Experimentation Analyst

Who you are

• 2+ years of Analyst experience
• Advanced SQL skills
• Experience with A/B testing / Experimentation -
• Strong statistical background
• Enjoy working with stakeholders
• An ability to understand the commercial imperatives behind requests and design A/B tests with those in mind
• Exposure to working with a wide variety of data sets and data tools
• Ability to present and communicate complex analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner to senior stakeholders
• University degree attainment in Mathematics / Management / Business / Psychology / Computer Science / Statistics / Economics / or similar numerate discipline
• Experience with Optimizely, Amplitude Experiment or similar tools
• Have a passion for data visualisation & familiarity with visual techniques
• An interest in current affairs

What the job involves

• Over the past 10 years, the Analytics team has established itself as an independent source of truth and strategic advice for the whole business, providing actionable insight to a variety of digital stakeholders across the business (i.e. Marketing, Product, Editorial, Sales, Senior Management Group)
• The Experimentation Analyst will join the Experimentation team, a key component of the central team within Insight & Analytics. The scope of this role is company-wide, supporting our mission to share knowledge and best practices about running experiments as well as performing crucial analyses
• The Analyst is responsible for supporting the Experimentation team in all aspects of what it does, with a primary focus on the analysis of tests and insight sharing, as well as offering support to teams who are running and analysing their own tests
• At the FT, several different experimentation tools operate concurrently, so flexibility and a willingness to learn are crucial
• Provide test analysis and test support to stakeholders across the business
• Support embedded analysts in conducting tests on the ground
• Be the primary contact for testing BAU questions
• Assist teams with pre-test metric evaluations, post-test analyses, documentation and regular stakeholder communication
• Help to establish best practices and maintain consistency in experiment reporting
• Advocate for an experimentation culture, recommend FT’s experimentation goals, and collaborate with L&D
• Help the team keep track of the multiple work streams and tests
• Contribute ideas and content to the quarterly Experimentation newsletter

Benefits

• A range of training courses as well as confidential career coaching and mentoring
• Flexibility - working from home, job sharing, compressed weeks, and flexible working hours
• Enhanced parental leave, flexible leave allowance and paid volunteer leave
• Pension contribution
• Local health coverage plans
• Gym memberships and healthcare schemes, professional counselling sessions, 24-hour employee wellbeing helpline, weekly meditation classes
• Financial wellbeing products and services