Insight Analytics Manager

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the retail sector is seeking an Insight Analytics Manager to drive data transformation and deliver impactful analytics. The role involves mentoring a team, developing insights, and collaborating with senior stakeholders to enhance decision-making processes. With a focus on advanced analytics and a hybrid working environment, this position offers opportunities for professional growth and a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Bonus

Pension

Car Allowance

Colleague Discounts

Wellbeing Services

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading analytics in a complex, data-driven environment.
• Strong ability to communicate complex analytical outputs to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of analytics that solve strategic problems.
• Mentor and develop analysts, setting high standards of analytical quality.

Skills

SQL

Data Analysis

Communication

Education

Degree in a numerate or analytical field

Tools

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

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Job Title

Insight Analytics Manager

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Data Science

Closing Date

29 May 2025

Asda is undergoing an exciting data transformation, placing insight and analytics at the heart of strategic decision-making. We are seeking an Insight & Analytics Manager to support high-impact, technically rich initiatives that deliver real business value across our commercial, customer, supply chain, and digital functions.

About the Role

In this role, you will shape and deliver advanced analytics, visual insights, and commercial recommendations that influence decisions at every level of the organisation. You’ll be working in a hybrid cloud environment (Azure, Databricks), applying your skills to real challenges in areas like customer behaviour, operations, and digital journeys. You will also mentor and manage a team of talented insight professionals, helping to grow our analytical capabilities and foster a high-performance culture.

We operate a matrix-style squad structure. Over time, you will have opportunities to work across multiple squads focused on various strategic projects. Initially, you will focus on Ranging, accountable for delivering insight tools supporting Asda’s ranging process and decision-making within the Commercial function. You will aim to continually improve and extend these tools to meet evolving stakeholder needs, demonstrating the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences and translating business requirements into technical scopes.

Key Responsibilities

1. Create Value Through Insight: Lead the development and delivery of analytics that solve strategic problems, quantify business value, and support major transformation initiatives.
2. Advanced Data Analytics: Oversee and apply statistical and analytical techniques to build models, validate hypotheses, and assess business performance using SQL, Python, and cloud platforms like Azure and Databricks.
3. Lead with Purpose: Mentor and develop analysts, setting high standards of analytical quality, objectivity, and insight that influence business outcomes.
4. Engage & Influence Senior Stakeholders: Collaborate with senior leaders to scope analytical opportunities, challenge assumptions, and embed data into decision-making processes.
5. Insight Generation: Translate complex datasets into accessible and actionable insights.
6. Enable Data-Driven Decisions: Drive the development of visual narratives using analytical platforms to translate data into insights for business action.
7. Team Leadership: Manage and mentor analysts and data scientists, ensuring high-quality outputs and professional growth.
8. Strategic Contribution: Lead analytics projects from inception to impact, aligning deliverables with business needs and ensuring clarity, reproducibility, and robustness.
9. Provide Thought and Technical Leadership in Analytics: Promote best practices, peer learning, and a strong value mindset across the insight community at Asda.

Candidate Profile

Essential:

• Proven experience leading analytics in a complex, data-driven environment with advanced methodologies.
• Highly proficient in SQL for data analysis and large-scale data manipulation and modeling.
• Strong ability to communicate complex analytical outputs to senior, non-technical stakeholders.
• Track record of translating insights into commercial actions and decision support.
• Experience collaborating across Insight & Analytics, Data Science, Reporting, and Data Visualization functions.
• Experience managing or mentoring junior colleagues, setting expectations, and driving performance.
• Ability to lead analytical projects independently, including scoping, delivery, and iteration.
• Degree in a numerate or analytical field.

Desirable:

• Experience with BI tools like Power BI or Tableau, and knowledge of Python.
• Proficiency in statistical modeling techniques.
• Background in retail, FMCG, or similar data-rich industries.

Why Join Asda?

• We are a values-led organization that encourages openness and collaboration, valuing everyone's input.
• Our culture and size offer abundant opportunities for growth and empowerment.
• We promote bringing your authentic self to work, fostering pride in being part of Asda.

Why Join Insight and Analytics?

• Work on high-impact, business-critical challenges with visible results.
• Be part of a forward-thinking data team using modern cloud-native tools.
• Utilize leading tools & tech: Azure, Databricks, Power BI, Python, with ongoing evolution.
• Enjoy an attractive benefits package including salary, car allowance, bonus, pension, discounts, and wellbeing services.

Additional Benefits

Our hybrid working model requires a minimum of 3 days in our offices. Benefits include bonus, pension, car allowance, colleague discounts, wellbeing services, inclusion networks, parental leave policies, and more. We aim for colleagues to be proud and authentic at work.