Journals Data Insights Analyst

BMJ; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension contributions up to 12%

Discounted dental and travel insurance

Seven x salary life assurance"

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

The Journals Data Analyst at BMJ will transform complex data into actionable insights to support evidence-based decisions across the Publishing & Events team. You will visualise data and communicate findings to colleagues, liaising with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver robust data solutions.

As part of a small Insights team, you will develop dashboards, ensure data quality, and collaborate with Data to improve data sources and workflows, contributing to impactful medical

Qualifications

• Expertise in analysing complex data to deliver actionable insights and recommendations
• Experience of problem-solving and finding creative solutions to roadblocks
• Ability to prioritise work and to manage competing deadlines
• Proven communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Experience of stakeholder management
• Experience of working with Tableau
• Strong attention-to-detail
• Experience of business intelligence systems
• Familiarity with the academic journal publishing market
• Familiarity with publishing systems, metadata, and data flow between systems, for example, ScholarOne, production systems, Crossref, and external indexers
• Knowledge of SQL, Python, or similar

Responsibilities

• Transform complex data into actionable insights for colleagues across the Publishing & Events team
• Perform market / competitor analysis; highlight and interpret journal/ portfolio trends; model the impacts of new policies and approaches; and investigate data quality issues, among other work
• Develop actionable, repeatable dashboards that highlight business trends and improve team workflows
• Communicate clearly and effectively about data and insights to the wider Publishing & Events team
• Continually and proactively look for opportunities to improve data, reporting, and processes
• Maintain reporting, process, and investigation documentation; triage work requests; assist with sprint prioritisation and communication; and similar Insights team support tasks
• Collaborate with system owners and subject matter experts to investigate and resolve problems

Skills

Data analysis

Problem solving

Prioritisation

Communication

Stakeholder management

BI systems

Tools

Tableau

SQL

Python

Job description

The Journals Data Analyst at BMJ will transform complex data into actionable insights to support evidence-based decisions across the Publishing & Events team. You will visualise data and communicate findings to colleagues, liaising with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver robust data solutions.

As part of a small Insights team, you will develop dashboards, ensure data quality, and collaborate with Data to improve data sources and workflows, contributing to impactful medical