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This podcast will cover a range of topics such as finding data talent, and AI training. We will also discuss more advanced subjects like assessing the value of your data team, identifying biases in AI and addressing pay gaps in Data and AI.

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Dive deep into the world of AI, data, and analytics

Episode 22: Bridging the Data Skills Gap – How to Upskill and Build Analytics Culture

Episode 21: GenAI breakthroughs, roadblocks and what to learn next

Episode 20: How Incrementality and MMM Are Changing Marketing Analytics

Episode 19: How AI Innovation & Hiring Are Evolving Hand in Hand

Exclusive! Harnham to 15,000: The Shift to Personalisation

Episode 18: Beyond the Numbers: Humanising Your Customer Data

Episode 17: Bridging the Consumer Experience Gap: What Brands Get Wrong

Episode 16: The Past, Present, and Future of Experimentation

Episode 15: Utilising Data for Market Fit

Episode 14: Geospatial Analytics – Past, Present and Future

Episode 13: Democratising Data

Episode 12: How to Build and Retain High-Performing Analytics Teams

Episode 11: Leading with a People-First Approach: Navigating Growth in Data and AI

Episode 10: From Payday Lending to AI: Navigating the Credit Risk Landscape

Episode 9: The State and Future of AI

Episode 8: The Next Data Wave: Emerging Trends in Data Management and Governance

Episode 7: Futurecast: Skillsets, Decisions, and the Role of AI

Episode 6: Getting Into the Data Industry Without a STEM Degree

Episode 5: Diversity Equity & Inclusion – How Data Leaders Can Take Action

Episode 4 – Key Findings from Harnham’s 2023 US Data & AI Salary Guide

Episode 3: Key Findings from Harnham’s 2023 UK Data & AI Salary Guide

Episode 2 – Data Literacy (with Waseem Ali & David Reed)

Episode 1 – Quantifying the Benefit of Data (with Waseem Ali & Craig Civil)

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Research Manager – Analytics

London

£45000 - £60000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Research Manager, Analytics (4 days in office, Fridays WFH)
Up to £60,000, London
Series A-B B2B Research Tech Startup (~50 people)

We’re partnered with a fast-growing research technology startup using AI to transform how organisations understand people. The business combines advanced analytics with modern research methods to deliver deeper insights, faster and at significantly lower cost than traditional research approaches.

As the company launches a new AI-driven product, they’re hiring a Research Manager to take ownership of analytics and modelling across client research projects.

The Role

This is a hands-on role focused on pushing the boundaries of quantitative analytics within research. You’ll lead complex modelling work, set best practice for analytics, and independently deliver end-to-end research projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own analytics workstreams across major research projects

  • Deliver advanced analysis including segmentation, factor reduction and regression modelling

  • Set standards and best practice for analytics and segmentation

  • Automate repeat analytical tasks for trackers and long-running projects

  • Run end-to-end research projects (primarily quant; some qual/mixed methods)

  • Contribute to proposals and RFPs

About You

Essential

  • 3+ years’ experience in analytics and/or research using survey data

  • Hands-on experience with regression, factor analysis and segmentation techniques

  • Strong data wrangling, cleaning and weighting skills

  • Proficiency in R or Python for analysis and visualisation

  • Curious, exploratory approach to finding insight in data

Nice to have

  • Experience with Bayesian as well as frequentist methods

  • Understanding of the full market research project lifecycle

Interview Process

  • Screening questions

  • Talent interview

  • Hiring Manager interview

  • In-person task (with opportunity to meet Founder & C-suite)

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Research Manager – Data Services

London

£45000 - £55000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Research Manager

London | 45000 to 55000

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high‑growth research and technology business that is transforming how organisations understand consumers, citizens and audiences. You will work across diverse clients, take ownership of end‑to‑end quantitative projects, and play a key role in delivering high‑quality insight using innovative research technology.

The Company

They are a fast‑scaling research and data company built around modern technology, smart automation and robust quantitative methods. Their platform delivers high‑quality polls, surveys and data outputs at speed, supporting commercial brands, non‑profits and social organisations. The team brings together strong research expertise and engineering talent, creating a collaborative environment that is both analytical and forward‑thinking. They have built a strong reputation in the market and continue to grow rapidly.

