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.

 

Contract role – Data Engineer (Web Scapring and text analytics)

€60000 - €70000

+ Data Science & AI

Permanent
Nederland

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Contract Opportunity: Data Scientist / Data Engineer (Python, Databricks, Document Parsing & Web Scraping)

A leading organisation is seeking an experienced Data Scientist / Data Engineer to join their team on a contract basis. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and optimising data workflows in a Databricks environment, with a strong focus on Python scripting, document parsing, and web scraping.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain efficient Python scripts for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.
  • Develop and manage scalable data pipelines within a Databricks environment.
  • Implement solutions for automated document parsing (structured and unstructured data).
  • Design and deploy robust web scraping workflows to capture external data sources.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to translate business requirements into data-driven solutions.
  • Ensure best practices in data quality, integrity, and compliance throughout all workflows.

Key Skills & Experience

  • Proven expertise in Python programming for data engineering tasks.
  • Hands-on experience with Databricks (or similar Spark-based platforms).
  • Strong knowledge of document parsing libraries and approaches (e.g. PDF/text extraction, NLP preprocessing).
  • Experience developing scalable and ethical web scraping solutions.
  • Familiarity with data governance, compliance, and secure handling of sensitive data.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a contract/consulting capacity.

Contract Details

  • Contract role (initial [insert duration, e.g., 6 months])
  • Location: Amsterdam
  • Competitive day rate (depending on experience)

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled Data Scientist / Data Engineer who thrives in a contract environment and enjoys working on complex data extraction and processing challenges.

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Lead Data Analyst

Chicago, Illinois

$150000 - $170000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
Illinois

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SENIOR DATA ANALYST / LEAD DATA ANALYST

$150,000 – $170,000 BASE SALARY + BONUS + BENEFITS

REMOTE (US OR CANADA)

COMPANY OVERVIEW

A fast-growing SaaS company providing technology solutions to mission-driven organizations. Their platform streamlines donor management, payment processing, and fundraising into a single, modern system.

The company is financially healthy, profitable, and entering an exciting growth phase after a leadership refresh. With a growing volume of product usage and payments data, analytics is a top priority to help the business make faster, smarter, and data-driven decisions across all teams.

THE ROLE

This role owns analytics end-to-end – from building trusted data foundations to delivering insights that influence real business decisions.

As a Senior (or Lead) Data Analyst, you will be the primary owner of analytics, partnering closely with Finance, Sales, RevOps, and Product. This is a hands-on role with high visibility and a clear path to future leadership as the data function scales.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building from scratch, operating with autonomy, and moving beyond reporting into proactive, insight-driven analytics.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Own analytics and reporting across the business, serving as the source of truth for data-driven decision making
  • Build and maintain data models and pipelines in Snowflake
  • Design, develop, and manage stakeholder-facing dashboards in Metabase
  • Translate complex product, revenue, and payments data into clear, actionable insights
  • Proactively surface trends, risks, and opportunities for leadership
  • Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Sales, GTM, RevOps, and Product teams
  • Enable self-service analytics and reduce reliance on reporting
  • Lay the groundwork for forecasting and forward-looking analytics over time

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

  • 5-7 years of experience in analytics, BI, or analytics engineering roles
  • Strong SQL skills with hands-on experience in Snowflake
  • Experience building dashboards and data products in Metabase (or similar BI tools)
  • Comfortable owning both data pipelines and stakeholder-facing analytics
  • Strong business intuition and ability to tell a story with data
  • Experience working in SaaS environments strongly preferred
  • Payments, transactional, or subscription data experience is a plus
  • Background in smaller teams or growth-stage companies preferred

BENEFITS

  • Competitive compensation: $150,000 – $170,000 base salary
  • Annual bonus
  • Fully remote within the US or Canada
  • High-impact role with strong visibility and leadership exposure
  • Opportunity to grow into people management as the data function scales

If you’re excited about owning analytics, influencing strategy, and building a data function that matters, we’d love to connect.

