Job Description
Up to £55,000UK - Remote (Sheffield team day every 1-2 months, travel paid)Reports to: Head of Commercial Insights
This is a brilliant opportunity to join a fast-scaling marketplace in the education sector. With a brand-new Head of Commercial Insights in place, the business is rebuilding its entire data stack - from pipelines to dashboards to the semantic layer - and this hire will play a critical role in shaping how analytics operates moving forward.
If you enjoy a mix of BI development, data modelling, product analysis, and commercial partnering, this role gives you autonomy, impact, and the chance to help define what "good" looks like inside a data-hungry organisation.
Where you fit
You'll be the go-to analyst for building the foundations of reporting and insight. Expect a blend of hands-on SQL modelling, BI development, stakeholder discovery, and behavioural analysis.
The company is small (under 100 people), the appetite for data is huge, and you'll sit at the centre of decision-making across product, commercial, and operations.
What you'll be doingCore analytics + modelling
* Build data models (SQL, star schemas, semantic-layer-ready tables).
* Work with GCP + dbt pipelines (with support from a dedicated data engineer).
* Turn messy spreadsheets into clean, reliable, automated reporting.
BI development
* Build dashboards in Omni.
* Define the KPIs that matter, not just what stakeholders ask for.
Product & commercial insight
* Analyse behaviour across a two-sided marketplace.
* Look at retention, lifetime value, drop-off patterns, and behavioural red flags.
* Do exploratory ad-hoc analysis to uncover trends and opportunities.
Stakeholder partnership
* Work directly with the Head of Commercial Insights and senior leaders.
* Gather requirements, challenge assumptions, and translate business questions into data logic.
* Balance building, analysis, and advising the business (roughly 2/3 build, 1/3 insight).
What you bring
Must-haves
* 3-5 years' experience across BI / product analytics / commercial analytics.
* Strong SQL (modelling, joins, transformations).
* Experience with 2+ BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI, etc.).
* Understanding of data modelling (star schemas, semantic layers).
* Strong communication skills and ability to bridge business data.
* Adaptable mindset - someone who can pick things up fast and challenge product/commercial thinking.
Nice-to-haves
* Experience in marketplaces, EdTech, consumer apps, or retention-focused products.
* Familiarity with GCP/dbt pipelines.
* Behavioural / lifecycle analytics experience.
Why this role
* Shape the data foundations of a scaling company.
* Huge variety: modelling, dashboarding, product analytics, commercial insight.
* Modern BI stack (Omni)
* Fully remote with occasional team days in Sheffield (all paid).
* Real ownership in a business that genuinely wants data.