(Senior) Principal/Manager Analytics & Insights

Valcon; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or mobility budget

Annual bonus up to 4 months’ salary

Remote work abroad up to 10 days/year

Extensive sports membership

Job summary

Valcon is seeking a (Senior) Principal/Manager Analytics & Insights to lead insight-driven initiatives and mentor team members in a fast-paced consultancy. You will work closely with business stakeholders to formulate hypotheses, determine data requirements, test ideas, and guide data-backed decisions.

You will shape dashboards and KPIs, lead end-to-end insight solutions, and coach analysts while growing Valcon’s analytics practice. Fluency in Dutch and English is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business/data analysis, BI, or analytics.
• Experience with SQL and BI tools (Power BI, Qlik, Tableau).
• Comfortable working with complex datasets and designing end-to-end insight solutions.
• Understanding of data modelling concepts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Leadership experience guiding a team of colleagues.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.
• Consulting experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead data analyses and translate them into business recommendations.
• Define dashboards, reports, and visualizations, or configure agents for conversational BI.
• Define and implement frameworks to track business outcomes with stakeholders.
• Coach mid-level and junior colleagues on best practices and analytical approaches.
• Act as sparring partner for clients on data topics (BI, reporting, self-service analytics).
• Contribute to Valcon’s business analytics and BI communities.
• Help shape our standards, frameworks and best practices.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder management

Communication

Dutch language

Problem solving

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Qlik

Tableau

Job description

Valcon is looking for a (Senior) Principal/Manager Analytics & Insights to lead insight-driven initiatives and mentor team members in a fast-paced consultancy environment.

• Netherlands

Are you a Senior Data Professional ready to take on analytical challenges and lead others?

Imagine you are helping to transform our clients’ companies into data driven organisations. You are in close contact with business stakeholders on your project and can formulate the right hypotheses to solve their business problems. Based on this you define a method or approach and gather and define the right (data) requirements, test the hypotheses and work towards the solution for their business problem.

Experience

• You have 5+ years of experience in business/data analysis, BI, or analytics, and ideally some previous consulting experience.
• You have multiple years of experience with SQL and BI tools like Power BI, Qlik, Tableau.
• You are comfortable working with complex datasets and designing end-to-end insight solutions.
• You can read and grasp different data models and understand data modelling concepts.
• You have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• You are experienced in a leadership role and can guide a team of colleagues.
• You have a thorough understanding of data concepts and the ability to connect data requirements to core business processes and business outcomes
• You are familiar with doing research in a business environment, for example with interviews or surveys.
• You can build and maintain a relevant network at current and new clients.
• You are curious and have both integrity and a can-do mentality.
• You are fluent in Dutch and English

What will you do?

As a (Senior) Principal/Manager Analytics & Insights, you don’t just deliver analyses — you shape how clients think about data. You proactively identify opportunities for improvement, lead the design and implementation of KPIs and dashboards, and guide clients in making informed, data-backed decisions. You also coach and train junior analysts and help shape Valcon’s growing analytics practice.

Among your responsibilities will be the following:

• Lead data analyses and translate them into business recommendations.
• Define dashboards, reports, and visualizations, or configure agents for conversational BI
• Define and implement frameworks and methods to track business outcomes in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Coach med-level and junior colleagues on best practices and analytical approaches.
• Act as a sparring partner for clients on data topics (BI, reporting, self-service analytics).
• Contribute to Valcon’s business analytics and BI communities.
• Help shape our standards, frameworks and best practices.

What do we offer you?

• Personal development: a tailor-made growth path with trainings, courses, certifications and mentoring by experienced colleagues.

• An innovative work environment: collaborate with a team of experts pushing boundaries in data, technology, and consulting.

• Immediate impact and responsibility: you’ll make a difference for our clients from day one and are entrusted with responsibilities that will bring out the best in you.

• Inspiring work culture: a supportive, flexible, and no-nonsense environment that fosters your growth and fully allows you to be yourself.

Additionally, we offer:

• Competitive and transparent salary according to our pay structure, an annual bonus of up to 4 months’ salary (depending on seniority level, individual performance, and company results), and a monthly expense allowance of €95.
• A company car or mobility budget.
• A workplace that prioritizes and respects your work-life balance (for example by offering you the option of taking a sabbatical or expand the amount of holidays per year).
• An affordable sports membership that allows you to participate in 50 different sports offered by over 10,000 partners.
• The opportunity to work remotely from abroad for 10 days per year.
• A vibrant community that organizes both professional and social events.