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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Data and ai podcast: All Episodes

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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Analytics Engineer

London

£400 - £450

+ Data Engineering

Contract
London

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*** Analytics Engineer – Contract ***

I’m working with a business undergoing a key data transformation, and they’re looking for an experienced Analytics Engineer to support the rebuild and validation of a critical data mart within their data services team.

Rate: £450 per day
Contract: 3 months
IR35: Outside IR35
Location: Remote

The Role:
· Support the redesign and rebuild of a core data mart, ensuring accuracy and reliability vs legacy systems
· Review, understand, and improve existing dbt models (hands-on development)
· Perform SQL-based analysis and validation across legacy and new data marts
· Troubleshoot data issues and support data quality improvements
· Validate data outputs and ensure consistency across systems
· Build SQL logic to validate data feeding into Tableau dashboards
· Work closely with Analytics Engineers to refine models and improve overall data structure

Key Skills:
· Strong SQL experience working with complex data models and multiple source systems
· Proven experience with dbt (modelling, debugging, optimisation)
· Experience working with Redshift or similar data warehouses
· Exposure to Tableau or similar BI tools (nice to have)
· Strong focus on data validation, accuracy, and troubleshooting
· Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

This is a great opportunity to join a high-impact project, playing a key role in improving data quality and supporting a major data platform rebuild.

If this sounds of interest, feel free to message me directly or send your CV

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Senior Product Manager

£95000 - £105000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
England

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Senior Product Manager
UK – remote
Up to £105,000 + benefits

This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior, high-impact product role at a growing, science-led technology business operating at the cutting edge of AI in life sciences. You will take ownership of product strategy and roadmap at a pivotal scaling phase, while mentoring an existing product team and shaping how products are taken to market.

The Company
They are a venture-backed, Series A technology company developing AI-powered data and insight products for pharmaceutical research and development. Their platform applies advanced natural language processing and data science to structure complex scientific knowledge, enabling faster and more informed drug discovery. The organisation brings together experts from biomedical science, data science, and software engineering, operating in a collaborative, quality-driven environment.

The Role

  • Own and evolve the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap, aligned with commercial and business objectives.
  • Strengthen product foundations, introducing best-practice tools, frameworks, and ways of working.
  • Develop deep customer understanding across pharmaceutical R and D, translating unmet needs into clear product opportunities.
  • Lead go-to-market planning for new products and major releases, working closely with sales, marketing, and customer success.
  • Mentor and support product managers, raising the maturity and impact of the product function.
  • Partner with engineering and data teams to ensure complex AI and data capabilities deliver real-world customer value.
  • Track and optimise product performance against commercial KPIs, ensuring products are positioned for scale.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong commercial product management experience, owning product strategy and roadmap in complex technology environments.
  • Background delivering data, AI, or analytics-driven products, ideally within life sciences, healthcare, or similarly complex domains.
  • Proven ability to take products from concept through to market adoption.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with technical, commercial, and customer-facing teams.
  • Confidence mentoring others and influencing senior stakeholders without formal authority.
  • Comfortable operating in fast-paced, scaling organisations with a high bar for quality and documentation.

What They Offer

  • Salary of £105,000 plus a competitive benefits package.
  • Share options and company performance-related bonus.
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, and sick leave.
  • Remote-first working with flexibility across the UK.
  • Clear progression for someone aspiring to move into a Head of Product role.

How to Apply
Apply now to discuss how your product leadership experience could shape the next phase of an ambitious AI-driven life sciences platform.

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Pricing Analytics Manager

City of London

£60000 - £75000

+ Risk Analytics

Permanent
City of London, London

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Pricing Analytics Manager

Hybrid – 1x day per week (London, Leicester or Bexhill)

£60,000 – £75,000 + car allowance.

This is a high impact pricing analytics role sitting at the centre of portfolio performance and underwriting strategy. You will influence how risk is assessed, priced and managed across a large, complex insurance portfolio, with clear visibility and ownership over commercial outcomes.

The Company

They are a digitally led financial services business with a strong data and analytics capability at the core of decision making. With millions of customers and continued investment in pricing and analytics, they place real emphasis on curiosity, collaboration and constructive challenge. The culture is values driven, focused on delivering fair customer outcomes while achieving sustainable growth.

The Role

You will join a specialist pricing analytics team focused on portfolio oversight and risk performance. Acting as a key link between modelling, pricing and underwriting, you will turn complex performance data into clear, actionable insight.

