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Increasingly, research data can be consumed at scale through AI tools and machine intelligence, creating a moment of transition in research communication, and an opportunity to shape how millions discover, trust, and apply research, accelerating the translation of insight into real-world impact faster than before.\nThe purpose of this role is to turn Springer Nature’s traffic, usage and discovery data into the signals and evidence the team relies on to maximise the value of our content across the web, navigating this transition. This role sits at the intersection of content discoverability, content protection and data intelligence.\nYou will help the organisation understand how Springer Nature content is being discovered, accessed and used across search engines, academic discovery services, AI-powered tools, content aggregation platforms and other external channels. At the same time, you will identify and measure inappropriate access, automated scraping and content extraction activities to ensure discoverability is achieved without undermining platform traffic, entitlements or commercial value.\nYou will own the analytical foundations of both disciplines: identifying and measuring the signals that indicate successful discovery, as well as those that indicate abuse. Working closely with product, platform, analytics and security teams, you will provide the evidence needed to shape strategy, prioritise interventions and measure outcomes.\nKey Responsibilities\nContent Discoverability & External Platform Analytics\nAnalyse how Springer Nature content is discovered across external channels, including search engines, scholarly discovery services, library platforms, aggregators, citation networks, AI-powered discovery tools and emerging content platforms \nDevelop and maintain a framework of discoverability metrics, signals and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of content distribution and discovery strategies \nIdentify the external signals that indicate successful content discovery, engagement and conversion back to Springer Nature properties \nMeasure the impact of metadata quality, indexing, platform integrations and content syndication on discoverability outcomes \nTrack changes in referral patterns, search visibility and external platform behaviour, identifying opportunities and risks \nEvaluate the trade-offs between maximising reach and preserving platform traffic, user engagement and commercial value \nProvide recommendations to product and business stakeholders on how content should be surfaced, exposed and protected across external ecosystems \nBuild analytical models to understand the relationship between discoverability, content consumption, platform traffic and downstream business outcomes \nContent Protection & Traffic Intelligence\nAnalyse WAF, traffic and behavioural data, primarily in BigQuery, to identify scraping, bot activity and unauthorised content extraction using fingerprint analysis, behavioural signals and network data \nBuild and maintain a portfolio of detection signals and continuously evolve them as threat actors change their tactics \nMeasure detection performance through coverage, precision, false-positive rates and baseline benchmarking \nQuantify the scale and commercial impact of content scraping and content leakage to support prioritisation and investment decisions \nInvestigate incidents and anomalous traffic patterns, distinguishing legitimate institutional and authenticated users from malicious automation \nWork closely with the Security Specialist Engineer, who will implement and enforce controls, while you identify, measure and validate the underlying signals \nHelp define the evidence base for decisions about content exposure, rate limiting, entitlement enforcement and platform protections \nInsight, Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement\nDesign and maintain dashboards and reporting that communicate discoverability performance, content protection effectiveness and emerging risks \nTranslate complex data findings into clear recommendations for product, platform, security and senior stakeholders \nEstablish meaningful baselines, benchmarks and success measures for both discoverability and protection initiatives \nSupport product strategy by providing evidence-driven insights into user behaviour, content consumption patterns and external ecosystem trends \nContribute to experimentation and measurement frameworks that assess the impact of product, metadata, discovery and protection changes \nEssential Skills & Experience\nStrong SQL skills, particularly BigQuery, with experience working on large-scale datasets. \nStrong analytical and statistical capability, including the ability to identify patterns, anomalies and behavioural trends \nExperience analysing web traffic, referral data and user journeys across digital products. \nUnderstanding of content discoverability, search and referral ecosystems, or the ability to quickly develop expertise in this area \nInterest in bot detection, behavioural analytics, fingerprinting and content protection challenges \nAbility to connect multiple data sources to build a coherent picture of user behaviour and content usage \nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to turn data insights into actionable 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