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Lead Systems IT Administrator

Manchester

£60000 - £65000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
Manchester, Greater Manchester

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LEAD IT SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

£65,000 + BENEFITS

MANCHESTER (Hybrid)

This is a senior, ownership-heavy role where you will design, build and continuously improve how internal systems and workflows operate.

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 environment is modern, cloud-first, and automation-driven but there’s significant scope to improve and rebuild how systems, access, and operational processes are managed.

THE ROLE:

  • You’ll own Atlassian end-to-end
  • You’ll build automation from scratch,
  • Design and implement joiner / mover / leaver automation, integrating JSM with identity platforms
  • Build automated access reviews, audits and recertification processes
  • Develop dashboards, reporting and MI for senior leadership and board-level visibility
  • Lead requirements gathering across the business to optimise access and permissions
  • Contribute to SDLC thinking, testing, validation and change management

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Deep, hands-on experience with Atlassian Cloud
  • Proven experience building systems and automations from scratch
  • Strong understanding of SDLC, testing and validation
  • Comfortable owning a function end-to-end
  • Strong communicator who actively engages stakeholders across the business

THE BENEFITS:

You will receive a salary, dependent on experience. Salary is up to £65,000 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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Lead IT System Administrator

Manchester

£65000 - £65000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
Manchester, Greater Manchester

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Lead IT System Administrator

Location: Manchester (Hybrid – 2-3 days onsite)
Salary: £65,000 + strong benefits
Employment Type: Permanent

I’m working with a fast-growing UK bank with a strong heritage and a modern vision. They’re looking for a Lead IT System Administrator to take ownership of their UK IT environment and help them scale. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll manage one system administrator initially, with plans to grow the team.

You’ll work closely with platform engineering and DevOps teams, driving automation, improving processes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage IT system administration for UK operations.
  • Oversee initial IT setups, SaaS systems, and incident management processes.
  • Drive automation of manual processes and implement best practices.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams on cloud and platform projects (Atlassian, Rovo AI).
  • Provide stakeholder management, take full ownership, and proactively identify improvements.
  • Mentor and guide team members as the function scales.

Tech Stack & Skills

  • Core: Python, PowerShell, M365, Salesforce.
  • Cloud/Platform: Atlassian suite, SaaS systems.
  • Desirable: ServiceNow, familiarity with SDLC.
  • Strong understanding of incident management and regulated environments (nice to have).
  • Genuine interest in technology (e.g., homelab projects).

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Full Stack Engineer (Start Up)

London

£130000 - £170000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
London

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Senior Software Engineer – YC-Backed AI Startup

Location: London (Old Street)

Salary: £130K-£160K + significant equity (projected 20x growth)

I’m working with a hyper-growth, YC-backed startup that raised significant Series A funding – one of the largest in tech history. Founded by proven entrepreneurs with multiple successful exits, they’re building AI-powered platforms in the financial sector.

What They’re Looking For

  • Experience: 7+ years (minimum 5) in software engineering; ideally with startup exposure.
  • Tech Stack:Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript
  • Backend: Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django), Go, Rust
  • Mindset: Founding engineer mentality – proactive, curious, thrives in fast-paced environments.
  • Bonus: Experience in high-calibre teams (fintech, AI, or similar).

What You’ll Do

  • Build and scale AI-driven platforms for finance.
  • Collaborate with a world-class team to solve complex technical challenges.
  • Own projects end-to-end in a flat, high-impact environment.

Ready to build the next billion-dollar company? Apply now and join us at the forefront of AI innovation.

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Senior Data Analyst

$150000 - $170000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
Canada

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Senior Data Analyst (Analytics & Data Platforms)

Location: United States or Canada (Remote)

US Work Authorization required | No Sponsorship Available

We’re looking for a Senior Data Analyst to own and evolve the analytics function at a growing SaaS company operating at the intersection of technology, payments, and mission-driven impact.

