Lead Analyst

UK – Remote (London office available, 2 days/week if local)

• Lead and mentor a small analytics team (2 Analysts + Data Executive), setting high standards for delivery.
• Act as the primary analytics partner for Marketing, International Recruitment, Product, and Operations, turning data into decision‑ready insights.
• Own BAU reporting across pipeline, conversion, enrolment performance, and agency activity.
• Build robust Power BI data models and dashboards end‑to‑end — including semantic layers and scalable modelling patterns.
• Partner with IT/Data Engineering to re‑engineer pipelines and align on data requirements as the business migrates to a new data platform.
• Improve KPI consistency, reporting standards, and analytics best practice across the function.
• Contribute to early forecasting and predictive initiatives alongside Data Science.

Must‑haves:

• 5+ years in analytics/BI roles with proven team leadership experience.
• Advanced SQL and the ability to review and coach others on code quality.
• Strong communication skills and confidence working with non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience delivering meaningful business impact (clear outcomes, not just outputs).

• Background working with marketing, recruitment, commercial, or customer‑facing teams.
• Experience with data warehouses like Fabric, Big Query, Snowflake, Azure or similar.
• Exposure to Looker, Tableau, or BI migration projects.

• High autonomy — you’ll be the go‑to operational leader for analytics.
• Strong progression — the Senior Lead was promoted quickly; this role is positioned as next in line.
• Real impact — your insights influence student recruitment and global education access.
• Modernisation roadmap — migration to Power BI and Fabric, re‑engineering pipelines, defining metrics.
• Global exposure — stakeholders across multiple regions, plus travel opportunities.

• Up to 20% bonus
• Remote‑friendly, with London office options