Data Analyst x 2 - Penguin Books - London

Full Time Unlimited

Penguin Random House Limited

London

Your Challenge
At Penguin Random House, we think that what we do really matters.

It

’s an exciting time for publishing; our business is evolving and we are getting closer to our consumers than we have ever been able to before. We aspire to deliver the best quality content to them that we can – ensuring they receive it how and when they want – and to make it as engaging as possible for them.

With the explosion of data and the fast-changing dynamics within the publishing industry, pricing and quantitative analysis are more vital to our business than ever, and we have two fantastic opportunities to be part of this;

• Pricing Analyst (permanent role) – this is a high profile role within the Commercial team, where you’ll be working on insights from complex pricing data and providing recommendations for the company strategy. You’ll also undertake analysis of pricing experiments to understand pricing elasticity, customers and channels pricing behaviour, and promotions results.

With your help, we’re looking to understand the global dimensions of digital pricing, being able to lead and influence pricing reviews based on data/analysis from other markets and share best practices with our overseas companies. You’ll also work with Consumer Insight to gain a better understanding of other variable that could affect pricing.

• Data & Insight Analyst (fixed term contract to end of June 2016) – an integral role leading on key areas of our strategy for analytics and insight. You will lead the development of sophisticated analytical capability, establishing new techniques at the forefront of how we are using data to make analytics more efficient. In developing your understanding of the business, you will advise on how we can best exploit data to benefit teams right across Penguin Random House.

Using techniques such as clustering, classification and attribution modelling you will drive forward our use of data to support our relationship with consumers and how we become even better at understanding our audiences. The success of these will be underpinned by your deep understanding of data & analytical approaches and your ability to innovate and experiment.

Your Profile
We’re looking for someone who’s passionate about reaching quantitative conclusions, working with big sets of data and confident presenting their findings. Ideally you will have a related degree, proven previous professional experience in business analysis (or comparable analytics position) and able to manipulate and find insights/trends from big sets of data.

Experience using business systems as Business Objects and Tableau would be preferable, as would experience with SQL and R and working with dissimilar data sources and turning them into a unified solution.

We love what we do so a passion for books and reading would be an advantage!