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Staff Analytics Engineer
Columbus
$175000 - $200000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentColumbus, Ohio
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Senior / Staff Analytics Engineer
Location: Columbus, OH
Compensation: Up to $220K
About the Role
We’re hiring a Senior / Staff Analytics Engineer to join a high-performing team focused on building scalable data products, analytical systems, and performance frameworks that improve product visibility and operational decision-making across the business.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex environments, enjoys building from the ground up, and can own analytical systems end-to-end – from modeling and transformation to workflow automation and performance optimization.
Depending on your strengths and business priorities, you may work across product analytics, operational performance, product quality initiatives, or customer experience insights.
This is a high-impact role where strong technical ownership and cross-functional influence are equally important.
What You’ll Do
Data Modeling & Analytics Infrastructure
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data models to support analytics, reporting, and business decision-making
- Develop data products that improve visibility into product performance, quality trends, and operational workflows
- Build and optimize transformation pipelines to improve data reliability, accessibility, and speed
- Partner with engineering teams to improve data quality, instrumentation, and data consistency across systems
Performance Analytics & Optimization
- Build analytical workflows that improve operational efficiency and product performance visibility
- Create frameworks for monitoring performance trends, surfacing optimization opportunities, and supporting strategic initiatives
- Support analytics use cases across connected systems and high-volume operational environments
- Improve the flow of data across platforms to enable faster insights and better decision-making at scale
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations teams to translate business needs into scalable analytical solutions
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and influence product and operational strategy through data-driven insights
- Help define analytical standards and improve best practices across teams
Technical Leadership
- Own analytical systems and data products with increasing autonomy and accountability
- Contribute to data architecture and analytics strategy across the organization
- Mentor peers and help raise the bar on analytics engineering best practices
- Balance short-term business priorities with long-term scalability and maintainability
What We’re Looking For
- Senior: 6+ years of experience in Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering, or related data-focused roles
- Staff: 8-10+ years of experience in highly technical, fast-moving environments
- Strong expertise in SQL and Python
- Deep understanding of data modeling principles, including dimensional and entity-based modeling
- Strong understanding of data systems, performance tradeoffs, and analytical architecture
- Experience building scalable data products and transformation pipelines
- Experience supporting product performance, operational analytics, or customer-facing product environments
- Strong stakeholder communication skills and ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with modern analytics engineering tooling such as dbt
- Exposure to connected product ecosystems, event-driven systems, or high-volume data environments
- Experience working in product-driven, consumer technology, mobility, or hardware-adjacent environments
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate data into operational or strategic impact
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to work on high-value, product-driven challenges where analytics directly shape product quality, operational performance, and long-term growth. You’ll have significant ownership, strong visibility, and the ability to make measurable impact from day one.

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Manager of Data Engineering
Miami
$150000 - $180000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentMiami, Florida
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Manager of Data Engineering
Location: Miami, FL
Compensation: Up to $180K Base + Benefits
Build, Scale & Lead a High-Performing Data Engineering Team
A growing organization is looking for an experienced Manager of Data Engineering to help expand its data engineering capabilities and lead a talented team of engineers.
This is a hands-on leadership opportunity for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of people, technology, and delivery. You’ll provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, influence architecture, and help establish the processes and standards needed to support a growing data environment.
You’ll have meaningful ownership over engineering delivery and the opportunity to make a direct impact on how data is built, managed, and used across the organization.
What You’ll Do
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Data Engineers while fostering a strong engineering culture.
- Manage the delivery of multiple data initiatives from planning through implementation.
- Influence data architecture, engineering standards, and development practices.
- Design and develop scalable data pipelines, transformations, and models.
- Improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of existing data infrastructure.
- Establish effective approaches to data testing, monitoring, validation, and quality.
- Partner with analytics, technology, operations, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into effective data solutions.
- Manage priorities, roadmaps, sprint planning, and backlog execution.
- Identify opportunities to improve automation, scalability, documentation, and engineering efficiency.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance and support the team in solving complex engineering challenges.
What We’re Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platforms, Analytics Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 3+ years of experience leading or managing engineering teams.
- Proven experience building and scaling modern data platforms and pipelines.
- Strong hands-on experience with SQL and Python.
- Experience with modern ELT/ETL practices.
- Strong understanding of data modeling and data architecture.
- Experience implementing data testing, monitoring, and quality practices.
- Comfortable working in a hands-on leadership role with strong technical depth.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience within a high-growth technology or similarly complex environment is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data, or a related field preferred.
Why This Role?
This is an opportunity to build and scale a Data Engineering team while remaining close to the technology.
You’ll have meaningful influence over technical decisions, engineering practices, and delivery while working alongside teams across the wider organization.
For an experienced Data Engineering leader who wants a combination of team leadership, technical ownership, and the opportunity to build, this is an excellent opportunity.

