Associate Optimisation Analyst

The Product Analytics and Experimentation team sits within the Data & Analytics

directorate in the Technology department. Our mission is to deliver insightful and

actionable data through reporting, analysis, and experimentation; with a focus on

establishing best-practice processes and enabling data-driven decision making

across all supported product teams. The Tesco Groceries & Clubcard app and

website, support centre, and store tills are some of the digital products

supported by our team.

Everything is underpinned by our continuous drive for the best tools and

technology to deliver our vision. We’re driving innovation and transforming our

Technology to become the world’s leading e-commerce business.

We need people who share our ambition to deliver for our customers; Passionate

and confident people willing to take the initiative and drive us forwards. In return

we offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefit package, and significant

career development opportunities.

At Tesco, you’ll find a world-class data environment with the Tesco Analytics

Platform – all our analytics, sales, and customer data in one place. Our team

offers unparalleled opportunities to gain fantastic big data analytics experience

while working extremely closely with the key decision-makers in the business.

Joining us means playing a part in defining, building, and launching an ambitious

roadmap of digital products that could affect the lives of millions of people over

the years to come.

If that sounds exciting then we'd love to hear from you.

This role will report into the Senior Optimisation Analyst. While specific

responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the Tesco business,

the following provides an overview of the role’s key responsibilities:

• Collaborating with Product Managers, Optimisation Managers, and Digital

Analysts to conduct AB tests, and providing analysis of results to deliver

actionable recommendations that can be applied to improve our digital

products and the customer experience.

• Performing analyses of customer behaviour within experimentation using a

variety of data sources and tools (SQL Hive / Spark, Python, Alteryx, Adobe

Analytics) and presenting insights in a simple and engaging way to a range of

audiences including Product, UX, and Engineering.

• Ensuring the reliability of our test results by applying appropriate statistical

testing methods to our test data.

• Working closely with the Analytics Capabilities and Digital Analytics teams to

ensure tracking and means of measurement is in place for our AB tests.

• Working with the finance team to forecast accurate and representative

financial benefits.

• Learning new analytics techniques and tools rapidly with the support of the

Senior Analysts and put these skills into practice.

• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and

due diligence.

• Experience working with and analysing data from multiple sources to

generate meaningful insights.

• The ability to explain complex information clearly and effectively to

stakeholders with varying levels of data understanding.

• A good understanding of A/B testing principles, and an understanding of

optimisation and its business value.

• A proactive, self-motivated approach, with the ability to plan your work

and adapt to changing priorities.

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working

relationships across teams and with senior stakeholders.

• Experience querying data with SQL

Other beneficial (but not essential) experience includes:

• Exposure to A/B testing tools.

• Familiarity with web analytics tools such as Adobe Analytics, Google

Analytics, or similar.

• Relevant experience in a quantitative discipline, or a similar university

degree of 2:1 or higher.

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues. At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.