Product Data Analyst

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

The Guardian is hiring a Product Data Analyst to join the Product & Engineering (P&E) department. The Product Data Analyst will work closely with our product teams to uncover insights and contribute towards a growing test and learn culture within P&E. This role builds understanding of user behaviour across the product experience through rigorous testing and measurement.

Working closely with UX Research and other insights functions, you'll turn data into actionable insights that support informed decision‑making at scale.

In this role, you will blend hands‑on analytical work with strategic sense making and storytelling so you will need to model curiosity, demonstrate an appetite and ability to learn quickly and engage others in a culture of experimentation. This is an ideal role for someone looking to grow their analytical skills and shape the next step of their career in data.

About the role

• Use SQL and visualisation tools like Tableau or Looker to uncover patterns, apply statistical methods including A/B testing and generate insights.
• Contribute to high quality stakeholder‑relevant analysis, maintaining our high standards for analytical rigour.
• Present insights impactfully by tailoring messages for both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Communicate clearly and confidently with your team and stakeholders, keeping others updated on progress, blockers, and key outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with UX research and other insights functions, and demonstrate an ability to work well with and learn from other analysts.
• Inform what sorts of tests should be run, and advocate for building tracking into the product experience to align with broader organisational goals.
• Work compliantly and ethically within data privacy policy.

About you

• Demonstrated experience as a data analyst, ideally with experience working with product teams.
• Solid foundational understanding of statistics, including concepts like averages, variance, correlation, and significance testing.
• Exposure to translating data into insights that support business decisions, applying statistics to strategic problems.
• Experience in SQL and Excel/Google Sheets in a professional context.
• Experience with Tableau, or another data visualisation tool.
• Exposure to cloud data environments (e.g., BigQuery) and data transformation tools (e.g., dbt).
• Understanding of or appetite to learn Python for data analysis.
• Communicates clearly and concisely, collaborating with a variety of stakeholders.

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.

The UX Research team works in a hybrid environment working 2 days a week from our offices in Kings Cross and 3 days a week remotely.

We believe in salary transparency wherever possible, the salary band for new Product Data Analysts at the Guardian starts at £45,000 per annum.

Benefits at the Guardian

You’ll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8‑12% (depending on your age). We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available.

You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.

We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.