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 Marketing Analyst

£70000 - £80000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
England

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Senior Marketing Analyst
Fully Remote in The UK
£70,000-£80,000 + Bonus + Equity

A fast-growing global consumer platform is looking for a Senior Marketing Analyst to join their expanding data team and help shape how marketing performance is measured and optimised at scale; this is an opportunity to join a product-led, subscription marketplace with a passionate global community and big ambitions for growth! The business already operates across 140+ countries and is now investing heavily in data, analytics, and experimentation to accelerate its next phase.

The Company

Our client is a membership-based digital marketplace connecting travellers and pet owners around the world; the platform enables pet owners to travel with peace of mind while trusted sitters care for their pets and homes. The business has built a strong global community and product that customers genuinely love. With ambitious plans to scale to 1 million members, they are investing heavily in their data platform, analytics capabilities, and growth strategy. The data team is relatively new but growing quickly; over the last six months they have built out a modern stack including Databricks and DBT. This role will sit within the Marketing Analytics function, reporting into the Lead Marketing Analyst, and working closely with Growth, Product and Commercial teams!

The Role

As the Senior Marketing Analyst you will help the business understand what’s driving acquisition, where marketing spend should be allocated, and how to optimise conversion and growth.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Partnering with marketing stakeholders to shape key growth questions and measurement frameworks
  • Analysing performance across paid media, CRM, influencer and other acquisition channels
  • Delivering insight into campaign performance, incrementality, efficiency and diminishing returns
  • Combining multiple measurement approaches including experimentation, attribution signals, cohort analysis and MMM
  • Supporting the development of marketing mix modelling capability
  • Analysing the customer journey from visit → registration → membership purchase
  • Identifying behavioural signals and segments that predict conversion
  • Building dashboards and delivering clear, actionable insight to senior stakeholders
  • Improving the underlying data foundations for marketing analytics

The work will span strategic analysis, data modelling, stakeholder engagement and insight delivery, with significant opportunity to influence marketing strategy.

Your Skills & Experience

I’m looking for experienced marketing analysts who are comfortable working in fast-paced, product-led environments.

Key experience includes:

  • Strong SQL skills and experience analysing large datasets
  • Marketing or growth analytics experience within consumer, marketplace, subscription or tech businesses
  • Experience analysing paid marketing channels (paid social, paid search, CRM, influencer, etc.)
  • Experience with experimentation, incrementality testing, or MMM-style analysis
  • Strong stakeholder management and ability to translate analysis into business recommendations
  • Experience with data visualisation tools such as Tableau or Looker
  • Familiarity with Python or R is beneficial but not essential
  • Comfortable working in start-up or scale-up environments

The Benefits

  • £70,000-£80,000 salary
  • Quarterly bonus scheme
  • Equity options
  • Fully remote working

How to Apply

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link.

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Senior Data / Analytics Engineer

$60 - $85

+ Data Engineering

Contract
New York

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Senior Data/Analytics Engineer

About Harnham
At Harnham, we connect top data professionals with impactful contract opportunities across the US. We partner with organizations that are investing heavily in modern data platforms and analytics.

About the Client
Our client is a fast growing technology focused company modernizing their cloud data environment. They are building scalable analytics foundations to support data science, reporting, and machine learning initiatives.

Role Details

Title: Senior Data/Analytics Engineer
Location: Remote (U.S. based)
Duration: 3-months initially, with high likelihood of extension
Hours: 40 per week
Pay: $60-$85/hr
Benefits: W2 candidates are eligible for healthcare, dental, vision, and 401k

The Role
This Senior Analytics Engineer will take ownership of building clean, well‑structured data models and a scalable warehouse foundation in a modern cloud environment. You will partner directly with data engineers, analysts, and data scientists to design data marts, define transformations, and ensure best practices in modeling, testing, and deployment. The role blends analytics engineering, data modeling, and software engineering discipline in an agile setup.

