Analytics Engineer - Strategic Projects in London

hackajob is collaborating with Virgin Media to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. This is an analytics engineering role for someone who thrives on complex, high‑value work where the path forward is not always obvious. As an Analytics Engineer in Strategic Projects, you’ll sit at the heart of Virgin Media O₂’s data transformation, turning critical business priorities into trusted, reusable and decision‑ready data products.

You’ll be the person called on when the work is strategically important, crosses domains, or carries technical risk, using your judgement to make sure it’s built once, built well and built to last. In practice, you’ll translate broad and sometimes ambiguous business questions into certified business layers, robust transformation logic and clear semantic definitions. You’ll design and build analytics engineering solutions that support executive decisions, strategic products and data‑driven agents, while keeping governance, quality and reuse front of mind.

Working closely with Heads of Data, Data Product Owners, BI specialists and partner engineers, you’ll challenge weak assumptions, protect standards and share proven patterns back into the wider analytics engineering community so others can move faster without compromising quality.

Who we are

We’re a flexible‑first organisation, because we know people do their best work when they have choice and clarity. To support meaningful collaboration, we ask everyone to spend at least eight days a month connecting with each other in person. That doesn’t just mean time in the office - it could be team meetings, offsites, volunteering days, cross‑functional projects, or away days. What matters is making those moments count - so when we come together, it benefits everyone.

Accessible, inclusive and equitable for all

We believe a better tomorrow starts with the choices we make today. That means moving the dial on diversity, building equity into everything we do and putting inclusion at the heart of our business. Virgin Media O₂ is an equal opportunities employer and we work hard to remove bias and barriers. We want every person who joins us - and everyone thinking about joining us - to feel seen, heard and supported. When you work with us, you’ll have access to our award‑winning employee network groups. These communities bring people together, champion allyship and create uplifting spaces where you can learn, share and feel part of something bigger. They play a big role in helping people feel connected from day one.

The must haves

• Senior analytics engineering experience delivering data products or strategic data projects
• Strong hands‑on SQL and cloud data platform experience, ideally using BigQuery and dbt
• Proven ability to build certified, reusable business logic and semantic layers
• Solid understanding of data governance, quality, lineage and controlled release practices
• Experience working across business, product and engineering teams on complex initiatives

The other stuff we are looking for

• Experience supporting conversational analytics, AI agents or intelligent automation
• Familiarity with tools such as Atlan, Monte Carlo, Tableau or similar platforms
• Experience reviewing or overseeing partner delivery
• A background in defining or sharing reusable analytics engineering patterns
• Confidence operating in ambiguous problem spaces

What's in it for you

We know life isn’t just about work, so our benefits are built to support you in the moments that matter. You’ll get Bupa healthcare, wellbeing support, life cover, a pension and generous holiday – plus your birthday off. And there’s more. Enjoy some extra perks on us, with optional electric vehicle lease and Cycle2Work schemes, dental insurance, neurodiversity assessments, and brilliant discounts on broadband, TV and mobile. You’ll even get access to the Virgin Family platform and the O₂ Priority app, with exclusive rewards, experiences and chances to attend events at The O₂ and beyond.

Next steps

If this feels like a place where you can belong, we’d love to see what you can do. Once you apply, the next steps might include a call with a recruiter, a video interview, an interview with the hiring manager and a task or assessment. We’ll also ask about any adjustments you might need, and we’ll do our best to make them happen. We review applications and interview throughout the advert window, so it’s worth applying sooner rather than later. If you’re offered the role, the offer will be subject to background checks, including a criminal record check and, for some roles, a financial background check.