The Role

* Independently manage and deliver quantitative research projects across sectors including political, consumer and multi‑market studies.
* Lead client communication from project scoping through to presenting results and insights.
* Manage client accounts, acting as the main point of contact and understanding broader strategic needs.
* Create data tables and outputs using internal tools and reporting platforms.
* Partner with consulting and analytics teams on larger insight programmes, occasionally leading these end‑to‑end.
* Mentor and develop junior researchers, ensuring strong delivery standards.
* Design high‑quality surveys, manage sampling and ensure data integrity across all stages.
* Support the delivery of brand tracking, brand lift, ad testing, segmentation and multi‑country research programmes.
Your Skills And Experience
* Strong experience delivering quantitative market research projects from brief to debrief.
* Confident designing surveys, managing fieldwork and producing data tables and cross‑breaks.
* Comfortable cleaning raw data and ensuring outputs meet strong quality standards.
* Strong Excel capability; familiarity with tools such as DisplayR is beneficial.
* Commercial awareness and ability to support quoting, proposals and RFP responses.
* Able to manage client conversations, challenge assumptions and provide clear recommendations.
* Comfortable mentoring junior team members and supporting their development.
* Detail‑oriented, proactive and committed to delivering high‑quality research.

What They Offer

* Salary between 45000 and 55000.
* Hybrid working with four days a week in their London office
* Exposure to a wide variety of clients across commercial, political and social sectors.
* Opportunity to work with innovative research technology, including AI‑powered tools.
* Benefits including private healthcare, 25 days annual leave and pension contributions.
* A collaborative, inclusive environment with strong learning and development opportunities.

How To Apply

If you are looking to take ownership of impactful quantitative research projects within a modern, innovative research team, apply now to learn more.

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Commercial Analytics Manger

London

£75000 - £90000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Commercial Analytics Manager
London, Hybrid
Salary up to £90,000

This is an opportunity to take ownership of marketing and commercial analytics in a highly impactful role, sitting at the heart of strategic decision making. You will use data to shape marketing effectiveness, influence senior stakeholders, and connect insight directly to commercial outcomes in a complex, regulated environment.

The Company
They are a global organisation operating in a highly regulated, innovation-led industry. With a strong focus on data-driven decision making, they invest heavily in analytics to improve marketing performance and commercial impact. The business operates across multiple markets and works closely with regional teams to deliver measurable growth. Collaboration, analytical rigour, and continuous improvement are central to how they work.

The Role
You will lead advanced marketing and commercial analytics to drive smarter strategy and execution.

  • Partner with marketing and commercial leaders to deliver actionable insights that shape strategy and investment decisions.
  • Analyse campaign and channel performance, linking marketing activity to sales and field force outcomes.
  • Deliver attribution, ROI, and marketing mix analysis to optimise spend and messaging.
  • Provide data-driven insight across market access, payer, and reimbursement data to support strategic planning.
  • Build and maintain dashboards and reporting tools that give leadership clear visibility of performance.
  • Improve analytics tools, data pipelines, and reporting processes to create scalable, automated insight.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong commercial experience in marketing analytics, commercial operations, or strategy.
  • Expertise in campaign measurement, attribution, ROI analysis, and performance tracking.
  • Advanced capability with SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, or similar analytics tools.
  • Experience translating complex data into clear, compelling recommendations for senior stakeholders.
  • Confident partnering with cross-functional teams in regulated or complex environments.
  • A proactive, adaptable approach with the ability to challenge assumptions using data.

How to Apply
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Senior Analyst

City of London

£55000 - £60000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
City of London, London

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Senior Analyst

London – Hybrid

Up to 60k

This is a senior individual contributor opportunity where you will take ownership of critical revenue and customer metrics in a data driven subscription focused organisation.

