The Data And AI Podcast

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)

Data Recruitment & AI Talent Solutions

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Welcome to a recruitment journey like no other. At Harnham, we're always interested in finding the right people to join our team.

 

Senior Data Engineer (Airflow)

Leeds

£70000 - £75000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
Leeds, West Yorkshire

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SENIOR DATA ENGINEER

£75,000 + BENEFITS

PRIMARILY REMOTE

This is an opportunity to take real ownership of a modern data platform within a growing, technology‑driven bank. You will join a collaborative data team, influence architectural direction, and shape the foundations that will support analytics, governance and future AI capabilities.

THE COMPANY:

I’m partnering with a fast-growing, UK-based financial services organisation that operates at the intersection of banking, technology and fintech enablement. Recently established as a fully licensed UK bank, they provide core banking infrastructure to hundreds of fintech and digital asset companies, alongside a growing SME lending operation.

THE ROLE:

  • Design and maintain scalable ELT and ETL pipelines
  • Own data warehousing architecture,
  • Introduce and enhance governance tooling,
  • Mentor a junior data engineer
  • Collaborate closely with data, product, and operational stakeholders to deliver high‑impact solutions.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer working across AWS, Python, SQL, and Airflow.
  • Hands‑on expertise designing and delivering end‑to‑end pipelines
  • Experience with data modelling, data warehousing, and architectural design.
  • Knowledge of governance frameworks, lineage, quality, and best‑practice engineering standards.
  • Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code and version control tooling such as Terraform and GitHub.

THE BENEFITS:

You will receive a salary, dependent on experience. Salary is up to £75,000 On top of the salary there are some fantastic extra benefits.

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Molly Bird via the apply link on this page.

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Power BI Developer

Birmingham

£45000 - £47000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
East Midlands

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This role offers the chance to deliver meaningful, high‑impact dashboards while developing your skills in visualisation, data storytelling, and stakeholder engagement. You’ll be working within a highly invested analytics environment inside one of the UK’s largest ecommerce businesses, collaborating closely with both the Finance team and the wider analytics function to drive data-led decision‑making across the organisation.

Your day-to-day

  • Gather and interpret requirements from stakeholders, designing clear and effective data visualisations and applying data storytelling techniques to reporting.
  • Support the rollout and adoption of self‑service analytics across multiple departments.
  • Contribute to the modernisation of Finance data architecture as the team works towards its Gold Standard Medallion Architecture vision.

What you bring

  • At least 1 year of experience using Power BI
  • Strong DAX capabilities
  • Confident communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Exposure to ETL or data transformation processes (ideal but not essential)

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Senior Data Engineer

Leeds

£75000 - £75000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
Leeds, West Yorkshire

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Senior Data Engineer

Leeds/Manchester – hybrid 2x week in office

Salary: up to £75,000

This is an opportunity to play a key role in building and improving a modern cloud data platform for a growing financial organisation. You will shape data architecture, deliver high‑quality pipelines, and help uplift engineering standards in a team that values innovation, governance, and technical leadership.

The Company

They are a fast‑growing financial services organisation with a strong presence across the UK. Their work spans commercial banking, fintech‑focused services, and SME lending. With continued investment in data and technology, they are scaling their data capabilities to support new products, stronger analytics, and an ambitious transformation agenda. You will join a team focused on building a trusted, well‑governed, and scalable data environment.

The Role

* Own the design, build, and optimisation of cloud‑based ELT and ETL pipelines.

* Shape the data warehouse architecture and ensure data is prepared for analytics, reporting, and operational use.

* Improve existing processes and contribute to a modernised engineering approach.

* Introduce governance best practices including data quality, observability, lineage, and access control.

* Mentor a junior engineer and support the uplift of engineering standards.

* Contribute to potential migration projects and wider transformation initiatives.

* Collaborate with data, engineering, and business teams in an agile environment.

Your Skills and Experience

* Strong commercial experience working as a Data Engineer in a cloud environment.

* Proven capability with AWS, Python, SQL, and Airflow.

* Hands‑on experience designing and maintaining data pipelines and data models.

* Knowledge of Redshift or similar cloud data warehouse tools.

* Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Terraform.

* Understanding of data governance, quality, and architectural best practices.

* Comfortable operating in fast‑scaled environments such as fintechs, scale‑ups, or modern engineering teams.

What They Offer

* Hybrid working with 2-3 days per week in the office.

* A collaborative culture and clear opportunities for technical growth.

* Exposure to modern tooling including AWS, Redshift, Airflow, Terraform, and dbt.

* The chance to shape a data platform and have meaningful influence on engineering standards.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this Senior Data Engineer position, please apply with your CV.

