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 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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Technical CRM Automation Manager

Leicester

£50000 - £60000

+ Digital Analytics

Permanent
Leicester, Leicestershire

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Technical CRM Automation Manager

Location: Cossington (Hybrid, 2 days/week in office)

Salary: £60,000 + 5% Bonus

The Company

A private-equity backed membership platform offering exclusive discounts to emergency services, healthcare professionals, and key workers. With over 4 million global members and 15,000+ brand partners, the business has scaled rapidly in recent years and continues to grow internationally. Operating across multiple membership verticals and events platforms, the business combines strong consumer loyalty with continued investment into CRM and digital capabilities.

The Role

This is a hands-on Technical CRM Automation Manager position sitting within the Lifecycle CRM function. You’ll lead on CRM campaign build and automation within Braze, manage complex multi-channel customer journeys, and own the platform’s technical configuration across API integrations, segmentation, and modular content blocks. You’ll collaborate closely with wider CRM, analytics and data teams to optimise member engagement and CRM performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and optimise automated CRM journeys across email, push, and in-app within Braze
  • Manage API integrations, data feeds, segmentation, Liquid logic, and event-based triggers
  • Maintain modular email templates and Connected Content feeds for dynamic personalisation
  • Analyse CRM campaign performance and run A/B tests to improve engagement and conversions
  • Collaborate with analytics and commercial teams to align CRM activity to business KPIs

Skills & Experience

Essential:

  • Proven CRM automation or lifecycle marketing experience
  • Advanced hands-on Braze experience across multiple channels
  • Strong knowledge of Liquid logic, Connected Content, and complex journey logic
  • Confident working with APIs, data feeds and platform integrations
  • Strong analytical skills with experience improving CRM performance

Desirable:

  • Experience with customer data platforms and broader marketing technology
  • Exposure to membership, subscription or loyalty-driven business models
  • Familiarity with broader marketing performance metrics and trading environments

Interview Process

  • Stage 1: 45-minute virtual interview
  • Stage 2: In-person interview including pre-prepared CRM case study
  • Optional final 30-minute session before offer stage

How to Apply

Send your CV to Mohammed Buhariwala at Harnham using the Apply link on this page or connect directly to find out more.

Keywords

CRM Automation, Braze, Lifecycle Marketing, Liquid Logic, Connected Content, APIs, Data Feeds, Marketing Automation, London, Hybrid, Membership, Subscription, CRM Personalisation, Marketing Technology, Campaign Execution.

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Technical CRM Automation Manager

London

£50000 - £60000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Technical CRM Automation Manager | £60,000 + 5% bonus | Hybrid (London, 2 days/week)

We’re hiring a Technical CRM Automation Manager to lead the execution of highly personalised, data-driven lifecycle campaigns for a fast-growing, mission-led membership business with over 4 million users.

This role sits within a dynamic CRM team and owns everything from journey setup to performance tracking in Braze. You’ll be hands-on with campaign logic, segmentation, APIs, and Liquid – building scalable, multi-channel customer journeys that are personal, timely, and impactful.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Build and optimise automated lifecycle campaigns in Braze across email, push, and in-app

  • Use custom events, Liquid logic, and segmentation to power dynamic, real-time personalisation

  • Manage Braze integrations with product and data systems; work closely with Tech/Product on API-triggered comms

  • Maintain a library of modular content blocks to help the wider CRM team build efficiently

  • Set up, track, and report on performance metrics like engagement, conversions, and A/B tests

  • Take ownership of test design, documentation, and insight-sharing across the lifecycle journey

What we’re looking for:

  • Proven experience in CRM automation or lifecycle marketing

  • Deep hands-on experience with Braze, including Connected Content and Liquid

  • Strong technical skills across APIs, data feeds, and complex campaign logic

  • Confident working across channels (email, push, in-app) and troubleshooting integration issues

  • Detail-focused, curious, and proactive – someone who takes ownership and finds smart solutions

Join a high-impact, values-led team where your work drives meaningful engagement and supports key workers across the UK. If you’re fluent in Braze and love building smart, personalised campaigns – we’d love to hear from you.

