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Digital Analyst – Contract

London

£375 - £400

+ Digital Analytics

Contract
London

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Digital Analyst
Agency
£375-£400 per day – Inside IR35
London – 2-3 days per week in office

This is an opportunity to join a high-impact project focused on delivering actionable insight for a globally recognised automotive brand. You will play a key role in evaluating campaign performance and shaping future marketing strategy through robust analysis and testing frameworks.

The Company

They are a well-established marketing and data-led organisation, known for delivering customer-centric solutions at scale. With a strong focus on analytics and insight, they partner with leading global brands to optimise campaign performance and customer engagement. Their collaborative environment enables data professionals to work closely with marketing teams to drive measurable outcomes.

The Role and Deliverables

  • Conduct post-campaign analysis to evaluate performance and identify optimisation opportunities
  • Deliver clear, actionable insights to inform future campaign strategy
  • Build and execute test and learn frameworks across marketing activity
  • Extract and manipulate data using SQL or Python to support analysis
  • Work with GA4 to assess digital performance and customer behaviour
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate data into business recommendations

Your Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience in SQL or Python for data extraction and analysis
  • Proven capability in campaign analysis and performance measurement
  • Hands-on experience with GA4 and digital analytics tools
  • Experience developing and implementing test and learn approaches
  • Ability to communicate insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders
  • Comfortable working in a hybrid environment with regular office collaboration

How to Apply

If this role aligns with your experience and you are available for an immediate contract, please apply to discuss further.

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Data Scientist

St. Helens

£40000 - £50000

+ Data Science & AI

Permanent
St. Helens, Merseyside

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Data Scientist – Merseyside

As a Data Scientist, you will work closely with the Lead Data Science and cross-functional teams to develop and deploy models that support customer and commercial decision-making. Responsibilities include:

  • Building and deploying machine learning models across customer use cases
  • Delivering projects focused on customer segmentation, lifetime value, and forecasting
  • Supporting targeted marketing activity, including campaigns and personalisation
  • Collaborating with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders
  • Contributing to the development of a scalable Data Science platform
  • Ensuring models are production-ready and drive measurable business impact

Your Skills & Experience

  • Strong commercial experience in Data Science, delivering end-to-end projects
  • Proficiency in Python, with solid SQL skills
  • Experience applying machine learning and statistical techniques to business problems
  • Exposure to deploying models into production environments
  • Understanding of cloud platforms such as GCP or Azure is beneficial
  • Ability to communicate insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders
  • A practical, delivery-focused mindset with a collaborative approach

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Senior Analytics Engineer

Orange

$182545.5 - $267733.4

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
Orange, California

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Senior Analytics Engineer (IC3, IC4, IC5)
Orange County, California (Minimum of 3 Days On Site per week)
Base Salary between $150,000 – $220,000 + Equity

This is an opportunity to join a high growth engineering environment where data is central to how the business operates. Rather than focusing on reporting, you will build data driven systems that directly influence real world operations, working on complex challenges across production, supply chain, and commercial performance.

The Company
They are a rapidly scaling technology organization operating at the intersection of advanced engineering, manufacturing, and software. Their teams work on complex, real world systems and are known for solving high impact technical problems at pace. With significant investment and strong long term demand, they continue to expand both their product capabilities and data infrastructure. Data is viewed as a core strategic asset, underpinning operational decision making across the business.

The Role
You will take ownership of building high quality data products that support critical operational workflows. This is a hands on role with significant scope and exposure to senior stakeholders.
Responsibilities include:

  • Designing and developing scalable data models that reflect how the business operates
  • Building data driven applications and workflows rather than traditional dashboards
  • Partnering closely with stakeholders across finance, manufacturing, and operations
  • Developing and maintaining robust data pipelines and data products
  • Driving improvements in data quality, accessibility, and usability
  • Contributing to the evolution of the broader data platform and architecture
  • Translating complex technical work into clear business impact

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong commercial experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or a similar data focused role
  • Advanced SQL and solid Python skills
  • Proven ability to build scalable, well structured data models
  • Strong understanding of data architecture and distributed systems concepts
  • Experience working closely with stakeholders to deliver business impact
  • Track record of ownership and delivering end to end data solutions
  • Exposure to modern data tooling such as dbt or similar transformation frameworks is beneficial
  • Experience working with operational, manufacturing, or hardware related data is advantageous

What They Offer

  • Competitive base salary up to $220,000 depending on level
  • Equity package with long term upside
  • Relocation support where applicable
  • High impact work with clear ownership from day one
  • Strong opportunities for progression into broader product and engineering scope

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AI Forward Deployed Engineer

$85 - $110

+ Data Science & AI

Contract
New York

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Job Title: Senior GenAI Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Intro Harnham:
Harnham is partnering with a high‑growth consulting group delivering cutting‑edge AI solutions to enterprise clients. This is a hands‑on contract role focused on building and deploying real GenAI systems in production environments.

