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 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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LATEST HARNHAM
OPPORTUNITIES

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

 

Scrum Master

Bristol

£80000 - £85000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
Bristol

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Scrum Master
Bristol
£80,000 – £85,000 + Benefits (inc. bonus)
*2 days per week in office

THE COMPANY

Harnham has partnered with a global law firm to hire a Scrum Master in Bristol. You will join a global data and IT department of 40+ people, centred around Bristol and Amsterdam (with offices across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.

THE ROLE

As Scrum Master, you will:

  • Work closely with data, platform, service desk and EUC members of the business
  • Support digital, cloud and agile transformation programmes across infrastructure, data and legal technology
  • Focus on improving transparency, collaboration and delivery
  • Coach team members on agile best practice, removing blockers to workflow efficiency

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

To be considered for this position you must have the following:

  • A minimum of 3 years of commercial experience in a Scrum Master role
  • At least one relevant Scrum certification
  • A strong background in agile principles
  • Excellent communication skills

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please submit your details using the Apply button on this page, or contact Nick Mandella at Harnham.

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Senior Data Modeller

London

£70000 - £88000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
London

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Senior Data Modeller

Location: London (3 Days a week in office)

Salary: £70,000 – £88,000

Transforming complex financial data into strategic insight, driving innovation, efficiency, and value across large-scale data ecosystems

The Opportunity

This opportunity offers the chance to work on transformative data initiatives within the financial services industry, helping major institutions harness the power of their data to drive innovation and efficiency. The role combines strategic thinking with hands-on technical expertise, developing and implementing robust data models that enable smarter decision-making across complex systems.

You’ll collaborate with industry experts in a dynamic, agile environment that values creativity, inclusivity, and continuous learning. With exposure to large-scale projects and cutting-edge technologies, this position provides a platform to shape how global financial organisations manage and leverage their data.

The Role and Responsibility

In this role, you’ll leverage your consultancy experience to design and deliver robust conceptual, logical, and physical data models that drive transformation across complex financial data ecosystems. You’ll partner with business stakeholders, data architects, and domain experts to translate requirements into scalable data solutions, ensuring alignment with governance and best practices.

The position involves analysing data flows, embedding metadata management, and supporting both structured and semi-structured data, including JSON and XML. Proficiency with Sparx Enterprise Architect, Erwin, PowerDesigner, or Visual Paradigm is key, alongside familiarity with SQL, Python, and financial data standards such as FIBO, FIX, or FpML. Drawing on your consulting background, you’ll bring a strategic mindset, clear communication, and hands-on expertise to deliver value-driven outcomes for clients.

Interview Process

  1. 60 Minute video in talking through skills and content
  2. 60 Minute case study – how to operate in a client facing environment
  3. 30 Minute interview with a Partner (comms/culture)

Bring your consulting expertise, technical precision, and passion for data-driven transformation to a team shaping the future of financial services, apply today!

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3rd line support engineer – Must be dutch speaking

Eindhoven

€60000 - €61000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
Eindhoven, North Brabant

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Job Advert: 3rd Line Support Engineer – Healthcare Technology

Our client, a leading provider within the healthcare technology sector, is seeking a highly skilled 3rd Line Support Engineer/Technician to join their dynamic and growing IT team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned technical professional who is passionate about supporting critical healthcare systems and eager to contribute to impactful digital health delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Act as the escalation point for complex technical issues across infrastructure, applications, and networking
  • Troubleshoot and resolve advanced incidents related to servers, virtual environments, storage, and end-user technologies
  • Support specialised healthcare systems and adhere to clinical safety/security standards
  • Work collaboratively with 1st and 2nd line teams to ensure seamless service delivery
  • Implement improvements, upgrades, and preventative maintenance across the IT estate
  • Manage stakeholder communication and ensure minimal downtime for essential healthcare services
  • Produce detailed documentation and contribute to knowledge sharing

Skills & Experience:

  • Proven experience in a dedicated 3rd line support role
  • Strong knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, and O365/M365 environments
  • Also need someone working with Azure, SQL
  • Expertise in virtualisation technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V
  • Networking knowledge including DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, firewalls, and routing
  • Experience supporting clinical or healthcare applications (desired but not essential)
  • Familiarity with ITIL frameworks and ticketing systems
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to work under pressure while maintaining high accuracy and compliance

Why This Role?

  • Opportunity to directly support solutions that improve patient care and operational delivery within healthcare
  • Career growth through exposure to advanced technologies and continuous project work
  • Supportive environment focused on professional development and innovation

This is a fantastic chance for someone who thrives in a technically challenging environment and wants to make a real difference in the healthcare sector. Candidates with a passion for supporting mission-critical services and delivering exceptional results will excel in this role.

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Senior Insight Analyst

£45000 - £55000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
West Midlands

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Senior Insight Analyst

Location: West Midlands (3 days per week)

Salary: £45,000 – £55,000 + benefits

An established UK leader in the industrial distribution space is seeking a Senior Insight Analyst to join its growing Business Transformation team. This role sits at the heart of a business currently modernising its data and reporting landscape, offering the opportunity to influence decision-making across sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, and operations.

You’ll play a key role in translating complex data into actionable insight – exploring pricing, rebate performance, cost-to-serve, and ecommerce visibility. Working with modern Microsoft technologies (including Power BI and Fabric), you’ll help shape a cleaner, more unified reporting environment following a major ERP transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead analysis on pricing structures, rebate performance, and margin optimisation.
  • Deliver insights across sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, and warehousing.
  • Develop and maintain dashboards and reports using Power BI.
  • Support ecommerce and digital performance analysis, defining key metrics.
  • Partner with finance on reporting, forecasting, and performance measurement.
  • Identify data trends and translate them into actionable recommendations.
  • Communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills & Experience:

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ideally in a wholesale/distribution setting.
  • Proficiency with Power BI and SQL (experience with Microsoft Fabric a plus).
  • Experience in wholesale, distribution or manufacturing sector.

