationor visualisation.
Developing new data sets or features that becomeintegral to how the businessoperates.
At the heart of this role is a desire to give us a competitive edge in connecting our artists with audiences across the globe.More will be explained at Interview. Rest assured this is an exciting role as part of an innovative new initiative within the organisation.
Skills & Experience
Skills
Strong ability to translate complex datasets into clear actionable insight.
Creative and commercially minded approach to problem-solving.
Strong stakeholder engagementmanagementand communication skills.
Ability to lead analytical projects from idea through to delivery and adoption.
Advanced SQL skills with experience querying large datasets accurately and efficiently.
Experience with cloud data platforms such asBigQuery Google Cloud Platform or AWS.
Experience building dashboards reporting products and self-serve insight tools.
Strong understanding of data modelling ETL/ELTprocessesand data quality.
Working knowledge of Python or another programming language for analysis.
Familiarity with Git versioncontroland modern analytics workflows.
Good understanding of AI machine learningconceptsand their practical application.
Ability to mentor others and raise the quality of analytical work across a team.
Knowledge of music repertoire isadvantageous.
Experience
Minimum of 4 years experience in a data analystanalyticsor related role.
Background engaging stakeholders in a consultative or analytical capacity.
Experience leading analysis that informs business decisions and product development.
Experience working with engineering datascienceor product teams to turn analysis into scalable toolsreportingor data products.
Education:
Degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.
A background in Mathematics Statistics Computer Science Physics Economics DataScienceor a similarly analytical discipline would beadvantageous.
Just So You Know
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholders specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent definitive and exhaustive statement.
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