Are you looking to develop your career in one of the world’s largest Research Organisations?

The role sits within the Audience Measurement Service Line. The AMSL runs large scale continuous audience measurement surveys.  We are a team of 40+ and have expertise across all media industries.

The Role

This role is a central role in the day-to-day work of our specialised audience measurement data science team. Working in this role, you would be maintaining production systems for our audience measurement contracts – which involves working with the senior stakeholders to detect new modelling solutions and data improvements that need to be implemented. You will be using machine learning techniques to improve lookalike models in our production systems or to calibrate the datasets to external sources. You will also be working on analytics work for our exciting projects in media development for some of the top media organisations in the UK.

What you’ll be doing:

• A research expert and a go to internal as well as external resource for advice, guidance and knowledge on key sector related issues
• Data manipulation and data processing in R, Python, SQL and Google Cloud Platform
• Application and development of machine learning models with senior data scientist guidance
• Working with Bayesian techniques and probability modelling to align datasets to external sources
• Quality control and quality assurance of team data production capabilities
• Working with the core Audience Measurement Data Science team on all industry measurement contracts we run (Route, Rajar, PAMCo, BBC Compass and other).
• Work on a variety of ad-hoc projects run through the Media Development service line.
• Engaging with stakeholders across the business (internal and external).
• Working closely with Senior Data Science personnel in producing internal deliverables.
• Advise the research team on how to use the data or analysis.
• Managing good professional relationships with clients and internal stakeholders

What do I need to bring with me:

• Previous experience in similar roles in a data science team
• Bachelors or Masters in Economy, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or similar mathematically oriented discipline OR  specialisation/qualification in Data Science/Data analysis (such as Level 4 Data Analyst qualification or equivalent) OR a degree in a research discipline (e.g. Sociology, Psychology) and a high degree of analytical or computer science skills
• Ability to deliver results, meet deadlines and manage your time effectively
• Ability to find creative and innovative solutions for complex and varied problems
• High level knowledge of data wrangling/manipulation techniques in R or Python
• Good experience in working with database systems and SQL syntax
• Experience with machine learning and predictive models in R OR Pandas (one is a must)
• Experience with running segmentations of respondent or customer data is a plus
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Good written, oral and electronic communication skills

About us

We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 88 countries, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research.

Our culture is unique - we have the entrepreneurial spirit and quirkiness of a small boutique, but we also have the resources, scale and diversity of a large global agency. We have more bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people, from more backgrounds, with more interests, skills and experiences to learn from. Our values are based on our diverse cultural backgrounds, helping us to be responsive, client-focused and flexible.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

If this is what you are looking for from your next role, we look forward to hearing from you!

Are you looking to develop your career in one of the world’s largest Research Organisations?

The role sits within the Audience Measurement Service Line. The AMSL runs large scale continuous audience measurement surveys.  We are a team of 40+ and have expertise across all media industries.

The Role

This role is a central role in the day-to-day work of our specialised audience measurement data science team. Working in this role, you would be maintaining production systems for our audience measurement contracts – which involves working with the senior stakeholders to detect new modelling solutions and data improvements that need to be implemented. You will be using machine learning techniques to improve lookalike models in our production systems or to calibrate the datasets to external sources. You will also be working on analytics work for our exciting projects in media development for some of the top media organisations in the UK.

What you’ll be doing:

• A research expert and a go to internal as well as external resource for advice, guidance and knowledge on key sector related issues
• Data manipulation and data processing in R, Python, SQL and Google Cloud Platform
• Application and development of machine learning models with senior data scientist guidance
• Working with Bayesian techniques and probability modelling to align datasets to external sources
• Quality control and quality assurance of team data production capabilities
• Working with the core Audience Measurement Data Science team on all industry measurement contracts we run (Route, Rajar, PAMCo, BBC Compass and other).
• Work on a variety of ad-hoc projects run through the Media Development service line.
• Engaging with stakeholders across the business (internal and external).
• Working closely with Senior Data Science personnel in producing internal deliverables.
• Advise the research team on how to use the data or analysis.
• Managing good professional relationships with clients and internal stakeholders

What do I need to bring with me:

• Previous experience in similar roles in a data science team
• Bachelors or Masters in Economy, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or similar mathematically oriented discipline OR  specialisation/qualification in Data Science/Data analysis (such as Level 4 Data Analyst qualification or equivalent) OR a degree in a research discipline (e.g. Sociology, Psychology) and a high degree of analytical or computer science skills
• Ability to deliver results, meet deadlines and manage your time effectively
• Ability to find creative and innovative solutions for complex and varied problems
• High level knowledge of data wrangling/manipulation techniques in R or Python
• Good experience in working with database systems and SQL syntax
• Experience with machine learning and predictive models in R OR Pandas (one is a must)
• Experience with running segmentations of respondent or customer data is a plus
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Good written, oral and electronic communication skills

About us

We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 88 countries, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research.

