Senior Data Analyst: Drive Data-Driven Publishing Insights

Elsevier Limited Company; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Health and wellbeing benefits

Pension and savings plans

Life assurance and income protection

Flexible and hybrid working options

Employee assistance programmes

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join the STMJ Data & Analytics team in London or Oxford. You will lead complex analytics initiatives, partner with senior stakeholders, and influence business decisions through data-driven insights.

In this role you will manage multiple projects with autonomy, coach juniors, and apply advanced analytics techniques across enterprise platforms. A strong background in data modelling, visualization, and metrics is essential, with a bias toward continuous

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making through data-backed recommendations.
• Proven experience managing projects and delivering results independently.
• Good understanding of core analytics concepts, such as data modelling, blending, and visualization.
• Experience balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
• Comfort operating in a fast-changing technical landscape and learning new tools, technologies, and analytical methodologies.
• Experience within scholarly communications, publishing, or a related industry is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex analytics projects from planning through delivery, translating loosely defined business problems into a clear plan of action.
• Act as a trusted thought partner to senior stakeholders, shaping strategy and challenging assumptions through data.
• Identify and execute the most relevant analyses, metrics, and reporting solutions.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while effectively prioritising workload.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to overcome challenges and deliver results.
• Continuously adapt to new tools and technologies, evaluating emerging techniques, including AI-assisted analytics.
• Coach and mentor junior data analysts, sharing best practices and analytical expertise.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder influence

Project management

Visualization

Problem solving

Tools

SQL

Python

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join the STMJ Data & Analytics team in London or Oxford. You will lead complex analytics initiatives, partner with senior stakeholders, and influence business decisions through data-driven insights.

In this role you will manage multiple projects with autonomy, coach juniors, and apply advanced analytics techniques across enterprise platforms. A strong background in data modelling, visualization, and metrics is essential, with a bias toward continuous