Data Analyst

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Who we are

Frontiers is an award-winning open science platform and leading open access scholarly publisher. We are one of the largest and most cited publishers globally. To date, our 200,000 freely available research articles have received more than 1 billion views and downloads and 2 million citations. Our journals span science, health, humanities and social sciences, engineering, and sustainability and we continue to expand into new academic disciplines so more researchers can publish open access.

To empower scientists and radically improve how science is published, evaluated and disseminated to researchers, innovators and the public, we have built our own state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant (AIRA).

The Role

We are now looking for a Data Analyst with a focus on descriptive analytics to join our AI Products Team and help us evolve AIRA.

As a Data Analyst, you will perform analysis on large and diverse datasets and create beautiful visualizations to provide relevant insights for product managers and business stakeholders. Your passion for data visualization and analysis will be critical to your success in helping our team continually deliver new and innovative analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Build a strong understanding of the publishing landscape in order to actively contribute to the evolution of our Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant (AIRA)
• Design, develop, and maintain reporting dashboards based on end-user specifications
• Extract insights and actionable recommendations in order to draw conclusions and support decision making and key strategic initiatives
• Analyze complex data to determine correlations and data integrity issues
• Work together with product managers, data scientists and business stakeholders to understand and support their needs
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvements in data quality, data visualization and data reporting for AIRA

About you

• Experience with data visualization and graphics tools such as Tableau for the creation of reports and dashboards

• Extensive experience with SQL, including the ability to clean, extract and manipulate data, and related tools (SSMS, Visual Studio)
• Experience with big data platforms (e.g. Spark, Databricks) is a plus
• Experience with statistical modeling techniques (e.g. linear regression, logistic regression, GLM), forecasting and predictive modelling is a plus
• Working knowledge of one or more statistical programming languages (e.g. SAS, Python, or R) is a plus
• Robust analytical, critical thinking, and creative problem solving skills

• Accustomed to fast-paced environments with simultaneous, high-priority tasks
• Solid written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences (fluency in English is a must)

What we Offer

International environment

With over 35 nationalities across our offices in London, Lausanne, Madrid, Seattle and Beijing, you can certainly say that we are a diverse company. You will have the opportunity to work with teammates in other offices, as well as with researchers, editors and authors from across the globe.

Great offices

Our Lausanne HQ (designed for us) is spread over 3 floors, including a large canteen with a Foosball table and a multi-purpose room used for regular free yoga classes. Our other offices are hosted at WeWork and include communal spaces with coffee bars and activities all week. We are very socially active and organize lots of fun activities, ranging from happy hours, parties, sports events and much more.

Key Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holidays + Office Closure over the Christmas period
• Participation in the annual company bonus scheme
• Access to the latest equipment
• Extensive learning opportunities through our Pluralsight and LinkedIn Learning partnership
• Great flexibility for working from home
• English classes.
• Flexible retribution scheme (nursery cheques, restaurant pass, transportation).
• Team building/sport activities and monthly social events.
• Lots of opportunities to work with exciting technologies and solve challenging problems.

Application Process

• Please submit your application in English (cover letter and resume).
• Applicants must be Spanish or EU citizens, or have a valid Spanish work permit.
• Agencies must first contact jobs@frontiersin.org and confirm agreement to our T&C’s, failing which any exclusivity and/or candidate representation right will be considered to be waived.

Thanks for your time checking the job description, if you think you can match with the role don't hesitate to send us your CV, we’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Frontiers actively embraces diversity and is a safe and welcoming workplace. Recruitment is free from discrimination – including based on race, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. With over 600 employees from more than 50 different nations, our diversity creates vibrant teams and constantly challenges us to appreciate multiple perspectives.