Data & Technology Insight Adviser

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Are you interested in the impact Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning and digital technology has on society and the unique power large technology firms exert on our daily lives? Would you like to use your technical knowledge of databases, cloud infrastructure, and/or web/app development for the public good? If so, join the CMA's Data, Technology and Analytics (DaTA) unit and be at the forefront of protecting consumers by investigating and understanding firms' sociotechnical systems.

The DaTA Unit is responsible for keeping the CMA at the leading edge of data and technology to protect the interests of consumers. The team works to shape how we think about the regulation of data and technology markets and the activities of digital companies.

As a Data & Technology Insights Adviser, you will keep abreast of new developments in the use of data and technology that affect consumers and competition, and work with colleagues in multidisciplinary teams providing technical advice.

You will support a range of cases, including antitrust or consumer cases, major market studies, and mergers. For example, you might analyse technical explainers and presentations about a firm's digital systems (e.g. APIs, algorithms, etc.), draft and ask technical questions to the firm's engineers, or advise non-technical colleagues on how technology works.

You will get involved in a variety of non-case projects working with CMA colleagues from the DaTA Unit and Digital Markets Unit, such as contribute to the CMA's work on emerging technologies, helping anticipate and analyse technology trends set to disrupt markets. You'll also have opportunities to contribute to the CMA's algorithmic processing projects.

There will be, on occasion, opportunities to attend external events and read academic research papers. You will build relationships with internal and external experts - technologists, academics, and others - to harness their knowledge and insight for the CMA.

The ideal candidate will need an active interest in digital markets, with knowledge of one or more technologies e.g., AI / ML, cloud infrastructure, web development, app development, database technologies etc. Experience of researching, synthesising, and communicating complex information about technical subjects is equally important.

In return the CMA is a hugely diverse, rewarding and stimulating place to work - an opportunity to work for the public good and to stretch and develop yourself in doing so. We offer generous benefits, including an excellent pension scheme, at least 25 days leave (increasing to 30 over five years), and generous maternity/paternity leave provision. You can also take advantage of interest-free season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, our employee assistance programme and favourable consideration of flexible working.

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Closing date for applications: 11:55 pm on Monday 31^st October 2022.

The CMA is an accredited Disability Confident Employer. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds and recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.