This is a highly visible role for someone who wants more than just reporting ownership. You’ll be responsible for building trusted data foundations, surfacing insights proactively, and helping leadership make faster, smarter, data-driven decisions as the business scales.

The company supports thousands of mission-driven organizations across the U.S. and processes hundreds of millions of dollars in annual payment volume, with ambitious growth targets ahead. Data is viewed as a key strategic lever-and this role is central to that vision.

Role Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain data models and pipelines in Snowflake
  • Develop stakeholder-facing dashboards and reporting in Metabase
  • Serve as a trusted source of truth across Finance, Sales, GTM, RevOps, and Product
  • Proactively surface insights, trends, and business recommendations
  • Translate metrics into clear narratives for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Help shift the organization from reactive reporting to forward-looking analysis
  • Migrate reporting fully off legacy BI tools
  • Establish strong L0/L1 dashboards and self-service analytics
  • Lay the groundwork for forecasting and predictive analytics
  • Partner with Finance and executive stakeholders on key business questions
  • Influence how metrics are defined, interpreted, and operationalized

Qualifications:

  • 5-7 years in analytics or analytics engineering roles
  • Experience in SaaS environments strongly preferred
  • Payments or transactional data experience preferred
  • Strong SQL
  • Snowflake
  • Metabase
  • DBT

Work Authorization:

  • Open to candidates in the U.S. or Canada
  • No Sponsorship available

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Data Analyst (Power BI, SQL, DAX)

£45000 - £50000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
Kent

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Data Analyst ( Power BI, SQL, DAX)

Location: Kent

Hybrid Working: 3 days a week in the office

Overview

We are seeking a Data Analyst to support data-driven decision-making across the business. The role focuses on analysing complex datasets, developing dashboards and reports, and translating insights into clear, actionable recommendations that improve performance and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Analyse operational and service data to identify trends, insights, and improvement opportunities.
  • Map end-to-end processes to highlight inefficiencies and recommend enhancements.
  • Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to support real-time decision-making.
  • Work closely with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights.
  • Present findings and recommendations in a clear, business-focused manner.
  • Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across systems.
  • Identify gaps in data or systems and contribute to improvement initiatives.

Skills & Experience

  • Proven experience as a Data Analyst in a data-driven environment.
  • Advanced Power BI experience.
  • Strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets.
  • High proficiency in Excel.
  • Experience with data visualisation tools; Python desirable.
  • Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to communicate insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

If you are interested in the role please apply. To follow up please email or message me on LinkedIn.

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Lead IT Systems Administrator

London

£60000 - £65000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
London

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Lead IT Systems Administrator

Salary: £65,000

Hybrid – 2-3 days a week in office (London, Liverpool Street)

Why join our client?

Join a high-growth UK banking business supporting 200+ fintech partners through Banking-as-a-Service infrastructure. This is a key role in building a modern, automated IT function with strong operational resilience as the UK organisation scales rapidly.

The role

As Lead IT Systems Administrator, you’ll take full ownership of internal IT systems and the Atlassian environment, with a strong focus on automation, access management, incident processes, and SSO. You’ll lead a small SysAdmin team and work closely with Engineering and SRE.

What you’ll do

  • Own Atlassian Cloud / Jira Service Management (workflows, rules, automations)
  • Design and improve incident management + alerting processes in JSM
  • Automate joiner/mover/leaver workflows (JSM + Entra ID)
  • Build automated access audits, reviews, and recertification
  • Create reporting/dashboards for CIO + Board
  • Drive improvements in operational resilience and IT processes

What we’re looking for

  • Strong hands-on Atlassian/JSM knowledge (beyond admin basics)
  • Proven experience building automation from scratch
  • Proactive, high-ownership operator with strong comms
  • Comfortable in scale-up and/or regulated environments

Desirable: Python, PowerShell, M365, Salesforce

Interview process

  1. HM + Lead Support Engineer (30 mins)
  2. In-person technical (JSM rules/automation + Atlassian)
  3. HM + HR (final)

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