Key Responsibilities

– Design and develop core data warehouse and data mart structures.
– Migrate existing BI and warehouse assets into a modern cloud platform.
– Build and document transformation logic, testing frameworks, and deployment workflows.
– Use dbt (or similar tools) to deliver version controlled, production grade data models.
– Optimize performance, storage strategies, and model architecture for analytics use cases.
– Collaborate closely with cross functional data engineering, BI, and machine learning teams.

Requirements: Must Have

– 4 plus years in a data focused role (Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer, or Data Analyst).
– Strong production experience with dbt.

– Hands on experience with Looker.
– Hands on experience with a modern cloud data warehouse (BigQuery or Snowflake preferred).
– Deep SQL expertise including query optimization.
– Strong understanding of dimensional modeling (Kimball).
– Ability to translate business needs into scalable data structures.

Nice to Have

– dbt certification
– Google Cloud or Snowflake certifications
– Experience with Airflow or cloud orchestration tools
– Prior agile environment experience

**WE WILL NOT BE UTILIZING THIRD PARTIES FOR THIS SEARCH. WE WILL ONLY SPEAK WITH CANDIDATES DIRECTLY.**

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Digital Analytics Consultant

£60000 - £70000

+ Digital Analytics

Permanent
England

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Digital Analytics Consultant

£60,000-£70,000 + Bonus

Remote-First in the UK (1-2 days a month in London)

The Company

An established data, analytics and activation consultancy within a global media network is hiring a Digital Analytics Consultant to join its growing team. The business works closely with clients navigating change across analytics, activation, personalisation and data platforms, helping them join up tools, teams and measurement without unnecessary complexity or platform-led selling; known for its pragmatic, low-ego approach, the consultancy focuses on what will actually work for clients rather than pitching glossy strategies. With strong backing from a global network and an evolving operating model, this is a chance to shape how integrated data consulting is delivered in practice!

The Role

This is a client-facing Adobe-focused Digital Analytics Consultant position sitting between strategy and delivery. You’ll act as the day-to-day lead for clients, bringing strong Adobe Analytics expertise while helping organisations navigate wider analytics and experience challenges.

You’ll balance hands-on Adobe knowledge with client leadership: owning relationships, guiding roadmaps and ensuring delivery stays grounded and effective.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Acting as SME across Adobe Analytics for key clients
  • Supporting and leading end-to-end Adobe Analytics implementations
  • Translating business requirements into technical delivery plans
  • Owning client meetings, roadmaps and delivery coordination
  • Presenting insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders
  • Working across analytics, activation and experience programmes
  • Supporting internal delivery improvements and best practice
  • Contributing to new business conversations where required

Your Skills & Experience

I’m looking for candidates who enjoy breadth, client exposure and solving real-world data challenges

Key experience:

  • Strong Adobe Analytics experience (implementation + analysis)
  • Experience delivering analytics projects end-to-end
  • Confident client-facing communication and stakeholder management

Nice to have:

  • Adobe CJA / Customer Journey Analytics experience

The Benefits

  • £60,000-£70,000
  • Bonus
  • Remote-first working
  • London office visit once per month (preference for twice monthly, fully expensed)
  • Opportunity to shape delivery within a growing consultancy
  • Strong client exposure and progression opportunities

How to Apply

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page

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Product Analyst

London

£80000 - £90000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
London

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Product Analyst
London (Hybrid – 2x Days a Week in Office)
£80,000-£90,000

The Company

Are you a commercially-minded Product Analyst or Product Data Scientist looking to make an impact in a fast-growing, PE-backed consumer tech business? This is a unique opportunity to join a company in an exciting growth phase, working alongside an experienced and data-driven leadership team!