The Company
We are a large, digital first media organisation with a global audience and a strong commitment to long term sustainability. We are owned by a trust with no private investors, which means no paywalls and a clear focus on reinvesting revenue into the product and the reader experience. Most of our income comes from subscriptions and reader contributions, supported by advertising. Analytics sits at the heart of how we grow, retain and understand our readership.

The Role

You will play a key role in improving how lifetime value and performance are measured, trusted and used to drive readership growth and retention.

  • Own lifetime value and core performance metrics across marketing and reader revenue
  • Build, fix and improve Lifetime Value models, supporting a move towards a more unified customer view across products
  • Maintain and enhance data models, including supporting and improving dbt models to ensure reliability and performance
  • Own key dashboards used across the business, ensuring they run correctly, are accurate and trusted, rather than building them from scratch
  • Provide strategic analytical input into experimentation and A/B testing beyond business-as-usual activity
  • Partner with stakeholders across marketing, reader revenue and strategy to interpret metrics and support growth initiatives
  • Contribute to longer term insight work including customer segmentation, readership behaviour and revenue planning

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong commercial experience operating as a senior analyst
  • Proven ownership of lifetime value or similar customer revenue metrics
  • Experience with attribution and marketing performance analysis
  • Advanced SQL skills and strong hands-on experience using Python
  • Experience working with Power BI or Tableau to support insight and reporting
  • Comfortable working independently and supporting senior

What We Offer

  • Salary up to £60,000 plus a competitive benefits package
  • Hybrid working with three days per week in a central London office
  • A high impact role with ownership of business models and metrics
  • The opportunity to influence how analytics supports readership growth and long-term revenue

How to Apply
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Paid Social and Programmatic Exec

Hemel Hempstead

£27000 - £35000

+ Digital Analytics

Permanent
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

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Paid Social & Programmatic Executive

Hybrid (Hemel Hampstead)
Up to £35,000

We’re hiring a Paid Social & Programmatic Executive to support the delivery, optimisation, and reporting of digital marketing campaigns across Paid Social and Programmatic channels for a major consumer brand.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for creating and optimising campaigns across Paid Social, Display, Video, and Programmatic channels, helping drive high-quality traffic and performance to a leading consumer website.

You’ll work closely with brand, performance marketing, and creative teams to ensure campaigns are well-executed, insight-led, and continuously improved.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build, manage, and optimise Paid Social and Programmatic campaigns
  • Monitor daily performance and deliver clear reporting and insights
  • Recommend improvements to improve campaign performance and efficiency
  • Work with internal and external teams to ensure high-quality creative delivery
  • Support performance tracking against KPI and budget targets
  • Present campaign performance when required

What We’re Looking For

  • 2+ years’ experience in digital marketing / performance marketing
  • Hands-on experience with Paid Social campaigns
  • Understanding of Programmatic Display and Video
  • Strong Excel and data interpretation skills
  • Highly organised with strong attention to detail
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

Nice to Have

  • Experience in hospitality or consumer-facing brands
  • Degree educated
  • Exposure to broader digital marketing channels

Why Apply

  • Work across high-visibility paid media campaigns
  • Join a collaborative performance marketing team
  • Gain exposure across Paid Social and Programmatic channels
  • Strong development opportunity within a major consumer brand

Find out more and apply via the link below.

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Lead Data Analyst

London

£55000 - £65000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Lead Data Analyst

London Bridge hybrid, £65,000 plus benefits

A great opportunity to take on a strategic Lead Data Analyst role where you will work across experimentation, modelling and BI projects, while shaping long term data strategy and supporting complex digital marketing programmes.

The Company
They are a high growth data and performance consultancy combining analytics, data science and engineering to drive measurable, sustainable growth for well known brands. Their work spans digital marketing data, advanced measurement and predictive modelling, with strong access to client datasets and a culture centred on technical excellence.

