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Senior Performance Analyst

Government Digital Service
London, GBR
Full-time
Hybrid
£56,850–£68,570
Discovered 1 months ago
Performance measurement frameworks and KPIsDigital product and service analysisSQLBigQueryGoogle AnalyticsLarge and complex datasets

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Role overview

The Senior Performance Analyst will provide analytical leadership for multiple aspects of the One Login digital identity product.

The role works with product teams and other analysts to shape what is measured and how, improve data quality, and support evidence-based decisions.

The Government Digital Service leads digital government work and is part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development and implementation of KPIs and success measures across One Login products, ensuring effective measurement and high-quality performance data.
  • Analyse data from multiple sources to inform product development, service improvement, and strategic decisions.
  • Work with multidisciplinary teams to identify what to measure, develop hypotheses, and evaluate product and service changes.
  • Influence evidence-based decision-making, prioritisation, and roadmap development.
  • Lead analysis and data storytelling, communicating findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including senior leaders.
  • Develop performance analysis capability through line management, coaching, mentoring, and sharing good practice.

Person specification

  • Strong experience developing performance frameworks, KPIs, and success measures and using data to evaluate and improve digital products, services, or user outcomes.
  • Experience working with large, complex datasets using SQL, BigQuery, Google Analytics, or similar tools, and collaborating with technical teams on robust data collection and measurement.
  • Experience formulating questions and hypotheses, interpreting and validating data, and combining evidence from multiple sources to inform decisions.
  • Experience translating complex analysis into clear recommendations for audiences of varying analytical expertise, including senior leaders.
  • Strong stakeholder management and experience working across multidisciplinary teams, including product, delivery, user-centred design, and technology colleagues.
  • Experience leading, coaching, or developing performance analysts and promoting analytical best practice.

Workplace and schedule

  • The role offers flexible working, including full-time, job-share, part-time, or compressed hours.
  • Hybrid working combines the workplace and home in the UK; the current expectation is office or non-home attendance 40–60% of the time.
  • The department does not normally offer full home working.

Salary and contract

  • The role is permanent. The advertised salary range is £56,850–£68,570; London offers are stated as £61,620 and national offers as £56,850.
  • The posting lists a base salary of £61,620 for London and £56,850 for other locations.

Benefits

  • Benefits include a Civil Service Pension, annual leave, flexible working, learning and development, wellbeing support, and an in-year bonus scheme.
  • Other benefits include cycle-to-work facilities, employee discounts, volunteering leave, and travel season-ticket advances.

Security and recruitment

  • The role requires SC clearance and a basic or equivalent criminal record check; UK residency history may affect the time needed for checks.
  • The department cannot offer visa sponsorship through this campaign.
  • Selection includes application screening and a video interview with a presentation; an additional stage may be used if application volumes are high.
  • Assessment covers leadership, communicating and influencing, working together, delivering at pace, and specialist performance analysis capabilities.

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