Lead Insight Business Partner

Harnham; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company is seeking a Lead Insight Business Partner in Manchester to drive audience insights for streaming and social products. You will lead a team, partner with senior leaders, and guide the evolution of digital offerings. The ideal candidate has a strong background in digital product environments and proven leadership skills. This role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working conditions.

Qualifications

• Strong background in digital product or streaming environments.
• Proven experience leading and developing teams in insight or analytics.
• Confident in challenging and influencing senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to turn audience data into actionable insight.
• Guide the evolution of a streaming platform and define new KPIs.
• Coach and develop a team of Business Partners.

Skills

Digital product experience

Team leadership

Stakeholder influence

Understanding of audience data

Job description

Lead Insight Business Partner – Streaming & Social

Hybrid: 3 days in office– Leeds or Manchester

Up to £100,000

Looking for your next big step in audience insight and digital product? This newly created role sits at the centre of a major UK broadcaster’s data-driven transformation. You’ll lead a small team of talented Business Partners, shaping how audience insight drives strategy across streaming and social products.

The Opportunity

• Strategic Influence: Partner directly with senior product and streaming leaders, turning complex audience data into clear, actionable insight.
• Product & Digital Focus: Guide the evolution of a fast-growing streaming platform, helping define new KPIs and success metrics as customer behaviour changes.
• Leadership: Coach and develop a team of four Business Partners, building their business-partnering capability and embedding insight across the organisation.
• Cross-Functional Impact: Collaborate with specialist analytics, research and data teams to deliver high-quality, decision-ready projects.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong background in digital product or streaming environments, with an agile, commercial mindset.
• Proven experience leading and developing teams, ideally in an insight, analytics, or product-focused setting.
• The confidence to challenge and influence senior stakeholders, asking the right questions to get to the heart of a brief.
• Broad understanding of audience data, research, and analytics—you won’t be hands-on coding, but you’ll know how to direct technical experts.

Why Join?

This is a chance to shape the future of a household-name broadcaster’s digital offering. You’ll be the go-to expert for streaming and social insight, with the autonomy to set direction and the support of a collaborative, forward-thinking team. PLEASE NOTE WE CANNOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Analyst, Broadcast Media Production and Distribution