Senior Analyst, Data Products

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

The Position

As a Senior Analyst in the Data Products organization, you will play a pivotal role in the creation of data products that deliver powerful analytics capabilities across our media platforms. This role involves detailed analysis of business goals and objectives, and mapping those to complex data entities, allowing the group to develop data products that enable real-time and actionable insights, empowering internal teams with data-driven decision-making tools. While building data specifications, you may utilize established development tools and technologies, including but not limited to SQL, AWS, Databricks, Python, Looker, Tableau and Java. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of analytics-driven data products and media consumption behaviors.

This role is ideal for an individual contributor who thrives in a fast-paced, media-rich environment and is passionate about driving innovation through data.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop data specifications that enable powerful insights into product and content performance, audience behaviors, engagement metrics, and viewing trends.
• Analysis and understanding of information flows and data transformation.
• Data-mining and troubleshooting to derive actionable insights for process and product improvements.
• Capturing thorough data requirements for projects assigned, validation of complete end to end testing.
• Collaborate with Data Products leadership to ensure data specifications align with business requirements.
• Develop logic and algorithms than can later be adapted into real-time dashboards, reporting tools, and predictive analytics models to empower teams to optimize content programming and user experience.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., tech, product, marketing) to integrate analytics products into their workflows, ensuring that insights are actionable and drive key decisions.
• Ensure seamless integration of data specifications with internal platforms, enabling easy access to analytics and metrics for non-technical stakeholders. 
• Ensure that data specifications provide the necessary functionality for complex analytics use cases, such as audience segmentation, viewer behavior analysis, content recommendations, and financial modeling.
• Work with legal, privacy, and compliance teams to ensure that data specifications comply with relevant data regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA, while maintaining high standards for data accuracy and quality.
• Serve as a liaison between business teams and technical teams, ensuring that data specifications deliver value and solve real-world business challenges. 
• Cultivate a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the data product team.

The Person

• 4+ years of experience in data-driven product management, business intelligence, or analytics roles.
• Proven experience in developing analytic specifications products that provide actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making.
• Experience in media analytics (e.g., content performance, audience behavior, advertising measurement) and working with large-scale media platforms.
• Experience with modern data infrastructure and platforms, such as Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• High-level understanding of media consumption patterns and audience measurement (e.g., SVOD, AVOD, Linear.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex analytics insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Media Studies, or a related field.

Additional Information

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week. Subject to change based on Manager discussion or business need.
• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other benefits and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.
• Salary range: $90,000 - $115,000

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. 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.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.