Senior Data Analyst - Strategic, Cross-Functional Impact

Wise; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Flexible working

Work from almost anywhere up to 90% of

Gym membership discount

Cycle to work scheme

Sabbatical after four years

Maternity leave 26 weeks

Self-development budget

Mission Days festival

Pet-friendly offices

Group activities (yoga, running, board

Job summary

Wise is seeking a senior analytics leader to own and shape the analytical direction across a broad problem space, partnering with Product, Engineering, Operations and other functions to drive strategy and measurable impact.

You will design rigorous measurement and experimentation frameworks, build scalable data solutions, mentor analysts, and champion technical excellence in SQL and data modelling while enabling teams to make data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Strategic thinker who can own broad problem spaces and tie analytics to company goals.
• Expert SQL and strong data modelling skills with a track record of delivering complex analytics.
• Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Operations and other functions.
• Ability to spot connections across teams and scale approaches beyond a single team.
• Comfort working with senior leaders and challenging assumptions constructively.
• High autonomy; create clarity where ambiguity exists and identify opportunities.
• Strong product, operational and business judgement; focus on customer impact.
• Proven skills in experimentation, measurement, and defining success metrics.
• Leadership through expertise and mentoring without direct people management.

Responsibilities

• Own and shape analytical direction for broad problem spaces with business impact.
• Identify highest-value problems and set priorities aligned to goals.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations and other teams to influence strategy.
• Unify approaches where similar problems are solved differently to create value.
• Lead large, complex analytics initiatives from problem definition to impact.
• Design robust measurement, experimentation and performance frameworks.
• Build scalable data solutions and reusable analytical approaches across teams.
• Promote technical excellence in SQL, data modelling and analytics.

Skills

Strategic thinking

SQL expertise

Data modelling

Cross-functional partnership

Cross-team thinking

Senior stakeholder influence

Autonomy

Business judgement

Experimentation & measurement

Technical leadership

Job description

Wise is seeking a senior analytics leader to own and shape the analytical direction across a broad problem space, partnering with Product, Engineering, Operations and other functions to drive strategy and measurable impact.

You will design rigorous measurement and experimentation frameworks, build scalable data solutions, mentor analysts, and champion technical excellence in SQL and data modelling while enabling teams to make data-driven decisions.