Intro Client:
Our client works at the forefront of enterprise AI transformation, helping organisations unlock the value of their data using modern cloud and AI tooling. They specialise in turning emerging AI capabilities into scalable, business‑ready applications.

Role Details:

  • Role: Senior GenAI Engineer (Contract)
  • Location: Remote
  • Length: 12‑month contract (extension possible, not guaranteed)
  • Hours: 40 hours/week

Intro to Role:
This role sits at the intersection of AI engineering and client delivery. You will build production‑grade GenAI applications, working directly with stakeholders to design, deploy, and scale solutions. While most work focuses on GenAI systems, you’ll also apply core ML and MLOps principles to ensure reliability and scalability.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and deploy GenAI applications using enterprise data (RAG systems, LLM integrations)
  • Build scalable architectures including vector databases and retrieval pipelines
  • Develop and optimise end‑to‑end workflows for LLM applications
  • Implement CI/CD, MLOps best practices, and production monitoring
  • Partner with clients to scope solutions, explain trade‑offs, and guide adoption
  • Mentor teams transitioning from traditional ML to GenAI‑focused delivery

Requirements: Must Have

  • 5+ years in AI/ML engineering, data engineering, or related
  • Hands‑on experience building GenAI or RAG systems in production
  • Strong experience with a modern data platform (e.g. Spark‑based environment, ML lifecycle tools)
  • Python expertise with LLM frameworks (LangChain or similar)
  • Experience with vector databases (e.g. FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma)
  • Strong client‑facing communication skills

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with agent frameworks or orchestration tools
  • Exposure to ML lifecycle tooling (e.g. experiment tracking, model management)
  • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Relevant certifications in data, ML, or AI engineering

Outro:
If you’re looking to build meaningful, production‑ready AI systems and work directly with enterprise clients, this is a high‑impact opportunity to lead delivery at the cutting edge of GenAI.

**WE WILL NOT BE UTILIZING THIRD PARTIES FOR THIS SEARCH. PLEASE APPLY OR REACH OUT IF YOU’RE A CANDIDATE INTERESTED IN THE ROLE**

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Lead Product Manager

new york city

$180000 - $210000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
New York

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Lead Product Manager

A high-growth B2B fintech platform is seeking a Lead Product Manager, bringing deep domain expertise in Wealth and Financial technology. This role is a high-impact, highly visible and will require a strategically focused product leader.

Role Purpose

The Lead Product Manager will own onboarding-centric product domains, driving both strategic direction and end-to-end execution. You will operate as a stabilizing force during a period of transition, maintaining product velocity, stakeholder alignment, and delivery predictability.

The broader product vision is to enable enterprise advisors with scalable, data-driven tooling that enhances client engagement and drives investor confidence through differentiated digital experiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own the vision, strategy, and execution for onboarding systems, with a strong, data-informed perspective on maintaining competitive advantage within the wealth technology ecosystem
  • Operate as a senior IC, leading product discovery, defining scalable solutions, managing roadmap prioritization, and ensuring high-quality delivery outcomes
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to product managers, elevating product craft while retaining hands-on ownership of critical initiatives
  • Partner cross-functionally with engineering, design, data, and GTM teams to deliver performant, user-centric product experiences
  • Rapidly build deep domain expertise in onboarding workflows, identifying opportunities for optimization, automation, and differentiation
  • Maintain continuity in product leadership, decision-making, and execution rigor through periods of organizational change

For more information and to apply, please email:

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Power BI Developer

London

£325 - £369

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Contract
London

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Power BI Developer – 4 days per week

Location: London (2 days onsite)
Contract Length: 3 months
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Rate: £325 – £369
Start Date: Mid July


Overview

We’re looking for a Power BI Developer to join a growing public sector data team.

The role will focus on delivering a suite of dashboards as part of a wider transformation from Excel-based reporting into a more scalable Azure and Power BI-driven data environment.

This is a strong opportunity to get in early within a scaling data function and contribute to improving how data is used to drive decision-making across public services.


Key Responsibilities

  • Build and deliver Power BI dashboards based on stakeholder requirements
  • Translate existing Excel-based reporting into scalable Power BI solutions
  • Operate within a 2-week sprint cycle alongside a growing data team
  • Collaborate with architecture and service design teams
  • Identify opportunities to improve reporting beyond “lift and shift” dashboards
  • Deliver dashboards aligned to social housing and local authority data

Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience developing dashboards in Power BI
  • Experience working with multiple data sources (Excel, databases, etc.)
  • Ability to gather and translate stakeholder requirements into deliverables
  • Experience delivering reporting in structured project or sprint environments
  • Understanding of data transformation and reporting best practices

Industry Experience

  • Public sector experience
  • Experience working with local authorities
  • Smaller start up environments a plus

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Head of Qualitative Research

Mansfield

£70000 - £110000

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Permanent
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

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I’m hiring a Qualitative Research Lead to join a well‑established creative, media and insight agency, leading and evolving their qualitative capability.

This is a pivotal hire, taking ownership of the qualitative function and shaping how insight is delivered across the business.

