Lead Data Analyst

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LEAD DATA ANALYST

HYBRID – LONDON – 4 days a week in the office

THE COMPANY

This sports agency works with some amazing names in the industry across football, cricket, and motorsports, and now they are looking for a Lead Analyst!

THE ROLE

As a Lead Analyst, you can expect to be involved in the following:

  • Sitting within their analytics function, you will work closely with their strategy team, as well as engineers and data scientists
  • Delivering audits of sports businesses’ data to identify gaps and deliver insights
  • Creating bespoke analytics projects such as ticket pricing, segmentations, etc
  • Being hands-on with data and managing an analyst
  • Juggling 3-4 projects at a time

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • SQL experience is required
  • Dashboarding experience is needed
  • Experience working on bespoke analytics projects (segmentations, LTV, churn, pricing, etc)
  • Industry experience isn’t needed
  • GA4 experience is a plus
  • Passion needed for sports/scale-up environments

BENEFITS

  • Salary up to £80,000
  • Great opportunity to lead on big-name clients in sports
  • Plenty of opportunity to progress within the business

How to apply

Express your interest by sending your CV to Theo via the apply link on this page

Seniority level

  • Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Employment typeFull-time

Job function

  • Job functionAnalyst
  • IndustriesSpectator Sports and Advertising Services

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