  • Analyse portfolio risk using loss ratios and performance KPIs across modelled segments
  • Identify areas of over and under performance and translate findings into portfolio actions
  • Provide data driven insight to pricing and modelling teams to inform rate and model changes
  • Lead risk selection initiatives and cross functional projects that deliver commercial value
  • Communicate insights clearly to senior and non technical stakeholders
  • Support underwriting governance and ensure customer outcomes remain fair and appropriate

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong commercial experience in pricing, underwriting or portfolio analytics within insurance or financial services
  • High level of confidence working with numerical and statistical data
  • Experience using data manipulation or statistical tools, with appetite to develop advanced capability
  • Proven ability to critically evaluate information and challenge assumptions
  • Clear and confident communicator, comfortable influencing stakeholders
  • Proactive mindset with a track record of driving change through insight

What They Offer

  • Competitive salary plus £5k car allowance
  • Annual performance related bonus
  • Flexible hybrid working approach
  • Private medical insurance and comprehensive wellbeing support
  • Generous pension contributions and life assurance
  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with buy and sell options
  • Ongoing training, development and genuine career progression in pricing and analytics

How to Apply

Apply now to learn more about this opportunity and how you can shape portfolio performance through data driven insight.

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Senior Product Manager

United Kingdom

£90000 - £105000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
England

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Senior Product Manager

£90,000 – £105,000 + bonus

Remote – Candidates need to be based in the United Kingdom

This is a high-impact opportunity for a Senior Product Manager to take ownership of an AI-led product at a critical stage of growth. You will play a central role in shaping product strategy, leading go-to-market execution, and ensuring cutting-edge technology delivers real commercial and customer value.

The Company

They are a fast-growing, venture-backed technology organisation building AI-powered products that solve complex, real-world problems. Operating at the intersection of data, AI, and scientific innovation, they work with highly skilled technical and domain experts in a collaborative, low-ego environment. Their products are already delivering measurable impact, with ambitious plans for scale and market expansion.

The Role

  • Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for an AI-driven product, from strategy through to launch and scale.
  • Lead go-to-market strategy, including positioning, messaging, and successful product launches.
  • Translate customer, market, and commercial insights into a clear and prioritised product roadmap.
  • Partner closely with engineering, data science, sales, marketing, and customer teams to drive adoption and growth.
  • Act as a senior voice on product direction, balancing near-term commercial outcomes with long-term product vision.
  • Ensure product decisions are data-led and aligned to measurable business impact.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Proven experience taking AI or advanced data products to market.
  • Strong ownership of go-to-market strategy, including launch planning and commercial enablement.
  • Senior-level product management capability, with confidence operating in complex, evolving environments.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience within life sciences, healthcare, biotech, or a related scientific domain is highly advantageous.
  • A strategic, outcome-focused mindset with strong commercial awareness.

What They Offer

  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Flexible working, with London or UK remote options.
  • The chance to shape and scale a high-impact AI product with real-world outcomes.
  • Clear scope for progression and influence as the product and business grow.
  • Collaboration with highly skilled teams across data, AI, and scientific domains.

How to Apply

If you are a Senior Product Manager with experience launching AI products and leading go-to-market strategy, this is an excellent opportunity to make a lasting impact. Send your CV or apply below. Please note we cannot offer sponsorship for this position

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Commercial Analyst – Marketing

London

£75000 - £85000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Commercial Analyst

London, hybrid 2 days per week. £85,000 plus bonus and benefits

This is a rare opportunity to step into a brand new, senior commercial analytics role where you will set the direction for how insight is used across a growing consumer-facing business. Sitting close to senior leadership, you will own end to end analysis, influence marketing and commercial strategy, and have genuine impact from day one.

The Company
They are a fast-growing organisation operating in the live entertainment and ticketing space. The business works across multiple venues and channels, combining digital platforms with offline activity to reach a wide customer base. With ambitious growth plans across the UK, they are investing in data to better understand performance, customers, and marketing effectiveness.

The Role

  • Act as the first dedicated analyst in the business, owning commercial and marketing insight end to end.
  • Analyse performance across multiple channels to understand revenue drivers, attribution, and return on marketing spend.
  • Evaluate customer behaviour, including acquisition, lifetime value, retention, and engagement.
  • Tackle complex attribution challenges across online and offline activity, including direct mail campaigns.
  • Translate data into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders, including the Commercial Director and CEO.
  • Partner with engineers, developers, and BI teams to ensure data is well structured and insight is accessible.
  • Help shape a more self-serve analytics environment through dashboards and reporting where appropriate.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong commercial analytics experience, ideally within a consumer, marketing, or digital environment.
  • Confident using SQL to interrogate and analyse complex datasets.
  • Experience with Power BI or similar tools to support insight delivery.
  • Solid understanding of marketing analytics, attribution, and customer behaviour.
  • Comfortable working hands-on while influencing senior stakeholders.
  • Able to communicate insights clearly and spot opportunities that drive commercial value.

