Python Job: Market Intelligence Analyst

We are on a mission to make science open so everyone can live healthy lives on a healthy planet

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.

Be part of the publishing revolution and help us transform the way research is published, evaluated, and communicated to the world.

The Role

We are recruiting a Business Intelligence Analyst within our Institutional Partnerships team to report into the Institutional Partnership Development Manager. You will play a crucial role in expanding Frontiers’ Institutional Partnerships Program by providing strategic market research, competitor analysis and reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver agreed analysis result summaries and reports including a new resource such as a ‘Publisher-library/consortium-agreement’ snapshot or monitor also showing impact agreements have on number of published articles 

• Supporting assessment and creation ofguidelines for using resources such as OpenAPC (with the goal of increasing ability to compare ‘Total Cost of Publication’ across publishers) 

• Support with data analysis the development of target lists for institutions, consortia/countries and funders or an integrated target list needed for outreach by Colleagues within the Institutional Partnership team

• Standardize relevant reports/analyses for ‘of the shelf’ use by Institutional Partnerships Development and Colleagues within the Institutional Partnership team  

• Provide country, funder and/or institute-specific bespoke data and insights

• Conduct market research activities by collaborating with Business Intelligence team, using metrics tools and other (mostly quantitative) research

Knowledge/experience/skills

• Solid experience in market or competitive intelligence, and developing, managing and running data gathering and analytical projects and analyses

• (Min.) Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required

• Experience in working in scholarly publishing or Open Access and/or in a university library or scholarly communications office role is a plus 

• Understanding of the scholarly publishing industry and market trends and drivers

• Understanding of scholarly publishing business and (institutional/consortium) partnership models is a plus

• Ability to take ownership of an issue or project, work with minimal supervision, and take initiative to establish this new role within Frontiers’ Institutional Partnerships Team’s Development unit

• Excellent communication skills, with ability to present complex analysis results clearly and concisely and provide actionable insights

• Data management, data visualization and report writing skills

• Experience of successfully delivering projects to deadlines

• Able to work successfully as part of a team, working collaboratively to deliver results, and providing feedback and quality assurance as needed

• Expert user of Excel

• Experience with other tools to retrieve, manipulate, visualize, and analyze data, and/or resources such as Dimensions, Clarivate InCites, ESAC Registry, and OpenAPC

• Python, SQL, Tableau and Salesforce skills are a plus

• Business (case) development or market intelligence resource development experience is a plus

• Great attention to detail, and curiosity and a willingness to learn

Benefits

With more than 50 nationalities represented in our global team, you will work regularly with teammates in other countries, and with our community of researchers, editors, and authors from around the globe.

Our mission to create solutions for healthy lives also extends to the working environment we provide for our employees.

This includes:

100% remote working

Employees now have the flexibility to choose where they want to work, with remote working available on a part- or full-time basis (not applicable to some Business Support jobs due to nature of role).

Learning and development

All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning (and Pluralsight for our technology team), an annual personal learning budget, and dedicated L&D time.

Wellbeing

We offer free online yoga classes, an employee assistance plan, access to the Headspace app, and four wellbeing days on top of your annual leave allowance.

Volunteering opportunities

Employees can dedicate three days each year to volunteer for a personal cause or through our volunteering partner platform, Alaya.

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.

Job Type: Full-time