Business Analyst

Bauer Media Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading media company as a Business Analyst, where you will bridge the gap between business and data teams. Your role will involve translating business needs into actionable data solutions, ensuring alignment with strategic goals across multiple markets. You will collaborate with various teams, facilitate workshops, and manage data requests to drive impactful decisions. Ideal candidates will have experience in media or digital sectors and strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience as a Business Analyst in media or digital sectors.
• Strong skills in requirements gathering, documentation, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams to understand business objectives and data needs.
• Translate business needs into structured data specifications.
• Produce documentation like business requirements documents and user stories.

Skills

Requirements Gathering

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Communication

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Job description

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About the Data & Decision Sciences Team

The Data and Decision Sciences (DDS) team is at the core of Bauer Media Audio, aiming to leverage data as a strategic enabler across nine European markets. Our goal is to provide trusted, actionable insights and robust data solutions that empower business growth, enhance audience engagement, and drive operational efficiency.

Operating as a collaborative, cross-functional unit, the DDS team bridges the gap between data and business strategy—delivering solutions that align with organizational objectives and market-specific needs. Our structure blends centralized capabilities with localized expertise, ensuring data becomes a value driver across the entire business.

We see data not just as support but as an integral business partner—working closely with teams across domains to deliver measurable outcomes.

Job Purpose

Enable data-driven decision-making by acting as a strategic bridge between business and data teams—translating business needs into clear technical requirements and ensuring the delivery of scalable data solutions supporting Bauer Media Audio’s strategic goals across nine European markets.

Key Responsibilities

1. Partner with Commercial, Digital, Finance, and local market teams to understand business objectives, challenges, and data needs.
2. Facilitate workshops, interviews, and collaborative sessions to gather, define, and document business requirements.
3. Translate business needs into structured data and reporting specifications for data engineering and analyst teams.
4. Work closely with Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists to co-deliver dashboards, reports, and other data products.
5. Ensure data solutions are aligned with business goals, operational processes, and end-user expectations.
6. Support the development and stewardship of consistent KPIs, metrics, and data definitions across markets.
7. Encourage stakeholder feedback and contribute to iterative improvements of data tools and solutions.
8. Prioritize and manage incoming data requests based on urgency, business impact, and strategic alignment.
9. Produce clear documentation such as business requirements documents (BRDs), user stories, process maps, and data glossaries.
10. Participate in testing, validation, and user acceptance testing (UAT) for newly developed solutions.

Candidate Profile

Must-Have Skills

• At least 2 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in media, digital, or advertising sectors.
• Strong skills in requirements gathering, documentation, and stakeholder management.
• Experience working with data-focused teams such as analytics, BI, and engineering.
• Working knowledge of SQL and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) to collaborate effectively.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills; capable of engaging stakeholders and supporting cross-functional alignment.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in digital media, audio advertising, or publishing environments.
• Familiarity with multi-market or matrixed organizational structures.
• Understanding of data product development lifecycles and KPI governance.

Cultural Fit

• Collaborative, proactive, and able to build trust-based relationships across disciplines and markets.
• Commercially aware with a strong interest in applying data for impactful decisions.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and managing multiple priorities in a fast-changing environment.
• Clear, confident communicator adaptable to different audiences.

Candidate Persona

• Curious, analytical, with ownership and initiative.
• Enthusiastic about media innovation and digital transformation.
• Capable of bringing clarity and structure to complex challenges through business acumen and data fluency.
• Energized by working in diverse, cross-functional teams toward shared goals.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Analyst
• Media Production