Lead Data Analyst

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Lead Data Analyst

Salary: £70K - £90K


Location: Manchester (Hybrid)


Opportunity

We're working with a high-growth business that is scaling its data function to the next level. They are investing heavily in their product and data capabilities, as part of this investment, they are hiring a Lead Data Analyst to own experimentation and performance insight across their search ranking and personalisation systems.


Within this role as Lead Data Analyst, you will partner closely with cross‑functional teams to ensure product changes are properly tested, accurately measured, and clearly linked to business performance. This is a product‑focused analytics leadership position with a strong emphasis on experimentation and impact evaluation.


Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience in search optimisation, ranking systems, recommendation engines, or personalisation
  • Proven expertise in A/B testing
  • Commercial awareness
  • Strong SQL experience
  • Experience partnering with data scientists and engineering teams

This is an opportunity to have ownership. For consideration, please submit your CV.


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