Introduction

　　The Data, Research and Insights team at The Economist is entering a new phase of delivery which will build on the foundational work already completed and accelerate the pace at which we affect the drivers of our business. We have agreed on a core set of KPIs, redesigned our data platform from the ground up and started to deliver best-in-class dashboards to the business. Our next challenge is to harness the power of advanced analytics, including machine learning and AI, to impact the acquisition, engagement and retention of our customers and ultimately to drive profitable growth for the business. We have an ambitious roadmap to deliver data democratisation and personalisation capabilities and this role is key to ensuring we build the right things for the right reasons .

　　Reporting to the Principal Technical Business Analyst, the Technical Business Analyst will assess business requirements for data and data insights, data modelling, designing data-driven processes, and supporting the implementation of data solutions in order to improve our data infrastructure and information technology systems. You will also use the analysis to inform the product management process, developing user stories, evaluating their feasibility, defining acceptance criteria and working with developers to ensure end to end delivery of value.

　　Accountabilities

　　Working closely with Product Managers, Data Architects and development teams to ensure business data requirements are translated into appropriate technical data solutions, acting as a ‘translator’ between business, data and technology

　　Supporting Data Product Managers and data lifecycle management, by fielding business requirements, creating backlog tasks, defining technical minimum acceptance criteria, and quality assuring technical solutions prior to implementation

　　Getting analysis ready for the tech delivery team by performing source data evaluation, data system modelling, data mappings and data flow analysis

　　Providing detailed data mappings between source systems and target data models to the development team, based on business requirements.

　　Promoting data system efficiency and security by recommending enhancements to data operations and proposing data procedure improvements.

　　Understanding, interpreting and documenting business processes along with their underpinning data elements.

　　Supporting development and test teams with data requirements, and assisting with data integration and acceptance testing.

　　Experience, skills and professional attributes

　　Must have skills:

　　Experience with a data platform

　　A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology, or an accredited qualification is a plus

　　Experience performing analysis in the context of behavioural data and cloud analytics as well as transactional data

　　Working knowledge of data architecture principles (such as data warehouse design, data lakes, and ETL) as well as data technologies and languages (such as SQL, Python and R).

　　Ability to self-direct and take on broad projects from beginning to end

　　Knowledge of data security and privacy regulations and practices.With knowledge of PII and GDPR

　　Strong communication skills, especially in facilitating the use of new technology systems and understanding business requirements with broad set of stakeholders across levels, including senior management as required

　　About you:

　　Proactive and curious

　　High-energy, robust and resilient

　　Analytical and driven by insight and understanding

　　Collaborative, direct and open in approach

　　Agile mentality - to develop a product management process fostering high-quality iterative delivery while we evolve towards a broader platform vision

　　Tech stack:

　　Snowflake

　　Talend, airflow

　　Tableau, qliksense

　　Jira, confluence

　　Job LocationsUnited Kingdom-London

　　ID 2023-9828

　　Function Data, Analysis & Insights