The Role

You’ll sit within a highly collaborative Data team and act as a key partner to Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams, using data to shape strategy, improve personalisation, and create a best-in-class experience for millions of users. This role is ideal for someone who is curious, commercially focused, and passionate about understanding user behaviour to drive measurable outcomes

You’ll be responsible for:

  • Analysing user behaviour, spotting trends, and telling compelling data stories to influence product strategy
  • Designing, running, and evaluating experiments to optimise product performance and improve conversion
  • Defining and aligning key metrics across teams, ensuring consistent measurement and insight delivery
  • Building and maintaining dashboards and self-serve tools for quick access to core insights
  • Conducting deep-dive analysis to inform strategic decisions and drive measurable product improvements

Your Skills & Experience

I’m looking for someone who is excited to work in a product-focused, consumer-facing environment, and who brings:

  • Strong SQL
  • Python/R experience preferrable
  • Experience with dbt and modern data stacks a bonus
  • A proven ability to turn data into actionable insights and communicate them clearly to stakeholders
  • Experience in a B2C or consumer tech environment, ideally with a focus on product analytics or experimentation

The Benefits

  • Salary up to £80,000 – £90,000
  • Bonus

How to Apply

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page

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Product Analyst

£80000 - £90000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
East Midlands

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Product Analyst
East Midlands (Hybrid – 2x Days a Week in Office)
£80,000-£90,000

The Company

Are you a commercially-minded Product Analyst or Product Data Scientist looking to make an impact in a fast-growing, PE-backed consumer tech business? This is a unique opportunity to join a company in an exciting growth phase, working alongside an experienced and data-driven leadership team!

The Role

You’ll sit within a highly collaborative Data team and act as a key partner to Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams, using data to shape strategy, improve personalisation, and create a best-in-class experience for millions of users. This role is ideal for someone who is curious, commercially focused, and passionate about understanding user behaviour to drive measurable outcomes

You’ll be responsible for:

  • Analysing user behaviour, spotting trends, and telling compelling data stories to influence product strategy
  • Designing, running, and evaluating experiments to optimise product performance and improve conversion
  • Defining and aligning key metrics across teams, ensuring consistent measurement and insight delivery
  • Building and maintaining dashboards and self-serve tools for quick access to core insights
  • Conducting deep-dive analysis to inform strategic decisions and drive measurable product improvements

Your Skills & Experience

I’m looking for someone who is excited to work in a product-focused, consumer-facing environment, and who brings:

  • Strong SQL
  • Python/R experience preferrable
  • Experience with dbt and modern data stacks a bonus
  • A proven ability to turn data into actionable insights and communicate them clearly to stakeholders
  • Experience in a B2C or consumer tech environment, ideally with a focus on product analytics or experimentation

The Benefits

  • Salary up to £80,000 – £90,000
  • Bonus

How to Apply

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page

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Senior Analyst

£45000 - £50000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
England

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Senior Analyst
£45,000-£50,000
Fully Remote in The UK

A leading UK education and training group is looking for a Senior Analyst to join their growing data function; this is a hands-on role at the centre of a major data and digital transformation, helping the organisation improve decision-making through data, automation, and modern BI capabilities!

The Company

This organisation is the parent group behind several specialist training providers delivering apprenticeship programmes and professional development across the UK. Collectively, the group supports thousands of learners and employers, making it one of the largest apprenticeship providers in the country by learner numbers and revenue. The business is currently undergoing a major digital and data transformation, investing in modern platforms, improved reporting structures, and automation to enable smarter decision-making across the organisation; data plays a critical role in supporting areas such as sales pipeline performance, learner progression, compliance, and operational delivery, and the data function is central to the organisation’s long-term growth strategy. In this role you’ll join a small but highly impactful Data & Automation team that works across the group to support insight generation and data-driven decision-making!

The Role

This is a hands-on, end-to-end BI role combining project delivery, stakeholder engagement, and operational BI support. You’ll work across multiple business areas, balancing longer-term BI development projects with day-to-day reporting and insight delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Building and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports used across the organisation
  • Managing incoming BI requests including troubleshooting reporting issues and access management
  • Working closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, prototype solutions, and deliver actionable insights
  • Supporting senior leadership discussions by presenting insights where required
  • Contributing to data modelling and improvements to reporting structures
  • Helping drive data-driven decision making across the business
  • Working with multiple and disparate data sources to deliver meaningful analysis

The role reports into the BI Manager and will work closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders.

