Job Description

About the Data & Decision Sciences Team


The Data and Decision Sciences (DDS) team is at the core of Bauer Media Audio with a mission to leverage data as a strategic enabler across our 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.


The DDS team operates as a collaborative, cross-functional unit that bridges the gap between data and business strategy, delivering solutions that align with our organizational goals and market needs. We are structured to support our stakeholders with a combination of centralized capabilities and localized expertise, ensuring that data drives value across the entire organization.


We see data not as a support function but as an integral business partner that collaborates across all domains and markets expertise to deliver impactful business outcomes.


Job Purpose


To leverage data to improve operations, customer experience, and business outcomes across Bauer Media Audio's nine European markets. This role plays a key part in driving digital transformation--supporting audience engagement, advertising performance, and monetization strategy across digital, streaming, social, and programmatic platforms.


Key Responsibilities


Analyze advertising and content performance across digital platforms including social media, streaming, and programmatic channels. Deliver actionable insights to support business growth: increasing revenue, improving user acquisition, reducing churn, and optimizing commercial strategies. Identify and quantify relationships between audience behavior, campaign outcomes, and content engagement trends. Build, maintain, and evolve interactive dashboards using tools such as Power BI, Looker, and Tableau. Communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through reports, presentations, and visualizations. Automate reporting processes and contribute to a culture of self-serve analytics across teams. Translate business challenges into structured analytical approaches, working collaboratively with product, marketing, content, and commercial teams. Support experimentation strategies including A/B testing, targeting optimization, pricing, and ROI analyses. Assist in analytics for projects involving consumer competitions, subscriptions, and inventory management.



Candidate Profile


Must-Have Skills


At least 4 years of experience in a data analytics role, ideally in digital, media, or subscription-based businesses. Proficiency in SQL and experience managing large-scale data. Strong command of data visualization tools--ideally all three: Power BI, Looker, and Tableau. Solid understanding of KPIs, exploratory data analysis, and business performance metrics. Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies and basic statistical principles. Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills. Confidence in presenting insights and recommendations to senior leadership.



Preferred Qualifications


Background in media, audio, digital publishing, or related industries. Experience with Python or R for advanced analytics or statistical modeling. Knowledge of CRM or marketing automation platforms (e.g., Braze, HubSpot) and campaign attribution frameworks.



Cultural Fit


Collaborative and able to work effectively across diverse teams and geographies. Outcome-focused, with a practical approach to solving real-world business problems. Comfortable operating in environments with multiple priorities and ongoing change. Excellent communication skills, capable of translating complex data concepts into business-friendly language.



Candidate Persona


Curious, analytical, and detail-oriented. Passionate about using data to create commercial value. Enjoys working in fast-paced, cross-functional settings. A clear and confident communicator, with the ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences.

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe's largest Publishers. From women's and celebrities' magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France - both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people's everyday lives.

What's in it for you

You'll have 25 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use. Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider - Bauer Academy, is a huge win. We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay. You'll have the opportunity for flexible working. And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

Please Note:

We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.

Date:

7 May 2025

Location:

London, GB, NW1 2PL

Req ID:

2727