Business Intelligence & Analytics Manager

We are looking for an innovative and strategic Business Intelligence & Analytics Manager to lead our intelligence and analytics team. This role offers the opportunity to drive automation, streamline processes, and deliver impactful insights that shape key business strategies. The ideal candidate will establish a data discipline that enhances decision-making, drives efficiency, and unlocks commercial opportunities. The core mission of this role is to sit at the intersection of data analytics, revenue growth strategies, and digital transformation. You will lead efforts to provide consistent, scalable, and actionable insights using advanced BI tools and methodologies, while managing a team that enables smarter, faster, and more predictive business decisions. Your Role Accountabilities…

• Lead a team of digital insights and BI analysts, fostering an environment of growth, collaboration, and excellence.
• Develop and execute the Intelligence & Analytics roadmap, including innovation projects.
• Align analytics initiatives with revenue targets and digital strategies.
• Own and define data systems, processes, and visualization frameworks.
• Evaluate and enhance existing ETL processes, data storage, and visualization tools.
• Architect and maintain a scalable BI platform with strategic hierarchies and taxonomies.
• Deliver regular and ad-hoc dashboards, reports, and predictive insights tailored to business needs.
• Institutionalize data-driven decision-making across global business units.
• Build and maintain BI tools integrating internal and external data sources.
• Work closely with Ad Sales, Audience Insights, Content Insights, and global teams to address challenges and unlock opportunities.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, providing proactive insights and solutions
  
  Proven leadership and team management skills, with the ability to mentor and motivate.
• Expertise in modern data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake), data visualization (e.g., Looker, Domo), and scripting languages (Python, R).
• Strong understanding of BI architecture, ETL processes, and data management.
• Experience with predictive modelling, machine learning, and scalable analytics solutions.
• Exceptional ability to present complex data insights clearly and compellingly.
• Strong track record of collaborating with technology and research partners.
• Expertise in developing actionable insights for media organisations.
Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

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