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Senior Data Engineer

Leeds

£65000 - £75000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
Leeds, West Yorkshire

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Senior Data Engineer

£65,000 – £75,000

Manchester or Leeds (Hybrid)

This is an opportunity to join a growing, modern banking organisation that is investing heavily in its data platform as it scales. You will have a real impact on how data is engineered, governed and made ready for analytics and AI across the business.

THE COMPANY

They are a UK‑licensed banking organisation offering commercial banking, SME lending and financial infrastructure to a wide network of fintech clients.

THE ROLE

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will join the Data and AI function and take ownership of core data engineering work while shaping best practices and supporting the wider team.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

  • Designing and building scalable ELT and ETL pipelines across a cloud environment.
  • Developing curated data models to support analytics, reporting and operational use cases.
  • Improving performance, cost efficiency and reliability of the cloud data warehouse.
  • Embedding data quality, observability and governance controls.
  • Providing guidance and mentorship to other data engineers

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The successful Senior Data Engineer will have the following skills and experience:

  • Hands‑on experience with AWS cloud data technologies such as Redshift, Glue, S3, Lambda or IAM.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python for data processing and orchestration tools such as Airflow
  • Experience with modern modelling approaches and tooling such as dbt.
  • Practical experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD practices

BENEFITS

The successful Senior Data Engineer will receive the following benefits:

  • Salary between £65,000 – £75,000 – depending on experience
  • Benefits – Hybrid working (2 days in office a week), private health plan, life assurance and more.

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.

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Senior Data Engineer

Manchester

£65000 - £75000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
Manchester, Greater Manchester

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Senior Data Engineer

£65,000 – £75,000

Manchester or Leeds (Hybrid)

This is an opportunity to join a growing, modern banking organisation that is investing heavily in its data platform as it scales. You will have a real impact on how data is engineered, governed and made ready for analytics and AI across the business.

THE COMPANY

They are a UK‑licensed banking organisation offering commercial banking, SME lending and financial infrastructure to a wide network of fintech clients.

THE ROLE

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will join the Data and AI function and take ownership of core data engineering work while shaping best practices and supporting the wider team.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

  • Designing and building scalable ELT and ETL pipelines across a cloud environment.
  • Developing curated data models to support analytics, reporting and operational use cases.
  • Improving performance, cost efficiency and reliability of the cloud data warehouse.
  • Embedding data quality, observability and governance controls.
  • Providing guidance and mentorship to other data engineers

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The successful Senior Data Engineer will have the following skills and experience:

  • Hands‑on experience with AWS cloud data technologies such as Redshift, Glue, S3, Lambda or IAM.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python for data processing and orchestration tools such as Airflow
  • Experience with modern modelling approaches and tooling such as dbt.
  • Practical experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD practices

BENEFITS

The successful Senior Data Engineer will receive the following benefits:

  • Salary between £65,000 – £75,000 – depending on experience
  • Benefits – Hybrid working (2 days in office a week), private health plan, life assurance and more.

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.

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MMM Marketing Manager

London

£650 - £650

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Contract
London

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MMM Marketing Manager (CONTRACT)

£650 per day (Inside IR35)

Initial 3 Month Contract

London – based

Immediate start

This is an opportunity to lead a high impact marketing and analytics programme for a global digital brand. You will take ownership of marketing mix modelling, partner with senior stakeholders, and turn complex data into clear recommendations that shape major media and commercial decisions.

The Role and Deliverables

  • Lead the marketing and analytics workstream, setting the strategy for marketing mix modelling and related effectiveness measurement.
  • Own the design, implementation, and refinement of MMM approaches that quantify the impact of media and other key growth drivers.
  • Use SQL to build robust datasets and pipelines that feed modelling, reporting, and stakeholder-ready insight.
  • Translate complex analytical outputs into clear, actionable recommendations for senior marketing, commercial, and finance stakeholders.
  • Partner closely with media, performance marketing, and marketplace teams to inform channel mix, budget allocation, and campaign strategy.
  • Deliver concise dashboards, frameworks, and playbooks that can be used beyond the life of the contract to guide future investment decisions.

Your Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience leading marketing analytics or marketing science initiatives, ideally in a Head of or Lead capacity.
  • Deep practical expertise in marketing mix modelling, with a track record of designing, running, and interpreting MMM in a commercial setting.
  • Confident SQL skills, able to extract, manipulate, and quality check large data sets from complex data environments.
  • Proven experience working with media data across both brand and performance channels, and applying analytics to inform media strategy.
  • Background in digital or two sided marketplace businesses, or similar complex multi-channel environments.
  • Comfortable engaging and challenging senior stakeholders, communicating complex analytical concepts in a clear and compelling way.
  • Collaborative working style, able to partner effectively with marketing, data, product, and finance teams to drive outcomes.

