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Birmingham / £55000 - £65000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

£55000 - £65000

Location

LOCATION

Birmingham

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Lead Analyst

£55,000-£65,000 + up to 20% bonus
UK - Remote (London office available, 2 days/week if local)

Are you an experienced Analytics professional looking to step into a true deputy leadership position within a high‑impact data team? I'm hiring for a Lead Analyst role at a large, mission‑driven organisation in the education space, working across international recruitment, marketing, and student progression. This is a role with real ownership, visibility, and progression within the analytics function.

You'll report into a Senior Data Analytics Lead who is balancing both strategic and hands‑on responsibilities, and now needs someone who can take the reins operationally, lead a small team, and elevate analytics maturity across the organisation.


What you'll be doing

  • Lead and mentor a small analytics team (2 Analysts + Data Executive), setting high standards for delivery.
  • Act as the primary analytics partner for Marketing, International Recruitment, Product, and Operations, turning data into decision‑ready insights.
  • Own BAU reporting across pipeline, conversion, enrolment performance, and agency activity.
  • Build robust Power BI data models and dashboards end‑to‑end - including semantic layers and scalable modelling patterns.
  • Partner with IT/Data Engineering to re‑engineer pipelines and align on data requirements as the business migrates to a new data platform.
  • Support ongoing migration projects (Looker/Tableau → Power BI; BigQuery → Fabric).
  • Improve KPI consistency, reporting standards, and analytics best practice across the function.
  • Contribute to early forecasting and predictive initiatives alongside Data Science.

What you bring

Must‑haves:

  • 5+ years in analytics/BI roles with proven team leadership experience.
  • Advanced SQL and the ability to review and coach others on code quality.
  • Power BI expertise, not just building dashboards, but modelling data end‑to‑end (semantic models, DAX, data modelling best practice).
  • Strong communication skills and confidence working with non‑technical stakeholders.
  • Experience delivering meaningful business impact (clear outcomes, not just outputs).

Nice to have (but not required):

  • Background working with marketing, recruitment, commercial, or customer‑facing teams.
  • Experience with data warehouses like BigQuery, Snowflake, Azure or similar.
  • Exposure to Looker, Tableau, or BI migration projects.

Why this role is great

  • High autonomy - you'll be the go‑to operational leader for analytics.
  • Strong progression - the Senior Lead was promoted quickly; this role is positioned as next in line.
  • Real impact - your insights influence student recruitment and global education access.
  • Modernisation roadmap - migration to Power BI and Fabric, re‑engineering pipelines, defining metrics.
  • Global exposure - stakeholders across multiple regions, plus travel opportunities.

Salary & package

  • £55,000-£65,000 base
  • Up to 20% bonus
  • Remote‑friendly, with London office options
  • Strong benefits and development support


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