Senior Data Analyst - London

Elsevier; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing benefits

Pension and savings plans

Life assurance

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Elsevier in London or Oxford (also listed in London Wall and Amsterdam) seeks a senior analytics leader to drive complex data projects, partner with senior stakeholders, and deliver actionable insights across STMJ. The role supports hybrid working, with enterprise-grade platforms and a strong focus on AI-enabled analytics and mentoring junior analysts.

You will influence strategy, shape hypotheses, and identify metrics while collaborating with cross-functional teams to overcome challenges and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making through data-backed recommendations.
• Proven experience managing projects and delivering results independently.
• Good understanding of core analytics concepts, such as data modelling, blending, and visualization.
• Experience balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
• Comfort operating in a fast-changing technical landscape and learning new tools, technologies, and analytical methodologies.
• Experience within scholarly communications, publishing, or a related industry is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex analytics projects from planning through delivery, translating loosely defined business problems into a clear plan of action.
• Act as a trusted thought partner to senior stakeholders, shaping strategy, guiding hypothesis-driven thinking, and challenging assumptions through data.
• Identify and execute relevant analyses, metrics, and reporting solutions.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize workload effectively.
• Collaborate with cross-functional business and technical teams to overcome challenges and deliver results.
• Adapt to new tools and technologies, evaluating and adopting emerging techniques, including AI-assisted analytics.
• Coach and mentor junior data analysts, sharing best practices and analytical expertise.

Skills

Data modelling

Data blending

Data visualization

Project management

Stakeholder influence

AI-assisted analytics

Mentoring

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Salary: £65,000 - 105,000 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making through data-backed recommendations.
• Proven experience managing projects and delivering results independently.
• Good understanding of core analytics concepts, such as data modelling, blending, and visualization.
• Experience balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
• Comfort operating in a fast-changing technical landscape and learning new tools, technologies, and analytical methodologies.
• Experience within scholarly communications, publishing, or a related industry is advantageous but not essential.
• Applicants must include a cover letter describing their interest in the role and how their skills, knowledge, and experience would contribute to the journal; applications without a cover letter will not be reviewed.

Responsibilities:

• Lead complex analytics projects from planning through delivery, translating loosely defined business problems into a clear plan of action.
• Act as a trusted thought partner to senior stakeholders, shaping strategy, guiding hypothesis-driven thinking, and challenging assumptions through data.
• Identify and execute relevant analyses, metrics, and reporting solutions.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize workload effectively.
• Collaborate with cross-functional business and technical teams to overcome challenges and deliver results.
• Adapt to new tools and technologies, evaluating and adopting emerging techniques, including AI-assisted analytics.
• Coach and mentor junior data analysts, sharing best practices and analytical expertise.

Technologies:

• AI
• Support

More:

We are Elsevier, a global leader in information and analytics. Our solutions combine scientific information with technology and analytics to help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes. Our Scientific, Technical & Medical Journals (STMJ) business provides researchers with a trusted platform to publish and share their work across approximately 3,000 journals annually. You would join our global STMJ Data & Analytics team, a large, established group that turns complex data into actionable insights and supports data-driven decisions. The role is based in London or Oxford, with locations also listed as London Wall and Amsterdam; it is full time. In this senior position, you would work autonomously as a subject matter expert and have access to enterprise-grade platforms and tools. We offer flexible and hybrid working, wellbeing benefits, generous holiday allowance, pension and savings plans, life assurance and income protection, employee assistance programmes, study assistance, shared parental leave, and learning and development opportunities. For work performed in Amsterdam, the stated base pay range is €59,300–€98,800, and the role may be subject to a Netherlands collective labor agreement. We are committed to a fair and accessible hiring process and equal opportunity.

last updated 40 week of 2026