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Data Consultant
London
£200 - £300
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
ContractLondon
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Freelance Data Consultant
London | Outside IR35
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a reporting-led analytics project that combines ownership of a key client engagement with exposure to a variety of data and analytics initiatives. The contract offers a high level of autonomy and would suit a data consultant who enjoys working independently while delivering meaningful business insight.
The Company
They are a specialist data and analytics consultancy that helps organisations make better decisions through data-driven insights. Their work spans marketing, customer, digital, and performance analytics, supporting clients across a range of sectors. They combine strategic thinking with technical expertise to deliver clear, actionable reporting and analysis. You will join a collaborative environment where data plays a central role in solving business challenges.
The Role and Deliverables
- Build and maintain reporting solutions and dashboards in Looker Studio.
- Deliver reporting and analysis for a key client while supporting additional client projects.
- Analyse paid media, website, campaign, and customer data to identify trends and performance drivers.
- Use Python and SQL to work with large datasets and uncover actionable insights.
- Translate complex findings into clear recommendations for stakeholders.
- Present analysis and reporting outputs in client-facing meetings.
Your Skills & Experience
- Strong experience building and maintaining dashboards and reports in Looker Studio.
- Confident interpreting paid media, website, and campaign performance data.
- Strong capability using Python and SQL for data analysis.
- Experience cleaning, preparing, and analysing customer data to generate business insight.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
- Comfortable working independently and managing priorities with minimal supervision.
- Familiarity with CRM data and customer analytics.
- Exposure to GA4, Google Tag Manager, Power BI, or Tableau would be beneficial.
How to Apply
If you are a freelance Data Consultant with strong reporting, analytics, and stakeholder management skills, please apply with your latest CV and availability.

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Director of Quantitative Operations
Manchester
£90000 - £100000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentManchester, Greater Manchester
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Director of Quantitative Operations
Up to £100,000 + Quarterly Bonus Remote (UK) | London Office Available
I’m hiring a Director of Quantitative Operations for a highly respected healthcare insights and research organisation, part of a globally recognised healthcare data and research group. This is a leadership role focused on operational excellence, team performance, and project delivery across quantitative healthcare research programmes.
The business combines the agility and specialist expertise of a healthcare research consultancy with the backing and scale of a global organisation, delivering research and healthcare data services to pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare clients across Europe and beyond.
The Opportunity
This role leads the UK & European Quant Operations function, overseeing the delivery of quantitative healthcare research projects that support clinical trials, healthcare studies, and pharmaceutical research initiatives.
Importantly, this is not a research design or insights role.
Instead, you’ll be responsible for:
- Leading operational delivery teams
- Managing project and fieldwork operations
- Optimising processes and performance
- Developing leaders and future talent
- Driving operational excellence and client satisfaction
- Ensuring projects are delivered efficiently, profitably, and to the highest quality standards
The team generates approximately £12m-£15m of annual project revenue, making this a highly visible leadership position.
What You’ll Be Doing
Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately 12 people across operations and project management functions
- Drive succession planning and team development
- Manage team performance, resource allocation, and utilisation
- Build a high-performing, delivery-focused culture
Operational Excellence
- Oversee day-to-day quantitative research operations across the UK and Europe
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards
- Develop and implement best practices across project delivery and operational workflows
- Continuously improve efficiency, scalability, and profitability
Stakeholder & Client Management
- Work closely with clients to understand project requirements and operational feasibility
- Build credibility with senior internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure excellent communication between operations, client services, finance, and wider business functions
Strategic Contribution
- Support the implementation of departmental strategy and growth plans
- Partner with senior leadership to enhance operational delivery capabilities
- Contribute to service innovation and operational improvements across the business
What They’re Looking For
Essential
- Strong background in quantitative research operations
- Healthcare, pharmaceutical, healthcare insights, or healthcare data collection experience
- Proven experience leading operational or project delivery teams
- Experience managing budgets, resources, and project portfolios
- Strong stakeholder management and executive-level communication skills
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, delivery-driven environment
- Experience within market research, healthcare research, or healthcare fieldwork operations
Highly Desirable
- Clinical trials or healthcare recruitment experience
- Experience working with healthcare professionals or physician research panels
- Experience within healthcare insights or patient recruitment environments
- Exposure to ISO 20252 / 26362 standards and healthcare research regulations
The Ideal Candidate
You’re likely currently operating as a:
- Research Operations Director
- Associate Director, Research Operations
- Head of Operations
- Healthcare Research Operations Manager
- Quantitative Operations Lead
- Research Delivery Director
- Healthcare Fieldwork Director
You’ll be comfortable balancing strategic leadership with operational execution, and you’ll bring the gravitas needed to influence senior stakeholders both internally and externally.
Why Join?
- Join a globally recognised healthcare insights organisation
- Lead a significant operational function across the UK and Europe
- Strong reputation within pharma and healthcare research
- Fully remote working available
- Backed by a major international healthcare business
- Significant autonomy and visibility
- Opportunity to shape and develop a high-performing team
Package
- Up to £100,000 base salary
- Quarterly performance bonus (company + individual performance)
- Remote-first working
- London office available
- Travel support during onboarding where required
Interview Process
- CV Review
- Online soft-skills assessment (30-45 minutes)
- Initial interview with Managing Director
- Final-stage presentation and panel interview