What They Offer

  • Salary up to £85,000 plus a 5 percent bonus.
  • Private healthcare and a 5 percent pension contribution.
  • Hybrid working with two days per week in a central London office.
  • High visibility role with direct exposure to senior leadership and clear scope for growth as the function matures.

How to Apply

Apply now to find out more about this opportunity and how you could shape the future of commercial analytics in a growing business.

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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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Senior Marketing Analyst

London

£70000 - £85000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Senior Marketing Analyst
London | Up to £85,000 plus equity

This is a high-impact analytics role sitting at the heart of growth and marketing decision-making within a fast-paced, product-led environment. You will work on complex attribution and customer journey challenges, with real influence over how marketing investment is measured and optimised, particularly across a key international growth market.

The Company
They are a highly data-driven digital business operating in consumer financial products. The organisation is well established, commercially successful, and known for its strong analytics culture. Teams are lean, collaborative, and focused on using data to drive measurable outcomes. The business is continuing to scale internationally, with analytics playing a central role in that growth.

The Role

  • Partner closely with growth and marketing teams to support performance analysis and strategic decision-making.
  • Analyse marketing spend across digital channels to assess effectiveness and return on investment.
  • Track and evaluate customer acquisition sources to understand channel contribution and efficiency.
  • Develop and improve attribution approaches, including multi-touch attribution, while accounting for privacy and tracking limitations.
  • Optimise marketing and application funnels by identifying drop-offs and conversion opportunities.
  • Analyse end-to-end customer journeys across multiple financial products and recommend alternative pathways where appropriate.
  • Build models to answer complex commercial questions, such as the incremental impact of new channels or campaigns.
  • Apply statistical and experimental techniques to support testing, measurement, and business decisions.

Your Skills & Experience

  • Strong commercial marketing analytics experience within a consumer-facing digital environment.
  • Advanced capability in SQL and Python, with Python used for modelling and analysis.
  • Hands-on experience with attribution modelling and evaluating marketing effectiveness.
  • Experience analysing complex customer journeys and funnel performance.
  • Comfortable working with experimentation, uplift measurement, and statistical techniques.
  • Confident communicator, able to translate analysis into clear, actionable insight for senior stakeholders.

What They Offer

  • Salary up to £85,000.
  • Equity as part of the overall package.
  • A role with genuine ownership and exposure to senior growth and marketing leadership.
  • A high-performing, data-led environment with strong standards and clear impact.
  • Hybrid working, with Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday based in a London office.

How to Apply
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply to learn more about the role and the wider analytics team.

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SEO Manager

London

£35000 - £45000

+ Digital Analytics

Permanent
London

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SEO Manager (Website)

London, 4 days per week in office (5 day working week) , up to £45000

A great opportunity to take ownership of SEO performance for a high‑traffic ecommerce site, driving organic growth and shaping strategy within a fast‑paced digital environment. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys leading SEO direction while still being hands‑on with technical and content optimisation.

The Company

They are a large, multi‑brand retail organisation with a strong digital presence and a focus on continuous improvement. Their teams work in an ambitious, data‑driven environment where SEO plays a crucial role in scaling traffic, revenue and online visibility. You will join a supportive team that values expertise, collaboration and commercial impact.

The Role

* Manage and optimise SEO performance across an allocated site
* Develop and deliver the SEO roadmap covering technical, on‑page and content activity
* Lead keyword research, technical audits and site improvements
* Oversee day‑to‑day SEO operations and support a small team
* Analyse KPIs, report on performance and identify growth opportunities
* Partner with wider teams on content, PR, usability and site architecture
* Keep ahead of industry trends and champion SEO best practice

Your Skills and Experience

* Strong commercial experience in an SEO‑focused role within ecommerce
* Confident managing technical SEO, keyword strategy and onsite optimisation
* Ability to analyse performance data and translate it into clear actions
* Experience presenting results, insights and recommendations
* Comfortable leading workflows and supporting junior team members
* Strong understanding of usability, content structure and user behaviour

What They Offer

* Up to £45000 plus benefits
* Four‑days a week in the office, 5 day working week
* Opportunity to lead SEO strategy for a major consumer brand
* Growth potential and exposure to high‑impact digital projects

How to Apply

If this sounds like the right next step for you, please apply with your CV.

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