At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to transform data into actionable insights for better decision-making.
- Company: Fast-scaling international marketplace investing in data-driven strategies.
- Benefits: Generous salary, 25 days holiday, private healthcare, and a dog-friendly office.
- Other info: Enjoy a vibrant workplace culture with volunteer days and an active social calendar.
- Why this job: Shape the future of data in a dynamic environment and influence key business decisions.
- Qualifications: Strong analytics experience, leadership skills, and proficiency in SQL or Python.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 100000 £ per year.
Brighton, hybrid, 2 days per week onsite
£90,000 - £100,000 base salary
Hybrid working, 2 days per week in Brighton
25 days holiday plus bank holidays & more
We’re supporting a fast-scaling, international marketplace business that is investing heavily in how data is used across the company. This is not a “more dashboards” type of role. It is a senior insight and data leadership position focused on improving the quality of commercial decision-making across customer, pricing, marketing and finance. You’ll lead the central analytics and insight capability, manage and develop a small team, and help shape how the business moves towards a more modern, AI-enabled, democratised approach to data. The role sits at the centre of a growing hub-and-spoke data model, working closely with embedded data roles in product/platform squads while owning the central foundations: certified metrics, semantic layers, trusted insight, governance, standards and decision-support.
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading and developing a team of data specialists
- Partnering with senior commercial stakeholders across customer, pricing, marketing and finance
- Turning ambiguous business questions into clear, actionable insight
- Owning trusted data foundations, including certified metrics, semantic layers and insight standards
- Supporting AI and LLM-enabled access to data, with the right guardrails in place
- Driving better data culture, stronger decision-making and sharper commercial recommendations
- Helping shape a wider data community of practice as the business scales
We’re looking for someone with:
- Strong experience across analytics, insight, decision science or applied data
- Proven experience leading, coaching and growing data teams
- Strong SQL and/or Python capability
- A good understanding of the modern data stack across analytics, engineering, insight and advanced analytics
- Commercially focused stakeholder management experience
- The ability to tell the story behind the data and influence senior decision-makers
- Experience operating across multiple internal functions with competing priorities
Bonus points for experience with:
- Semantic layers, metrics layers or LLM-over-warehouse capability
- Marketplace, e-commerce or consumer-facing businesses
- Experimentation, A/B testing or decision science in a product/commercial setting
- Helping a data team move from traditional analytics towards a more full-stack model
- Hub-and-spoke data structures or embedded data roles
Package and benefits include:
- Wellbeing day
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Private healthcare
- EAP and employee discounts
- Learning and development support
- Volunteer days
- Dog-friendly office and active social calendar
This would suit a senior data leader who enjoys being close to the business, can raise the standard of insight across multiple functions, and wants to play a key role in shaping how data works in a scaling marketplace environment.
Senior Insight Lead in Eastbourne employer: Burns Sheehan
Join a dynamic and fast-scaling international marketplace business in Brighton, where you will lead a talented team of data specialists and play a pivotal role in enhancing commercial decision-making through innovative data practices. With a strong emphasis on employee wellbeing, including 25 days holiday, private healthcare, and a dog-friendly office, we foster a collaborative work culture that prioritises personal growth and development. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of data in a supportive environment that values your contributions and encourages a modern, AI-enabled approach to analytics.