Our culture is unique - we have the entrepreneurial spirit and quirkiness of a small boutique, but we also have the resources, scale and diversity of a large global agency. We have more bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people, from more backgrounds, with more interests, skills and experiences to learn from. Our values are based on our diverse cultural backgrounds, helping us to be responsive, client-focused and flexible.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

If this is what you are looking for from your next role, we look forward to hearing from you!

Are you looking to develop your career in one of the world’s largest Research Organisations?

Our data science unit within the audience measurement service line uses data-driven solutions to enhance traditional survey approaches for estimating media consumption. We are currently at the frontier of a range of exciting projects combining big data technologies, machine learning and creative ways of structuring and delivering data to our clients. 

The Role

This role represents our commitment to solidify our data processing and delivery mechanisms using up-to-date technologies and solutions. We have a range of projects coming up, from online measurement projects with big daily buckets of incoming data to geospatial analysis projects where huge amounts of GIS data need to be actively used.

By joining our team, you can be at the forefront of growing the data engineering aspect of a rapidly expanding data science team – with a view on moving into a management role.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading on designing the data-architecture and ETL’s for the projects in the team pipeline
• Designing data pipelines, choosing the optimal data storage solutions and consulting senior business on appropriate data solution fit
• Managing our cloud capabilities and maintaining our cloud storage solutions and pipelines
• Developing machine learning models in production for big data driven projects
• Wrangling data and devising appropriate access methods for our Data Science team
• Optimising data warehousing solutions for quicker processing of typical queries and faster delivery
• Designing API solutions and other client access solutions
• Reporting to the Head of Data Science and helping us to build our team and identify talent
• Drive, commitment & enthusiasm to deliver
• Work closely with other internal teams (business development, client service, research and operations) – developing a good professional relationship
• To be on top of new industry developments – not limited to the UK

What do I need to bring with me:

• Extensive experience in similar roles - as a data engineer responsible for designing and delivering large-scale data solutions
• You have experience working alongside data scientists in a wide range of data problems from building APIs to wrangling unstructured data.
• You have a good understanding of math and statistics - you are not scared of writing code that performs interpolations and statistic calculations.
• You have a solid understanding of datastore and processing solutions, mostly for unstructured data, but also relational databases
• You have experience of operating production services and managing the cloud infrastructure it runs on (knowledge of GCP is a plus).
• Good knowledge of general scripting languages, with Python being preferred. Knowledge of Scala or willingness to learn is a plus
• Knowledge of Spark, Elastic Search, Kafka or data streaming solutions is a plus

About us

We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 88 countries, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research.

Our culture is unique - we have the entrepreneurial spirit and quirkiness of a small boutique, but we also have the resources, scale and diversity of a large global agency. We have more bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people, from more backgrounds, with more interests, skills and experiences to learn from.   Our values are based on our diverse cultural backgrounds, helping us to be responsive, client-focused and flexible.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

If this is what you are looking for from your next role, we look forward to hearing from you!

Are you looking to develop your career in one of the world’s largest Research Organisations?

Our data science unit within the audience measurement service line uses data-driven solutions to enhance traditional survey approaches for estimating media consumption. We are currently at the frontier of a range of exciting projects combining big data technologies, machine learning and creative ways of structuring and delivering data to our clients. 

The Role

This role represents our commitment to solidify our data processing and delivery mechanisms using up-to-date technologies and solutions. We have a range of projects coming up, from online measurement projects with big daily buckets of incoming data to geospatial analysis projects where huge amounts of GIS data need to be actively used.