Your Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience with Power BI, including dashboard and report development
  • Strong SQL skills
  • Experience with data modelling and DAX within Power BI
  • Experience working with ETL processes or data pipelines
  • Exposure to the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps etc.)
  • Ability to work end-to-end across the BI lifecycle
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to translate business problems into data solutions
  • Experience working in fast-paced or complex environments

The Benefits

  • £45,000-£50,000
  • Fully remote role (in The UK)

How to Apply

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page

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B2B Google Ads and PPC Strategist

New York

$35 - $40

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Contract
New York

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Google Ads and PPC Strategist

  • Remote (Must be US Based)
  • 20 Hours Per Week (Rolling Contract)
  • $35 Per Hour

This is an opportunity to join a high performing performance marketing team and take ownership of meaningful Google Ads and PPC budgets. You will work with ambitious B2B brands and have genuine influence over how they grow, rather than simply optimising small campaigns at the margins.

The Company
They are a specialist advertising client focused on performance marketing for fast growing brands. Operating as a small, elite team, they are trusted to manage significant digital budgets and drive measurable growth. They partner directly with founders and senior decision makers to shape marketing strategy, not just execution. As they continue to scale, they are looking to add a strategic B2B PPC expert who can own and grow key accounts.

The Role and Deliverables

  • Take full ownership of substantial monthly Google Ads and PPC budgets across B2B accounts.
  • Build and execute full funnel paid media strategies across complex B2B buying cycles.
  • Drive performance across the MQL to SQL pipeline, ensuring campaigns are closely tied to revenue.
  • Use performance data to influence client positioning, messaging and broader growth strategy.
  • Work closely with senior stakeholders to align paid media with wider commercial objectives.

Your Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience managing Google Ads and PPC campaigns in a B2B environment.
  • Proven ability to build and optimise full funnel strategies across longer, complex sales cycles.
  • Track record of driving high quality MQL and SQL outcomes from paid campaigns.
  • Comfortable owning significant monthly ad spend and making data led decisions at pace.
  • Ability to translate performance metrics into clear strategic recommendations for senior stakeholders.

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Senior BI & Insight Analyst

£45000 - £50000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
England

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Senior BI & Insight Analyst
£45,000 – £50,000
Remote – UK based

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing organisation undergoing a major digital and data transformation. You will work end to end across the BI lifecycle, shaping reporting, driving insights, and supporting strategic decision making across a complex, data‑rich environment.

The Company
This organisation operates within the education and professional development sector, supporting a large national customer base. They are investing heavily in improving their data capabilities and are building a modernised reporting environment to enable smarter, faster decision making. Their central data function supports multiple business units, providing business intelligence, automation, and data governance across the group. It is a fast‑paced, collaborative setting where impactful BI work is highly valued.

The Role
You will work within a central Data and Automation team, supporting users across the group and delivering meaningful insight. Responsibilities include:
* Building and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports.
* Managing BI support tickets, troubleshooting reporting issues, and maintaining access controls.
* Working closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, prototype solutions, and deliver actionable insights.
* Supporting executive‑level reporting and contributing to data‑driven discussions.
* Developing and maintaining data models to ensure high‑quality reporting outputs.
* Enhancing reporting structures and supporting ongoing data capability development.
* Balancing long‑term BI projects with ad hoc analysis requests across the business.

Your Skills and Experience
You will need:
* Strong commercial experience with Power BI, including dashboarding and report development.
* Strong data modelling capability, including DAX.
* Strong SQL skills.
* Experience with ETL processes or data pipelines.
* Experience with the Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Automate or Power Apps.
* Ability to work end to end across the BI lifecycle, from requirements gathering to insight delivery.
* Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, multi‑stakeholder environment.

What They Offer
* Up to 50,000 salary plus benefits.
* Hybrid working and a supportive team environment.
* Opportunities to influence BI strategy and contribute to a wider digital transformation.
* Clear development pathways as the data function continues to grow.

How to Apply
If this sounds like the next step in your BI career, please apply with your CV for consideration.

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