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Job Description
The Act Two career relaunch program at NBCUniversal is a 6-month paid, fixed-term role for experienced professionals returning to the workforce after taking time off for personal reasons such as caregiving. The program is open to individuals who have at least 5 years of professional experience and have been out of the paid workforce (in an office/ corporate environment) for at least two years to focus on caring for a child or another dependent. If you meet these criteria, we welcome you to apply.
At NBCU, we appreciate the skills you can offer, the diverse perspective you can provide, and the contributions you will make. We understand that while careers may pause, talent doesn't. Our Act Two program offers you a chance to revamp your skills, gain new experience and get professional development support through our partnership with Path Forward.
Our Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) portfolio is a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands, supported by media industry leaders, Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sky. When you join our team, you'll work across our dynamic portfolio including Peacock, NOW, Fandango, SkyShowtime, Showmax, and TV Everywhere, powering streaming across more than 70 countries globally. And the evolution doesn't stop there. With unequaled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We're always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we're backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.
NBCUniversal is looking for a detail-oriented Senior Analyst to join our data quality team within Decision Sciences. In this role you will work directly with engineering, analytics, product, marketing, billing, finance, and a wide range of internal stakeholders
You will operate cross-functionally as needed, working with the data architecture, models and platforms, building out projects that help us monitor and evaluate data for stakeholder needs in order to ensure our data ecosystem maintains the highest possible standards for quality, integrity, privacy, security and cataloging.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Perform in-depth exploration of causes, trends, opportunities, and actions required to improve data quality of key metrics, KPIs, and additional data elements
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support data team, business units, and key stakeholders for complex data quality questions
• Partner with stakeholders and implementation specialist during the data onboarding phase on various projects, providing analysis and sharing best practices.
• Evaluate large datasets for quality and accuracy; proactively identifying, addressing and resolving reconcilable discrepancies through daily data analysis
• Improve data quality across products and projects by collaborating and working closely with engineering, management, product, business teams and other required team, contributing directly to development by participating in feedback sessions
• Define and operationalize processes to continuously monitor and quality check data completeness and accuracy.
• Develop a complete inventory of data clean up reports, defining the cadence for producing them and addressing uncovered issues
• Identify and Troubleshoot data issues throughout the data pipeline
• Produce and present presentations on a medium scale for data related workflow and items of interest
• Create and manage project plans for data related workflow and items of interest
• Basic understanding of Agile, cyclical methodologies and products like Jira
• Lead small teams on project initiatives, research, troubleshooting and data democratization
• Preform Quality Testing with user journey and project and product implementations
• Share and develop best practices
Qualifications
Qualifications/Requirements:
• BA/BS in technical or quantitative discipline or relevant work experience
• 3+ years of primary experience in defining, documenting, and implementing Data Quality best practices, policies & procedures, preferably with consumer data in a large organization
• 5+ years of experience in SQL programming: ability to read/write complex SQL queries to analyze data, investigate systemic defects and validate data quality
• 2+ years of project management experience working within or leading an initiative
• A strong professional background in data manipulation, data analytics, and/or system analysis
• A background and understanding in Data Dictionary, Data Catalog, Data Lineage and tools like Collibra is highly desired
• Experience with data governance practices, business and technology issues related to management of product content data (streaming media a plus)
Desired Characteristics:
• A good understanding of data distribution/ interfacing methods & technologies including flat versus structured data methods
• Ability to collaborate and work in partnership with different parts of the organization
• Ability to work independently, multitask, and drive your own projects
• Organizational skills and willingness to ask questions and document and report on your work are important
• A passion for TV and movies and defining the future of entertainment
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery, other statistical, data manipulation and visualization tools such as Python, Prometheus, Collibra, Tableau, Data Studio, etc., a plus
Additional Information
NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.
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