Principal Insight & Analytics Analyst

Job Description : The Principal Insight & Analytics Analyst is a senior subject matter expert responsible for shaping, leading and delivering advanced analytics products that influence strategic and operational decisions.

This is a highly visible, hands-on role that combines deep technical capability, squad delivery accountability, senior stakeholder engagement and mentoring. The Principal Analyst will also be embedded in the Player squad, acting as the trusted analytical "right hand" to their Business Partner and accountable for the quality and delivery of analytics within that squad.

This position plays a key role in a matrix operating model: setting the standards, coaching analysts and assuring analytical quality across squads, while partnering with the squad Business Partner to ensure analytics delivery is focused, impactful and aligned to business priorities.

Responsibilities Champion a culture of curiosity, technical excellence, responsible data use, commercial impact and continuous improvement. Raise the capability of the wider analytics community through technical guidance, peer review, reusable frameworks, documentation and knowledge sharing.

Shape squad and analytics roadmaps with Business Partners, helping prioritise work based on business value, technical feasibility, data readiness and strategic alignment. Collaborate closely with data engineering, data product and technology teams to ensure data infrastructure, pipelines and semantic layers support advanced analytical needs.

Translate complex data and modelling outputs into clear, compelling narratives tailored to executive, senior leadership and operational audiences. Define best practice for analytical methods, data modelling, experimentation, measurement, forecasting, segmentation and data storytelling across the team.

Apply advanced hands-on analytics using Python/R, SQL, Power BI and relevant statistical or machine learning techniques, ensuring outputs are robust, scalable, automated where appropriate and suitable for repeated business use.

Own and govern the end-to-end lifecycle of critical analytical products, from discovery and problem framing through to prototyping, productionisation, enablement and continuous improvement. Lead the strategy, design, development and delivery of high-impact insight-led analytics products that support key strategic and operational decisions.

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