£70,000-£110,000 (flexible depending on experience)
Mansfield – 3 days per week onsite


The opportunity

You’ll step into a team that already delivers strong core qualitative research – but now needs someone to:

  • Expand into more advanced methodologies (ethnography, semiotics, cultural insight)
  • Lead and grow a team (currently 3, scaling to 5)
  • Bring fresh thinking into how insight supports creative and strategic outputs
  • Raise the quality, breadth, and impact of qualitative work

This is a genuine opportunity to own and rebuild a function, not just manage it.


The role

Qualitative leadership & delivery

  • Lead end‑to‑end qualitative research across multiple sectors
  • Design and deliver projects including ethnography, communities, depth interviews, and more
  • Bring new methodologies into the team (e.g. semiotics, cultural insight, behavioural approaches)
  • Deliver compelling, insight‑led narratives to senior stakeholders

Team leadership & growth

  • Line manage and develop a team of qualitative researchers (3-5 people)
  • Mentor, coach, and upskill the team
  • Support hiring and team growth

Client & commercial work

  • Act as senior qualitative lead across key accounts
  • Work closely with account and strategy teams to shape client work
  • Support pitches, proposals, and growth opportunities

Innovation & strategy

  • Bring new ideas, tools, and approaches into the insight function
  • Help evolve the agency’s qualitative offering and positioning
  • Contribute to thought leadership and innovation across the team

What you bring

Must‑haves

  • ~8+ years’ experience in qualitative research (agency‑side strongly preferred)
  • Currently at Associate Director or Director level
  • Proven experience leading and developing a qual team
  • Strong client‑facing experience and stakeholder management
  • Ability to deliver high‑quality, commercially impactful insight

Key differentiators (very important)

  • Experience beyond traditionalqual:
    • Ethnography
    • Semiotics
    • Cultural / behavioural insight
  • Experience shaping or growing a qual function or capability

Not the right fit if:

  • You’ve purely been a small part of a large, highly structured consultancy
  • You haven’t had ownership of projects, clients, or teams

The environment

  • Fast‑paced, creative, and collaborative
  • Insight sits close to creative, strategy, and client teams
  • High exposure to major consumer brands (including global accounts)
  • Opportunity to have real influence, not just deliver work

Location & working pattern

  • Mansfield – 3 days per week onsite (non‑negotiable)
  • Some travel for research and client work

Salary

  • £70k-£110k (flexible depending on experience)

Why this role

  • True ownership of a qualitative function
  • Opportunity to expand into advanced and strategic research approaches
  • Lead a team and shape its future direction
  • Work in an agency where insight directly influences creative output and strategy
  • Rare role that combines hands‑on research + leadership + innovation

If you’re an experienced qualitative leader who wants more ownership, influence, and the chance to evolve a function, this is a standout opportunity.

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Experimentation Specialist

London

£35000 - £45000

+ Digital Analytics

Permanent
London

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Experimentation Specialist

London | Up to £45,000 plus benefits | Hybrid working

A great opportunity to join a growing experimentation function within a large, digital-first organisation. This role offers the chance to shape testing strategy, influence roadmaps, and make a measurable impact across multiple brands and digital touchpoints. You will be joining at an exciting stage as they build out a dedicated team.

The Company

They are a well-established, multi-brand retail group with a significant presence in ecommerce and digital product. The organisation is investing heavily in experimentation, data and insights to drive performance and enhance customer experience across their online platforms. With a fast-paced environment and a strong appetite for testing, they offer the chance to embed experimentation culture across a complex digital ecosystem.

The Role

  • Support the build of a centralised experimentation function.
  • Translate commercial objectives into experimentation roadmaps.
  • Prioritise tests based on value, business context and feasibility.
  • Lead ideation, design and end-to-end execution of A/B tests.
  • Partner with technical teams to ensure robust implementation.
  • Analyse test results and communicate insights to stakeholders.
  • Distinguish CRM experimentation from website CRO and support both areas.
  • Contribute to training and enablement across digital teams.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong commercial experience running experimentation programmes.
  • Hands-on experience setting up and analysing A/B tests.
  • Understanding of experimentation principles, digital metrics and measurement.
  • Experience with platforms such as GA4, Optimizely or similar tools.
  • Ability to create, manage and communicate experimentation roadmaps.
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally within product, digital, CRM and tech teams.
  • Able to work independently and prioritise effectively.
  • Experience with user testing platforms is an advantage.

What They Offer

  • Salary up to £45,000 depending on experience.
  • Hybrid model with four days in the central London office.
  • 20 days holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Pension scheme with employer and employee contributions.
  • Access to wellbeing, health and financial support services.
  • Retail discounts across all brands.
  • Discounted gym membership and fitness support.
  • Employee recognition and reward schemes.
  • Internal learning platform with extensive training content.
  • Opportunities to progress as the experimentation function grows.

How to Apply
If you are passionate about experimentation and want to help shape a growing team, apply with your CV today.

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