If you would like to register your interest send your cv or apply below.

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Lead Data Scientist

Leicester

£60000 - £80000

+ Data Science & AI

Permanent
Leicester, Leicestershire

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Lead Data Scientist – Leicester

We are working with a leading UK retailer and ecommerce company. The role focuses on marketing campaigns, recommendation systems and customer segmentation.

You will be a technical lead within the business and work closely with teams to drive measurable impact through various models.

They’re looking for someone with:

  • Strong experience in Python & SQL – this will be tested in the interview
  • Experience working across MMMs, Attribution, Churn, Propensity or LTV models
  • Neural networks or Transformers

The position is hybrid, based in the Midlands, offering flexible working, competitive pay, and excellent benefits.

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Senior Content Marketing Manager

London

£35000 - £45000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Senior Content Marketing Manager

Up to £45,000 | Hybrid (3 days a week in London)

Are you a content leader ready to take ownership of a growing function and drive a digital-first strategy across multiple consumer brands? This is a brilliant opportunity to shape the content direction for one of the UK’s most established property services groups.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Content Marketing Manager to lead a small team and evolve our approach to multi-channel storytelling – from traditional comms to SEO-led digital content. You’ll oversee strategy, tone of voice, and output across several well-known national brands, bringing structure, creativity and innovation to how we communicate with customers.

What You’ll Do

  • Own and develop the content strategy across multiple brands and audiences

  • Lead and mentor two content executives (digital + editorial focus)

  • Shift the business toward richer, digital-first content (blogs, SEO pages, journey content)

  • Support lifecycle campaigns across email, print, programmatic and web

  • Collaborate with senior stakeholders on content initiatives across marketing, FS and compliance

  • Champion new formats – podcasts, AI-assisted writing, SEO optimisation and more

About You

  • Experienced content marketer with a strong digital background

  • Confident leading and mentoring a small team

  • Skilled in adapting tone of voice for multiple audiences

  • Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders

  • Passionate about modern content formats, SEO and content performance

The Details

  • Salary: Up to £45,000

  • Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week in London (Tues/Weds/Thurs)

  • Travel: Occasional (approx. twice monthly to other UK offices)

Join a collaborative, forward-looking marketing team and help redefine how a major UK property group connects with its audiences.

Find out more and apply via the link below.

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Product Data Scientist/Analyst

London

£60000 - £80000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Job Title: Product Data Scientist – Hybrid – Up to £80,000

Location: London (Hybrid, 2 days p/w in office)

Salary: Up to £80,000 + benefits

Contract: Permanent

The Company

A well-established and fast-growing organisation going through an exciting period of digital transformation. With a strong customer focus, they use data and technology to deliver meaningful products and services to a wide audience. The business is scaling its data capabilities and is investing heavily in analytics to drive smarter decisions and long-term growth.

The Role

As a Product Data Scientist, you’ll work closely with teams across the business to unlock insight, guide product strategy, and influence decision-making. You’ll use advanced analytics, experimentation, and data storytelling to identify opportunities, improve customer experiences, and drive measurable impact.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Analyse user behaviour to uncover insights, identify pain points, and influence product direction.

  • Design experiments and support a culture of testing, learning, and iteration.

  • Define and align key business metrics, ensuring consistency and accuracy across teams.

  • Build and maintain dashboards and tools to empower stakeholders with self-serve insights.

  • Conduct deep-dive analyses to support strategic initiatives and provide clear recommendations.

  • Collaborate across functions to close data gaps and drive analytics best practice.

  • Stay current on industry trends and champion innovative approaches to product data science.

The Candidate

  • Proven experience in analytical roles, ideally within a digital-first or tech-led business.

  • Skilled in SQL, Python or R, plus familiarity with BI tools (e.g. Looker, Tableau, Lightdash).

  • Ability to translate business challenges into clear analytical projects and recommendations.

  • Strong data storytelling and presentation skills, with confidence engaging senior stakeholders.

  • Curious, proactive, and detail-oriented problem solver.

  • Team player with strong collaboration skills.

What’s on Offer

  • Salary up to £80,000 + bonus

  • Hybrid working (2 days per week in London office)

  • Competitive annual leave package

  • Pension scheme and healthcare support

  • Employee discounts and perks

  • Regular team socials and recognition initiatives

  • Strong learning and development opportunities

Apply Now
If you’re an experienced Product Data Scientist/Analyst looking to shape the future of data insight in a growing, forward-thinking organisation, apply today.

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Senior Data Analyst – Dating App

London

£50000 - £60000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Senior Data Analyst – Dating App

Location: London (Hybrid)
Salary: £55,000 – £60,000

We are looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our fast-growing dating product team. In this role, you’ll drive insights that directly shape product strategy, user experience, and feature development.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own analysis of key dating funnel metrics (sign-ups, matches, retention, conversions).

  • Build dashboards to track engagement and performance across markets.

  • Design and analyse A/B tests to validate new product features.

  • Provide clear insights that influence product, marketing, and leadership decisions.

Ideal Candidate

  • 8+ years’ experience in data analytics, ideally in consumer apps or online platforms.

  • Proficiency in SQL, Python, and BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI).

  • Experience working with subscription, engagement, or conversion funnel data.

  • Strong communicator, able to present complex findings in simple, actionable ways.

Find out more and apply via the link below.

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