Lead Data Analyst

Policy Expert; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 7%

Private medical & dental

Learning budget £1,000/year

Study leave

Enhanced maternity & paternity

Travel season ticket loan

London events access

Private lounge access

Wellbeing programme

Prayer room in office

Job summary

Policy Expert seeks a Lead Data Analyst to join the analytics leadership team in London. You will work alongside another Lead Data Analyst to shape data strategy, deliver high-value analyses, and mentor two analysts.

You’ll spend ~60–70% of time hands-on, while also coaching peers, setting standards, and building reusable data workflows. Hybrid or remote work in London is available.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in data analysis (typically 5+ years).
• Strong SQL skills and experience with a cloud data warehouse (GCP or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience using AI tools (Claude/ChatGPT) in work.
• Experience coaching or mentoring analysts.
• Ability to partner with business teams to drive commercial impact.
• Nice-to-have: insurance domain knowledge or tools like Power BI, dbt or Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics work with real business impact and coach two analysts.
• Hands-on work ~60–70% of the time; rest on peer review and coaching.
• Set coding and review standards for the team.
• Build reusable workflows and tools to improve team efficiency.
• Collaborate with business teams to translate needs into data solutions.

Skills

Data analysis

SQL

Cloud data warehouse

AI tools (Claude/ChatGPT)

Mentoring/Coaching

Business partnering

Python

Power BI

dbt

Tools

GCP

Power BI

dbt

Python

Cloud Data Warehouse

Job description

Policy Expert – Lead Data Analyst

Are you ready to transform the insurance industry?

Policy Expert is a forward-thinking business that loves to get things done. Leveraging proprietary technology and smart data, we offer reliable products and a wow customer experience.

Having achieved rapid growth since being founded in 2011, we’ve won over 1.5 million customers in Home, Motor and Pet insurance and have been ranked the UK’s No.1-rated home insurer by Review Centre since 2013.

Your day to day:

You’ll be one of our two Lead Data Analysts. You’ll work alongside Andy (our other Lead Data Analyst), as well as Jenny and Juanma, to complete our analytics leadership team.

As one of our most senior analysts, you’ll bring deep technical skill and a real feel for how analytics shapes the business. You’ll make the team better, supporting everyone around you to do their best work. Around 60 to 70% of your time goes on hands‑on work. The rest goes on peer review and coaching.

• Partner with a business team on projects with real commercial impact. For example, one of the team built price elasticity tools that help Trading spot pricing gaps and opportunities.
• Meet those partners halfway, connecting them with the data they need. They know their numbers inside out, but not our data platform.
• Help set our standards for how we code, review and share our work.
• Build reusable workflows and tools, and bring in new ones that help the team work better.
• Help us use AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT well, checking accuracy so people can trust the results.
• Manage and coach two analysts, supporting them to grow and deliver work that matters.

Who are you:

• Significant experience in data analysis (typically 5+ years), with a track record of work that made a measurable difference.
• You know SQL inside out, you’ve worked with GCP or another cloud data warehouse, and you’ve built tools others use every day.
• Hands‑on experience using AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT in your work, and helping others use them well.
• You enjoy working together with business teams and understanding how they think.
• Experience coaching or mentoring other analysts, formally or informally.
• It’s a bonus if you have insurance experience, or have used Power BI, dbt or Python.

Benefits:

This role will be based in our London office in either a Hybrid or Remote setting.

We match your pension contributions up to 7%.

Private medical & Dental cover

Learning budget of £1,000 a year + Study leave (with encouragement to use it)

Enhanced maternity & paternity

Travel season ticket loan

Access to a wide selection of London O2 events and use of a Private Lounge

Employee Wellbeing Programme

Prayer room in Office

What We Stand for and Next Steps

We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer. We treat all applications equally and recruit based solely on an individual’s skills, knowledge, and experience. The quality and growing diversity of our team is a testament to this commitment

At Policy Expert, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process to accommodate your needs, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring every candidate has an equal opportunity to succeed and will work with you to provide the necessary support.