Manager, Insights

We are UMG, the Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Manager, Insights & Analytics to join the Regional Strategy team (based in Singapore) to develop our data-based projects and capabilities. This role works across business units: marketing, commercial, insight and

analytics to provide actionable information and insights that feed into strategy,

operation, and promote revenue optimization.

Responsibilities
- Perform analysis on large sets of structured commercial data on a daily basis, to identify actionable recommendations for the business and for artists.
- SQL skills are essential - we are looking for someone who has experience working with big, transaction level data. Ability to write well structured, performance SQL using advanced SQL techniques (e.g. Window Functions where appropriate.)
- You will have to take broad business questions, develop engaging briefs and translate them into a clearly structured approach.
- Drive projects from start to finish: define the data needed, conduct the analysis and come up with conclusive answers and specific strategic recommendations.
- Come up with new ways to look at data, creating new frameworks of data analysis and interpretation for the business. Innovate on an ongoing basis.
- Understand and communicate the implications of the changes in the music landscape in the data analysis interpretation.
- Work closely with the Global Insights and Analytics team; ensuring you are up-to-date and involved with the data analysis initiatives developed across the business.
- Consolidate and scale analysis that is happening in analytics teams on a local level, coordinating efforts and leading on a global level approach.

Qualifications
- At least 6+ years of experience in a similar data analyst/strategist role, preferably in an entertainment/ tech company.
- Preferably experience in understanding media effectiveness. Can value add and drive analysis with marketing and digital agencies.
- Proven track record of effective and innovative ways to use data to drive recommendations to the business. Extensive experience performing hands-on analysis with large datasets.
- Ability to explain complex topics in simple terms. Can translate numerical findings into recommendations.
- Effective self-starter who excels in a lean and fast-paced organization where continuous innovation is needed.
- Exceptional visualization skills using DOMO, Tableau or other relevant visualization tools.
- SQL skills are essential.
- Experience with hands-on statistical modeling (R, Python).

Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

About us:
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries.

Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans.

UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world.

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