Head of Strategy Analytics

Harnham; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Job summary

Harnham in the United Kingdom seeks a Head of Strategy Analytics to lead a centralised Analytics and Management Information function, driving an organisation-wide shift towards insight-led decision-making and AI-enabled analytics.

The role balances strategic oversight with hands-on delivery, embedding AI tools and automation into analytics workflows, overseeing data, reporting, governance foundations, and migration of analytics platforms while engaging with senior stakeholders up to the C-suite.

Job description

The client is seeking a Head of Strategy Analytics to lead a centralised Analytics and Management Information function, playing a pivotal role in driving an organisation-wide shift towards insight-led decision-making and AI-enabled analytics. This senior leadership position will balance strategic oversight with hands-on analytics delivery, ensuring that analytics operates effectively as a shared service and supports the organisation's commercial objectives. The role involves embedding AI tools and automation into analytics workflows, overseeing scalable data, reporting, and governance foundations, and managing the migration of analytics platforms.

The successful candidate will be responsible for transforming the analytics function from traditional reporting to delivering actionable, commercial insights that support growth and executive decision-making. Key responsibilities include line management of decisioning capabilities, influencing senior stakeholders across Finance, Marketing, and leadership teams, and ensuring the adoption of modern data platforms and automation. The role requires strong leadership experience within analytics or management information functions, a proven ability to translate data into clear commercial recommendations, and confidence in engaging with C-suite executives.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on expertise with SQL and preferably Python, experience with modern data stacks and business intelligence tools, and practical exposure to AI tools within analytics environments. This high-visibility role offers significant influence and opportunities for progression within a data-driven organisation undergoing substantial transformation. The client provides a competitive salary, bonus, private health insurance, pension scheme, and generous holiday allowance.