Senior Analytics Leader: Strategy, Insights & Products

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Watford (3 days/week)

Benefits package

Private healthcare

Enhanced pension contributions

Job summary

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment is seeking a Principal Insight & Analytics Analyst in Watford (3 days per week) with leadership responsibilities and a high-impact role shaping strategy. You will combine hands-on technical work with team leadership to drive data-driven decisions and analytics innovation across the business.

The role requires expert SQL, Python or R, and a track record of delivering analytics products, dashboards and measurement frameworks.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience in advanced analytics, insight or data science environments.
• Expert-level SQL skills and advanced capability in Python or R.
• Experience building and scaling analytical products, dashboards, measurement frameworks or insight solutions.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, analytical engineering, ETL processes and data quality principles.
• Experience applying forecasting, experimentation, segmentation, statistical modelling or machine learning techniques.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate complex findings into business action.
• Strong leadership, mentoring and people development experience.
• Experience operating within cross-functional or agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and delivery of advanced analytics products and insight frameworks.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to translate business challenges into analytical solutions.
• Shape analytics roadmaps and prioritise initiatives based on commercial impact.
• Deliver hands-on advanced analytics using SQL, Python or R, Power BI and statistical modelling techniques.
• Drive best practice across analytics, experimentation, forecasting, segmentation and measurement.
• Collaborate with data engineering and technology teams to improve data infrastructure and analytical capabilities.
• Own the lifecycle of key analytics products from discovery through to implementation and adoption.
• Coach, mentor and develop analysts across the wider function.
• Establish technical standards, governance and quality assurance processes.
• Present complex analytical findings and recommendations to senior leadership audiences.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Advanced analytics

Dashboards

Stakeholder influence

Leadership

Data modelling

Machine learning

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment is seeking a Principal Insight & Analytics Analyst in Watford (3 days per week) with leadership responsibilities and a high-impact role shaping strategy. You will combine hands-on technical work with team leadership to drive data-driven decisions and analytics innovation across the business.

The role requires expert SQL, Python or R, and a track record of delivering analytics products, dashboards and measurement frameworks.