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Digital Insight Analyst

London

£45000 - £55000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Digital Insight Analyst | £45,000-£55,000 | 12-month FTC

We’re hiring a commercially-minded Digital Insight Analyst to join a high-energy, fast-paced agency environment. This is a brilliant opportunity to work on a major retail client and help shape data-led marketing strategies that deliver real business impact.

You’ll be confident presenting to stakeholders and comfortable working at pace. Whether your background is in agency or retail (not necessarily marketing-specific), what matters most is your ability to bring data to life through clear insights and strong communication.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Defining measurement frameworks and setting campaign KPIs

  • Analysing varied datasets (sales, orders, traffic, Adobe Analytics etc.)

  • Delivering weekly and ad hoc reports that feed into business decision-making

  • Developing detailed trading plans to maximise sales activity

  • Leading on data storytelling and presenting to senior clients

  • Collaborating across data, strategy, and account teams

  • Managing and mentoring a junior analyst

What we’re looking for:

  • Comfortable working with complex data sets (Excel essential, SQL a bonus)

  • Retail or fast-paced sector experience is desired (e.g. telecoms, automotive, FMCG)

  • Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills

  • Comfortable jumping in, spotting problems and fixing them

  • Passion for understanding consumer behaviour through data

This is a chance to join a collaborative, values-driven agency where your voice matters, and your work has real impact. If you’re detail-focused, commercially savvy, and love turning numbers into action, we’d love to hear from you.

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Analytics Consultant

Manchester

£50000 - £60000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
Manchester, Greater Manchester

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Analytics Consultant
Up to £60,000
Hybrid – Manchester (2x days per week)

THE COMPANY
Our client is a digital marketing agency that delivers analytical solutions to enhance their clients’ digital performance.

THE ROLE
In this role, you will support clients by leveraging analytical and data techniques to improve their advertising and marketing campaigns.

SKILLS
Expertise across Marketing, Digital and Customer Analytics
SQL
Python
Google Analytics or Adobe Analytics

APPLY
Register your interest by sending an email

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Technical CRM Automation Manager

Leicester

£50000 - £60000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
Leicester, Leicestershire

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Technical CRM Automation Manager
Up to £60,000 + bonus
Hybrid – Leicester (2x days in the office)

THE COMPANY
We are working with a Software Development company that offer a global platform to over 4 millions users.

THE ROLE
In this role, you will have the opportunity to manage the customer lifecycle, with a strong focus on automating lifecycle journeys. The ideal candidate will have experience coding in Liquid within Braze, optimizing push campaigns, managing Braze APIs, and building HTML templates.

SKILLS
Liquid within Braze
HTML
Experience optimizing push campaigns

APPLY
To register your interest, send an email

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Data Engineer (Contract)

London

£400 - £450

+ Data Engineering

Contract
London

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We are partnering with a client undergoing a critical transformation of their data infrastructure and CRM capabilities. They are seeking a hands-on Data Engineer with strong AWS experience to support two key initiatives: finalising a Braze CRM integration and migrating legacy R-based data pipelines to a modern cloud-native stack.

Phase 1: CRM Data Engineering (Month 1)

  • Support the CRM team with data engineering requests.

  • QA, deploy, and monitor data pipelines that push third-party formatted data into Braze.

  • Manage ad hoc CRM data tasks including journey updates and API integrations.

  • Work extensively within AWS using Lambda, API Gateway, and Python to maintain and enhance integrations.

Phase 2: Legacy Pipeline Migration (Months 2-3)

  • Analyze and understand existing R-based data pipelines created by data scientists.

  • Migrate these pipelines into Airflow, dbt, and Terraform workflows.