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Director of Quantitative Operations
London
£90000 - £100000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Director of Quantitative Operations
£100,000 + bonus |London – x2 days a week
A leading specialist research business is looking for a Director of Quantitative Operations to take ownership of a high-performing operational function and play a key role in the continued growth of the business.
This is a senior leadership opportunity, responsible for team performance, operational delivery, resource planning and client satisfaction, with oversight of a significant portfolio of projects.
You’ll lead and develop a sizeable team, improve processes and ways of working, ensure high standards of delivery and act as a senior point of contact for key clients and internal stakeholders. The role will also work closely with senior leadership on commercial performance, growth and longer-term departmental strategy.
We’re looking for an experienced Quantitative Research Operations professional, ideally from a healthcare, pharmaceutical or wider market research/insights environment. Strong people leadership, client management, organisational skills and commercial awareness are key.
The role could suit an experienced senior manager looking to take the next step into a Director-level position, as well as an established leader looking for a broader remit.
Up to £100,000 base + bonus – x2 days a week in London
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Data Delivery Manager
London
£450 - £500
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
ContractLondon
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£450-£500 per day
Inside IR35 |
London – 2/3 days per week
Contract until end of March 2027
The role will work across Data Product Management, Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Data Platform and Data Governance teams, alongside wider Technology and business stakeholders.
This is an end-to-end delivery role, responsible for bringing structure, pace and predictability to complex data initiatives. You won’t need to be technically hands-on, but you should have a good understanding of modern data/cloud environments and be comfortable working closely with technical teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic data projects from initial scoping and planning through to implementation and handover.
- Coordinate delivery across Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Data Platform, Product and business teams.
- Own project plans, milestones, resources, budgets, RAID and cross-team dependencies.
- Establish and manage appropriate project governance and Agile delivery ceremonies.
- Track delivery against scope, timelines, budgets and agreed outcomes.
- Provide clear reporting and updates to senior stakeholders.
- Manage resource requirements, risks, blockers and delivery dependencies.
- Coordinate third-party suppliers and delivery partners where required.
- Support continuous improvement of delivery processes and ways of working.
Experience Required
- Strong experience as a Data Delivery Manager, Data Project Manager, Data Programme Manager or similar.
- Proven delivery experience within Data & Analytics or a closely related technical environment.
- Experience working with Data Engineering, Data Platform, Analytics and/or Data Product teams.
- Experience within media, publishing, subscription, e-commerce or another fast-paced digital/consumer environment
- Strong Agile experience across Scrum and/or Kanban.
- Strong project planning, RAID, governance and dependency management.
- Experience managing budgets, resources and multiple workstreams.
- Excellent stakeholder management across technical and business teams.
- Familiarity with modern data platforms and cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
- Experience with Jira, Asana, Monday.com, Microsoft Project or similar.

