Analyst, MDM & Platform Operations

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain, and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests, and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced, and heard. Together, we'll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

The MDM & Platform Solutions team within the Advertising Platforms & Operations (AP&O) business division is responsible for supporting NBCUniversal’s day-to-day advertising business by building, enhancing, and scaling NBCU’s internal Product Catalog. We are currently seeking an Analyst, MDM & Platform Operations, to maintain our internal, business facing Product Catalog taxonomy. This person will collaborate across a number of teams including, but not limited to, Planning, Inventory, Ad Operations, Account Services, Finance, Billing, Project Management, Reporting, and Support teams.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Senior Director, MDM & Platform Operations, responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Showcase business analysis skills by working directly with various business leads to collect and document all business requirements to translate into product catalog requirements
• Think critically and creatively to connect business requests with technical limitations and business rules to deliver innovative solutions to accommodate the shifting needs of the business
• Manage and maintain the linear and digital Product Catalogs across Global, National, and Local to align with evolving sales strategy
• Develop, and stay current, with a proficient knowledge of systems along the pitch-to-pay workflow that are impacted by the Product Catalog
• Leverage knowledge to identify improvements that could optimize business operations and establish repeatable processes
• Participate in projects and initiatives that require additions or changes to the Product Catalog
• Ability to speak in front of a wide audience and train them on key concepts and changes
• Ability to generate high level reports and analyze them to determine impact for Product Catalog
• Understand business objectives and partner with cross functional teams, across all levels of the organization
• Identify gaps and/or next steps that are needed to move the ball forward in order to expediate review and sign-off from business units
• Manage dependencies across different functional areas, foster team collaboration, and pinpoint upstream/downstream system dependencies, risks, and mitigation strategies
• Document new project requirements, workflows, and expectations
• Communicate application enhancements, updates, and process changes to business users and support teams

Qualifications

Required Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum three years’ experience in the media ad sales industry or product catalog management
• Expert user of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Outlook, Word, Power Point, Excel
• Experience working directly in media as it relates to display, video, mobile, audience, and inventory platforms
• Attention to detail while reviewing project deliverables for completeness, quality, and compliance with established project requirements
• Ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex concepts for a variety of audiences
• Demonstrate the ability to overcome obstacles and negotiate resolutions to complex problems
• Ability to organize meetings by creating comprehensive agendas, managing conversations, and summarizing the results into a set of decisions made and next steps
• Extensive multi-t