By joining our team, you can be at the forefront of growing the data engineering aspect of a rapidly expanding data science team – with a view on moving into a management role.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading on designing the data-architecture and ETL’s for the projects in the team pipeline
• Designing data pipelines, choosing the optimal data storage solutions and consulting senior business on appropriate data solution fit
• Managing our cloud capabilities and maintaining our cloud storage solutions and pipelines
• Developing machine learning models in production for big data driven projects
• Wrangling data and devising appropriate access methods for our Data Science team
• Optimising data warehousing solutions for quicker processing of typical queries and faster delivery
• Designing API solutions and other client access solutions
• Reporting to the Head of Data Science and helping us to build our team and identify talent
• Drive, commitment & enthusiasm to deliver
• Work closely with other internal teams (business development, client service, research and operations) – developing a good professional relationship
• To be on top of new industry developments – not limited to the UK

What do I need to bring with me:

• Extensive experience in similar roles - as a data engineer responsible for designing and delivering large-scale data solutions
• You have experience working alongside data scientists in a wide range of data problems from building APIs to wrangling unstructured data.
• You have a good understanding of math and statistics - you are not scared of writing code that performs interpolations and statistic calculations.
• You have a solid understanding of datastore and processing solutions, mostly for unstructured data, but also relational databases
• You have experience of operating production services and managing the cloud infrastructure it runs on (knowledge of GCP is a plus).
• Good knowledge of general scripting languages, with Python being preferred. Knowledge of Scala or willingness to learn is a plus
• Knowledge of Spark, Elastic Search, Kafka or data streaming solutions is a plus

About us

We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 88 countries, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research.

Our culture is unique - we have the entrepreneurial spirit and quirkiness of a small boutique, but we also have the resources, scale and diversity of a large global agency. We have more bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people, from more backgrounds, with more interests, skills and experiences to learn from.   Our values are based on our diverse cultural backgrounds, helping us to be responsive, client-focused and flexible.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

If this is what you are looking for from your next role, we look forward to hearing from you!

• Data engineering research & development.
• Collaborate with data scientists and machine learning engineers.
• Build and deploy models for enhanced data crunching.

• Experience with Python, Scala, Golang or C++ essential 
• Experience working in a research environment
• Solid ETL skills
• CI/CD experience
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar 

• Data engineering research & development.
• Collaborate with data scientists and machine learning engineers.
• Build and deploy models for enhanced data crunching.

• Experience with Python, Scala, Golang or C++ essential 
• Experience working in a research environment
• Solid ETL skills
• CI/CD experience
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar 

The Innovation Team is at the core of innovation and emerging technology development, discovery, deployment and support activity. Our team is leading the effort to digitally enable our business. Our mission is to develop disruptive & innovative technologies and products that drive the evolution of how we deliver our services now and in the future. The key technology domains we are currently focused on include business process automation, data curation, industrialized analytics, machine learning & AI and scalable delivery platform.

A career in our Tax Technology Innovation practice, within Innovation services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients’ tax departments redesign, redefine, and redeploy tax to be a strategic asset across the enterprise. You’ll focus on assisting clients incorporate increased automation in the tax reporting process, increase analytic capabilities through data integration, and create solid internal controls that will enable the Tax function to deliver better quality output and contribute more strategically to organisational decision making.

Our team develops complex software capabilities leveraging the latest in technology to meet today’s hard business problems. You’ll focus on providing highly customisable platforms across the tax practice through research, development, and integration to build adaptable enterprise capabilities. It’s our mission to identify, apply and drive innovation through the application of ground-breaking and unique technologies to set PwC apart from the competition.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Pursue opportunities to develop existing and new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty.
• Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Develop a perspective on key global trends, including globalisation, and how they impact the firm and our clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Focus on building trusted relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

As a Lead RPA Developer you will be joining our Tax Technology Consulting team which enables the development and adoption of new technologies within the Tax line of service.

You will be focused on designing and building end to end automation process solutions using UI Path and other technologies that meet our business requirements for process improvement. You will work within project planning constraints, owning development solutions and have a high level of exposure to a wide range of stakeholders at all levels of the business.

The RPA Developer will use their programming background and experience to deliver automation solutions, based on pre-defined and explained requirements, co-creating solutions with the functional or technical process experts.

Key responsibilities

• Leads a team of junior RPA developers
• Develops the automation of PwC internal and client business processes.
• Keeps the RPA Technology Lead up to date with the status of development, issues and impact on related development / projects.
• Develops and delivers high quality automated processes to agreed specifications within the PwC RPA Framework, creating reusable knowledge assets for each automation project.
• Utilises the Agile methodology to deliver automations, working alongside the users, subject-matter-experts, analysts and project manager to understand, assess, replay and deliver business process automations to agreed specifications and meeting the business requirements.
• Ensures documentation is well maintained.
• Ensures quality of coded components by performing thorough unit testing.
• Works collaboratively with testers during the UAT phases to fix assigned bugs with quality.
• Reports status, issues and risks to technology leads on a regular basis
• Improves skills in automation products by completing automation certification.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• At least a year of hands-on experience with RPA Tools, including UiPath. However, individuals with an interest in RPA and 3-5 years of experience in other programming-related role will be considered too.
• Good understanding of programming concepts and programming background in any coding language such as VB.Net, VBA, C#, JavaScript and Python
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Great networking skills and the ability to influence outside of own department / team
• Self-motivated, team player, action and results oriented.
• Keen to learn and to keep up with new technologies
• Ideally, you’ll also have
• Experience of Process Automation / Integration IT Projects
• Experience working with a Business Analyst to understand Business Requirements
• Knowledge of SQL databases, HTML/JavaScript experience
• Experience with process, license and robot management.
• Certified in UiPath or any other RPA tool

