Lead Analytics Manager

About the role

Key responsibilities

• Partner with project managers to understand model changes and provide data to build new productivity models.
• Manage resource allocation and prioritisation to maximise business benefit.
• Drive sustainable solutions that maintain and improve model health.
• Collaborate on full solutions and operating models and trial them as needed.
• Adapt plans in response to changing priorities and drive automation to reduce business-as-usual work.
• Take stakeholder and Product Owner requirements through the lifecycle to implementation.
• Partner with finance to refine budgeting and flexing processes.
• Manage and influence stakeholders across functions and levels.
• Build testing capability and coach the team to improve technical ability.
• Share expertise and market awareness with the wider team and contribute to a positive team environment.

Skills and experience

• SQL, Hadoop, and proficiency in a mainframe environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects; communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• MS Office skills, including Excel, Access, VBA, Alteryx, and Alation; Tableau knowledge.
• Ability to write SQL queries and advanced Excel and Access skills, including VBA.
• Retail, distribution, or fulfilment knowledge.
• Stakeholder engagement and influencing; ability to develop and work to a plan and use sprint ways of working.
• Line management experience.

Work arrangement

• Colleagues spend 60% of their week collaborating at office locations or local sites and the remainder remotely.

Benefits

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starts at 25 days plus a personal day and bank holidays.
• Private medical insurance and a 24/7 virtual GP service.
• The posting describes maternity, adoption, and paternity leave provisions and wellbeing support.