Analytics & Experimentation Lead

Checkatrade; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Employee share scheme

Health support

Gym membership

Smart Tech scheme

Cycle scheme

Birthday leave

Holiday buy/sell

Charity leave

Job summary

Checkatrade, the UK’s leading home-improvement marketplace, is looking for an Analytics and Experimentation Lead to join our data-driven leadership team in London. You’ll own metric integrity, govern AI-generated analyses, and shape the strategy that translates insights into action with the C-suite.

You’ll work with data scientists on models and experiments, design robust A/B tests, and build self-serve dashboards that empower stakeholders while ensuring rigorous validation and commercial impact.

Qualifications

• Fluency in SQL and data concepts; able to sanity-check AI outputs.
• Experience turning data findings into actionable recommendations.
• Proven ability to design and interpret experiments with commercial impact.
• Able to explain complex findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Owning metric integrity — defining and governing what numbers mean.
• Quality gate on AI-generated analysis — validate logic and outputs.
• Designing and interpreting A/B tests — set metrics and proper sample sizes.
• Diagnosing drivers of performance and identifying key hypotheses.
• Turning analysis into action — quantify impact and trade-offs for decisions.
• Building interactive dashboards and self-serve tools for day-to-day use.

Skills

SQL fluency

Data storytelling

Experiment design

AI governance

Analytical mindset

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Python

Job description

As our next Analytics and Experimentation Lead, you'll play a key role in helping us build the UK's go-to home improvement marketplace. Analytics tooling — including AI — is doing more of the heavy lifting on execution, and this role is the human layer above it: making sure the numbers are right.

This role is perfect for someone with data science experience who enjoys working with data scientists on building models and systems with huge impact but also wants to own the strategy and direction of their work and work closely with the C-suite on driving the company forward with more intelligent, data-driven systems

Forget long lists, here's what you'll actually spend your time on:

• Owning metric integrity — defining and governing what our numbers actually mean, so no one downstream is making a call off a flawed definition or a dodgy query.

• Acting as the quality gate on AI-generated analysis — checking the logic, validating the output, and catching errors before they ever reach a stakeholder.

• Designing and interpreting A/B tests — setting the success metrics, sizing the sample properly, and knowing when a result is underpowered rather than just running with it.

• Diagnosing what's actually driving commercial performance — why revenue is moving, where leads are dropping out of the funnel, which segments are underperforming — and turning that into a structured investigation with real hypotheses.

• Turning analysis into action — sizing the commercial impact, laying out the trade-offs, and helping the business decide what to do differently, then tracking whether it worked.

• Building interactive dashboards and self-serve tools that keep stakeholders oriented day-to-day, without an analyst needing to be in the loop every time.

It's not about ticking every box. It's about turning up curious, ready to crack on. You'll do well here if you bring:

• A track record across all three layers — not just producing analysis, but diagnosing the cause and driving the action that actually changed the outcome.

• The analytical foundation to sense-check AI-generated work — fluency with SQL and data concepts, so you know when an output is wrong before anyone else spots it.

• Experience designing experiments and turning statistical findings into commercial recommendations that hold up under scrutiny.

• A knack for explaining complex findings to non-technical audiences in a way that actually moves a decision — experience in a marketplace, subscription or lead-generation business, or with tools like Python, Tableau or Looker, is a bonus rather than a must.

We believe great work deserves great rewards. Here's just a taste:

• Competitive salary + annual bonus

• Employee Share Programme

• Health, well-being and learning support

• Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme

• Birthday/Special day leave

• Buy & sell holiday scheme

• 1 week's paid charity leave and much more!

How we'll get to know each other:

• Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners

• 1st stage: interview with the hiring manager

• 2nd stage: interview consisting of two speed rounds with stakeholders

• Final stage: panel interview including a short analysis case study

At the moment, this role isn’t open to visa sponsorship applications.

About us

We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.

We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in.