About PwC

We’re one of the world’s leading professional services organisations. From 158 countries, we help our clients, some of the most successful organisations on the globe, as well as its most dynamic entrepreneurs and thriving private businesses, to create the value they want. We help to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

To apply, please visit our website via the button below.

Diversity

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/diversity

The Innovation Team is at the core of innovation and emerging technology development, discovery, deployment and support activity. Our team is leading the effort to digitally enable our business. Our mission is to develop disruptive & innovative technologies and products that drive the evolution of how we deliver our services now and in the future. The key technology domains we are currently focused on include business process automation, data curation, industrialized analytics, machine learning & AI and scalable delivery platform.

A career in our Tax Technology Innovation practice, within Innovation services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients’ tax departments redesign, redefine, and redeploy tax to be a strategic asset across the enterprise. You’ll focus on assisting clients incorporate increased automation in the tax reporting process, increase analytic capabilities through data integration, and create solid internal controls that will enable the Tax function to deliver better quality output and contribute more strategically to organisational decision making.

Our team develops complex software capabilities leveraging the latest in technology to meet today’s hard business problems. You’ll focus on providing highly customisable platforms across the tax practice through research, development, and integration to build adaptable enterprise capabilities. It’s our mission to identify, apply and drive innovation through the application of ground-breaking and unique technologies to set PwC apart from the competition.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Pursue opportunities to develop existing and new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty.
• Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Develop a perspective on key global trends, including globalisation, and how they impact the firm and our clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Focus on building trusted relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

As a Lead RPA Developer you will be joining our Tax Technology Consulting team which enables the development and adoption of new technologies within the Tax line of service.

You will be focused on designing and building end to end automation process solutions using UI Path and other technologies that meet our business requirements for process improvement. You will work within project planning constraints, owning development solutions and have a high level of exposure to a wide range of stakeholders at all levels of the business.

The RPA Developer will use their programming background and experience to deliver automation solutions, based on pre-defined and explained requirements, co-creating solutions with the functional or technical process experts.

Key responsibilities

• Leads a team of junior RPA developers
• Develops the automation of PwC internal and client business processes.
• Keeps the RPA Technology Lead up to date with the status of development, issues and impact on related development / projects.
• Develops and delivers high quality automated processes to agreed specifications within the PwC RPA Framework, creating reusable knowledge assets for each automation project.
• Utilises the Agile methodology to deliver automations, working alongside the users, subject-matter-experts, analysts and project manager to understand, assess, replay and deliver business process automations to agreed specifications and meeting the business requirements.
• Ensures documentation is well maintained.
• Ensures quality of coded components by performing thorough unit testing.
• Works collaboratively with testers during the UAT phases to fix assigned bugs with quality.
• Reports status, issues and risks to technology leads on a regular basis
• Improves skills in automation products by completing automation certification.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• At least a year of hands-on experience with RPA Tools, including UiPath. However, individuals with an interest in RPA and 3-5 years of experience in other programming-related role will be considered too.
• Good understanding of programming concepts and programming background in any coding language such as VB.Net, VBA, C#, JavaScript and Python
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Great networking skills and the ability to influence outside of own department / team
• Self-motivated, team player, action and results oriented.
• Keen to learn and to keep up with new technologies
• Ideally, you’ll also have
• Experience of Process Automation / Integration IT Projects
• Experience working with a Business Analyst to understand Business Requirements
• Knowledge of SQL databases, HTML/JavaScript experience
• Experience with process, license and robot management.
• Certified in UiPath or any other RPA tool

About PwC

We’re one of the world’s leading professional services organisations. From 158 countries, we help our clients, some of the most successful organisations on the globe, as well as its most dynamic entrepreneurs and thriving private businesses, to create the value they want. We help to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

To apply, please visit our website via the button below.

Diversity

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/diversity