Hybrid Lead Data Analyst - Mentor Analytics Team & Drive Insights

Sphere Digital Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Sphere Digital Recruitment in London is seeking a Lead Data Analyst on an initial 3‑month contract. The role is based in London with a hybrid pattern (2 days in the office) and an daily rate of £400 outside IR35.

You will lead and mentor a team of analysts across multiple projects, manage workloads and stakeholder expectations, and act as the escalation point for complex analytics challenges while delivering data‑driven insights to support commercial decisions and drive automation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading analytics projects and mentoring analysts.
• Strong Python skills and advanced Excel experience.
• Proven ability to manage workloads and stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to deliver data-driven insights to inform commercial decisions.

Responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of analysts across multiple projects
• Managing workloads, priorities and stakeholder expectations
• Acting as the escalation point for complex technical and analytical challenges
• Supporting the delivery of data-driven insights for commercial and strategic decision-making
• Working closely with senior leadership to improve processes and ways of working
• Driving automation and continuous improvement initiatives across the analytics function

Skills

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Data-driven decision making

Prioritization

Tools

Python

Excel

Job description

Sphere Digital Recruitment in London is seeking a Lead Data Analyst on an initial 3‑month contract. The role is based in London with a hybrid pattern (2 days in the office) and an daily rate of £400 outside IR35.

You will lead and mentor a team of analysts across multiple projects, manage workloads and stakeholder expectations, and act as the escalation point for complex analytics challenges while delivering data‑driven insights to support commercial decisions and drive automation.