The Role
* Lead analytical work across experimentation, causal inference and incrementality
* Build predictive models such as LTV, propensity and forecasting
* Deliver BI and reporting projects using cloud based data and dbt pipelines
* Work hands on with SQL and digital marketing data from Google and Meta
* Partner with data scientists to deploy models into advertising platforms
* Mentor analysts and contribute to technical development across the team

Your Skills And Experience

* Strong technical ability with SQL
* Experience using dbt for transformation and production data models
* Background working with digital marketing data and ad platform signals
* Exposure to BI and analytics projects using tools such as Looker or Tableau
* Understanding of experimentation, causal inference and incrementality
* Knowledge of MMM, LTV and propensity modelling
* Confident communicator who can collaborate with a range of stakeholders

What They Offer

* Up to £65,000 salary
* Hybrid working with one day per week at London Bridge
* Advanced analytics, modelling and measurement projects
* Strong progression opportunities in a growing data function

How To Apply
If this sounds like your next step, apply today to learn more.

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Programmatic Exec

London

£30000 - £40000

+ Digital Analytics

Permanent
London

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Programmatic Executive
Hemel Hempstead (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)
Up to £40,000 plus benefits

This is an exciting opportunity for a Programmatic specialist to join a growing performance marketing function where data, experimentation, and digital innovation sit at the heart of their strategy. You will play a key role in delivering high quality traffic and driving commercial performance across key digital channels.

The Company

They are a well-established UK consumer brand that has undergone significant digital transformation in recent years. With a focus on elevating customer experience, they use data, technology, and insight to power smarter marketing decisions. Their performance marketing team is expanding, giving you the chance to join a forward-thinking environment with strong leadership and investment in digital excellence.

The Role

* Build, optimise, and manage programmatic campaigns to drive qualified traffic.
* Contribute to paid social delivery where relevant.
* Analyse campaign performance, produce reports, and present recommendations to stakeholders.
* Work closely with senior team members to identify opportunities for optimisation and efficiency.
* Ensure creative is data-informed and set up to maximise engagement and conversion.
* Support the wider performance marketing strategy to improve commercial outcomes.

Your Skills and Experience

* Strong commercial experience in programmatic marketing.
* Exposure to paid social activation or optimisation.
* Confident using data and insight to inform decisions and improve performance.
* Comfortable presenting findings and communicating with stakeholders.
* A proactive, analytical mindset with strong attention to detail.

What They Offer

* Salary up to £40,000.
* Annual bonus up to 15 percent.
* Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution options.
* Generous holiday allowance with a holiday buy scheme.
* Discounts on holidays, retail, travel, and more.
* Life assurance, wellbeing support, digital GP access, and advisory services.
* Electric and hybrid vehicle leasing via salary sacrifice.

How to Apply
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Director of Data Analytics

London

£120000 - £140000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Director of Data

London (Office-first, flexible)
£120,000 – £140,000

We are hiring a Director of Data for a PE-backed, global rewards and marketing analytics business operating at scale with major international clients.

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on maximising the value of an established data and analytics platform, not defining strategy from scratch.

The Role

You will lead a small data and analytics function, driving execution of an existing roadmap and helping the business extract greater commercial value from its data products.

Key focus areas:

  • Turning data into commercial insight and client value

  • Driving adoption of analytics and data products

  • Supporting development of predictive and advanced analytics capability

  • Improving data literacy and stakeholder engagement

  • Working closely with product, engineering, and commercial teams

Tech Stack

  • Snowflake

  • SQL

  • Python

  • Mixpanel

  • BI / visualisation tools (in transition)

What We’re Looking For

  • Strong background in analytics / BI / advanced analytics

  • Hands-on with data (SQL and ideally Python)

  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

  • Experience working in fast-paced, delivery-focused environments

  • Comfortable operating in a small, hands-on leadership structure

Nice to Have

  • Loyalty, rewards, marketing analytics or consultancy experience

  • Exposure to AI or predictive analytics

  • Experience in global or multi-market organisations

Important

This is not a large team leadership role – it requires someone who is hands-on, commercially minded, and able to influence without building a large function.

Why Apply

  • PE-backed business in growth phase

  • Opportunity to shape high-impact data products used by global brands

  • Strong visibility with senior stakeholders

  • Real focus on turning data into commercial outcomes

Find out more and apply via the link below.

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