  • Modernize and scale legacy infrastructure running on AWS.

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure a smooth transition and system stability.

Languages & Scripting:

  • Python (primary scripting language for Lambda functions)

  • SQL (BigQuery, Redshift)

  • R (not essential but beneficial for interpreting existing scripts)

Cloud & Infrastructure:

  • AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudWatch, Kinesis Firehose

  • Terraform for infrastructure as code

Orchestration & Transformation:

  • Apache Airflow

  • dbt

CRM & Marketing Tools:

  • Braze (preferred)

  • Familiarity with other CRM/marketing automation tools such as Iterable or Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a plus

Candidate Profile

  • Proven commercial experience as a data engineer; industry background is not critical.

  • Hands-on, pragmatic, and able to deliver quickly with minimal supervision.

  • Strong communicator, able to clearly explain technical decisions and project status.

  • Willing to take on essential but sometimes “tedious” tasks without hesitation.

  • Practical attitude, especially when working with legacy systems or imperfect code.

  • Ideally, experience migrating legacy scripting environments (e.g., R to Python) to modern pipelines.

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AWS Engineer

London

£400 - £450

+ Data Engineering

Contract
London

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AWS DATA ENGINEER

3-MONTH CONTRACT

£400-£450 PER DAY OUTSIDE IR35

FULLY REMOTE

This role offers a great opportunity for an AWS Data Engineer to join a fast-paced media company working on a cutting-edge data ingestion and transformation project. You’ll take ownership of end-to-end pipeline development, integrating real-time data streams and third-party APIs into a modern analytics stack. The environment promotes autonomy, modern tooling, and close collaboration across technical and business teams.

THE COMPANY
This is a leading media organisation leveraging data to drive audience insights, engagement strategies, and targeted content delivery. They are investing heavily in their data platform and tooling, with an emphasis on real-time decision-making and scalable infrastructure. You’ll be joining a team focused on delivering data into key business systems including CRM and analytics layers.

THE ROLE
You’ll be part of a cross-functional data engineering team responsible for ingesting, transforming, and delivering data to critical internal systems. This includes designing scalable AWS-based pipelines, integrating external APIs, and orchestrating transformations using DBT and Airflow. You’ll also support the transition of R-based data streams into more maintainable Python workflows.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Building and maintaining ingestion pipelines using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Kinesis.

  • Integrating third-party APIs into the data platform and transforming data for CRM delivery.

  • Migrating R-based data streams into modern Airflow-managed Python/DBT pipelines.

  • Ensuring observability and reliability using CloudWatch and automated monitoring.

  • Supporting both BAU and new feature development within the data engineering function.

KEY SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

  • Proven experience with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Kinesis, and CloudWatch.

  • Strong programming ability in Python and data transformation skills using SQL and DBT.

  • Experience with Airflow for orchestration and scheduling.

  • Familiarity with third-party API integration and scalable data delivery methods.

  • Excellent communication and the ability to work in a collaborative, agile environment.

HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your CV via the apply link on this page.

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Digital Product Analyst

London

£200 - £250

+ Digital Analytics

Contract
London

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Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Analyse user behaviour and product performance data to inform strategic decisions and optimise the digital product experience.

  • Design, implement, and evaluate A/B tests to measure the impact of product changes and improvements.

  • Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, and developers to translate data insights into product features and enhancements.

  • Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) using tools like Google Analytics and other analytics platforms.

  • Identify trends, opportunities, and potential risks in product data to support business growth and customer satisfaction.

Requirements:

  • Proficient in SQL for querying and manipulating large datasets to extract meaningful insights.

  • Hands-on experience with A/B testing frameworks and methodologies to drive data-driven product decisions.

  • Strong expertise in Google Analytics, including setting up custom reports, dashboards, and tracking user journeys.

  • Proven experience working in B2B environments, understanding complex buyer journeys and business metrics.

  • Excellent analytical mindset with the ability to communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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