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Web Analyst
Manchester
£30000 - £34000
+ Digital Analytics
PermanentManchester, Greater Manchester
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Web Analyst
£30,000 – £34,000
Hybrid – Manchester (2x days per week)
This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring Web Analyst to join a growing analytics function where you’ll work with GA4, SQL, BigQuery, and CRO initiatives to improve digital performance. You’ll gain hands-on exposure to experimentation, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven optimisation within a supportive and collaborative environment.
The Company
They are a large, established organisation with a strong focus on digital transformation, analytics, and continuous improvement. With a significant online presence and ongoing investment in data capabilities, they are committed to using insight to enhance customer experiences and business performance. Their Data & Insights team plays a key role in shaping digital strategy and driving evidence-based decision-making across the organisation.
The Role
You will support the web analytics and conversion rate optimisation function, helping stakeholders understand website performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
Responsibilities include:
- Analyse website performance and user behaviour using GA4
- Support A/B testing and experimentation programmes through data analysis and insight generation
- Evaluate test outcomes and provide recommendations to improve website performance
- Identify optimisation opportunities across digital customer journeys
- Query and manipulate data using SQL and BigQuery
- Produce reports, dashboards, and actionable insights for stakeholders
- Collaborate with digital, marketing, and product teams to support business objectives
- Utilise modern analytics and AI tools to enhance analysis and productivity
Your Skills & Experience
- Strong working knowledge of GA4
- Commercial experience within web analytics or a broader analytics role with exposure to digital data
- Good SQL skills and experience working with large datasets
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience translating data into actionable recommendations
Desirable:
- Experience with Google Tag Manager (GTM)
- Exposure to BigQuery
- Knowledge of CRO, experimentation, or website optimisation methodologies
What They Offer
- Salary of £30,000 to £34,000 depending on experience
- Hybrid working, with 2 days per week in their Manchester office
- Exposure to leading web analytics, experimentation, and optimisation projects
- Opportunity to develop expertise in GA4, BigQuery, SQL, and digital analytics
- Clear career progression within a growing analytics function
- Supportive team culture with investment in professional development and learning
How to Apply
If you’re looking to develop your career in web analytics and want to make a measurable impact through data-driven decision-making, please apply today.

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Director of Quantitative Operations
London
£90000 - £100000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Director of Quant Operations
London, Hybrid
Salary up to £100,000
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced quantitative operations leader to join a growing research organisation at a senior level. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping operational excellence, leading high-performing teams, and driving the successful delivery of complex quantitative research projects across international markets.
The Company
They are a well-established research and insights organisation that partners with a range of clients to deliver high-quality data and market intelligence. With a strong reputation for operational excellence, they combine innovative research methodologies with a collaborative and supportive culture. The business is committed to continuous improvement, professional development, and exceptional client service.
The Role
- Lead the day-to-day operations of the quantitative research function.
- Manage, coach, and develop a team focused on delivering high-quality quantitative research projects.
- Drive operational strategy, process improvements, and best practice across the department.
- Oversee project allocation, resource planning, and workflow management to ensure efficient delivery.
- Establish and maintain training, onboarding, and quality control processes.
- Ensure projects are delivered in line with relevant industry standards, regulatory requirements, and client expectations.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and clients, providing expert operational leadership.
- Monitor team performance, utilisation, and budgets to support business objectives.
Your Skills & Experience
- Strong commercial experience managing quantitative research operations or fieldwork teams.
- Proven leadership capability with experience developing and mentoring high-performing teams.
- Background within market research, insights, healthcare research, or a related data-focused environment.
- Strong project management and resource planning skills.
- Experience improving operational processes and driving efficiency.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
- Proficiency with research platforms and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
How to Apply
If you’re a strategic and operationally focused quantitative research leader looking for your next challenge, apply today to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

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