Journals Data Insights Analyst (Hybrid UK)

Bmj Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working (London, Hybrid)

Generous pension contributions

Discounted travel insurance

Seven x salary life assurance cover

Gym discounts and cycle-to-work

Employee discounts through yourReward

Job summary

The BMJ is seeking a Journals Data Analyst to turn complex data into actionable insights for the Publishing & Events team in London. You will visualise data, communicate findings to colleagues, and collaborate with the Data team to improve data sources and processes.

In this role you will manage your own work within a small team, prioritise stakeholder requests, and build repeatable dashboards that highlight journal and portfolio trends while driving evidence-based decision making across the

Qualifications

• Expertise in analysing complex data to deliver actionable insights.
• Experience with 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 (ScholarOne, production systems, Crossref).
• Knowledge of SQL, Python or similar.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex data into actionable insights for colleagues across Publishing & Events.
• 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

Tableau

SQL

Python

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

BI systems

Attention to detail

Knowledge of academic publishing

Publishing metadata

Tools

ScholarOne

Crossref

Production systems

Job description

The BMJ is seeking a Journals Data Analyst to turn complex data into actionable insights for the Publishing & Events team in London. You will visualise data, communicate findings to colleagues, and collaborate with the Data team to improve data sources and processes.

In this role you will manage your own work within a small team, prioritise stakeholder requests, and build repeatable dashboards that highlight journal and portfolio trends while driving evidence-based decision making across the