How to Apply

Register your interest by sending your CV to Ananya Gupta via the Apply Link on this page.

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Pricing Analyst

London

£55000 - £67000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Pricing Analyst
Hybrid – London – 2-3x a week
Up to £67,000


This is a great opportunity to step into a high‑impact analytics role within a fast‑growing, product‑led organisation. You will shape how supply, operations, and fulfilment decisions are made, driving improvements across stock, warehouses, and overall efficiency. If you enjoy hands‑on analytics, experimentation, and working in an environment full of transformation, this role offers real influence and progression.

The Company
They are a well‑established ecommerce business with a strong global footprint and a mission built around sustainability and reuse. Having grown from a small start‑up into a large international operation, they are now scaling their direct‑to‑consumer proposition while modernising their supply chain and data capabilities. With teams across the UK, Europe, and the US, they are investing heavily in analytics to support their next phase of growth. Collaboration, experimentation, and customer focus sit at the heart of their culture.

The Role
You will lead analytics across supply and operations, including:
* Analysing stock levels, submissions, retention, and fulfilment performance.
* Assessing supply chain efficiency across multiple channels.
* Optimising warehouse operations, storage, and space utilisation.
* Running cost analysis, particularly around shipping and postage.
* Designing and analysing A/B tests to improve operational decision making.
* Understanding supplier behaviour and identifying optimisation opportunities.
* Working hands‑on with SQL, Python, and BI tools for modelling, reporting, and experimentation.
* Mentoring at least one analyst and supporting change and transformation projects.
* Playing an active role in shaping future strategy, with the option to grow deeper into supply and ops analytics or pivot towards demand analytics.

Your Skills and Experience
* Strong commercial experience in supply chain, operations, or inventory analytics.
* Comfortable designing and analysing A/B tests and operational experiments.
* Proficient with SQL, Python, and visualisation tools such as Tableau.
* Skilled at communicating insights to senior stakeholders in a clear and accessible way.
* Hands‑on approach with the ability to work independently and solve complex operational problems.
* Comfortable in a fast‑paced environment with ongoing change.
* Customer‑focused mindset with a practical, proactive approach.

What They Offer
* A hands‑on, high‑ownership analytics role with direct impact on supply and operational performance.
* Exposure to wide‑ranging transformation projects across a global business.
* Clear opportunities for career development within a growing data function.

How to Apply
Please apply with your CV to be considered for this opportunity.

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Senior CRM Executive (FTC)

£35000 - £40000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
England

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SENIOR CRM EXECUTIVE (9-MONTH MATERNITY COVER)
UP TO £35,000
REMOTE – MUST BE UK BASED

*Please note, you must be a UK resident and hold full right to work*

ABOUT THE COMPANY
Join a rapidly growing, membership-based organisation that provides exclusive discounts and benefits to a variety of members. With over 4 million members and 15,000+ partner brands across retail, entertainment, and leisure, this business has built a strong community committed to supporting those who support others. The company continues to grow following record engagement during recent years, offering a collaborative and purpose-driven culture where innovation and member value sit at the heart of what they do.

THE ROLE
As a Senior CRM Executive, you’ll play a hands-on role in delivering engaging, personalised communications that enhance the member experience across email, SMS, push notifications, and in-app messaging.

Reporting into the Lifecycle CRM Lead, you’ll manage and optimise automated and ad-hoc campaigns that drive engagement, retention, and renewal. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to further their CRM expertise in a dynamic, data-driven environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Build and schedule lifecycle, transactional, and promotional campaigns across multiple channels using Braze.
  • Create templates and assets (email, SMS, and push) that maintain brand consistency and are easily reusable by the wider team.
  • Support the execution of automated journeys – including onboarding, renewal, and win-back campaigns.
  • Ensure content accuracy by updating offers, imagery, and seasonal messaging across journeys.
  • Use tagging, segmentation, and personalisation to deliver dynamic, relevant experiences.
  • Monitor live campaign performance and contribute to testing and optimisation efforts.
  • Support regular reporting and insights to identify opportunities for improvement.

ABOUT YOU

  • CRM experience, ideally within a digital or membership-based environment.
  • Working knowledge of Braze.
  • Strong attention to detail and an eye for creative, engaging content.
  • Comfortable analysing campaign performance and using data to inform decisions.
  • Proactive, collaborative, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

HOW TO APPLY
If you’re passionate about creating meaningful customer experiences and want to make an impact in a purpose-driven business, send your CV via the link below.

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