Head of Data, Analytics & Insights, Unbiased
2-3 days a week in office
A digital platform matching consumers to financial advisers
Open for applications
A digital platform matching consumers to financial advisers
21-100 employees
Open for applications
2-3 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
Empowering everyone to make confident financial decisions
Role
Who you are
- You’ll be a strategic player-coach who is experienced in having strategic discussions and also comfortable with being hands-on
- 10+ years’ experience in data, with at least 3-5 years in management and leadership roles
- Strong applied econometrics skills, including experience using statistical models to forecast performance and analyse customer and market behaviour
- Proven experience in a two-sided marketplace, with an understanding of consumer and customer behaviour, supply/demand modelling, marketplace economics and marketplace metrics (incl capacity modelling, demand forecasting, dynamic balancing)
- Data science, AI/ML experience
- Statistical and analytical skills including; experimental design, predictive modelling, pricing & elasticity modelling, segmentation and funnel analytics for multi-stage interactions
- Proven experience designing and scaling data architecture, analytics, and governance in a SaaS or tech-driven environment
- Hands-on skills in modern data stacks e.g., cloud warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, BI tools, specifically Looker
- Strong stakeholder management - able to translate data insights into business impact and communicate with execs, engineers, and non-technical teams
- Track record of building and developing high-performing data teams
Desirable
- Experience in SaaS or fintech (in addition to marketplace)
- Familiarity with outcome-based analytics in B2B products
- Demonstrable experience of data monetisation and opportunity discovery
- Knowledge of A/B testing and Google Analytics
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Head of Data & Analytics to shape how Unbiased will use data to grow our business over the next five years. This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for shaping our data strategy, developing an existing high-performing team, and ensuring data is a core asset driving both internal decision-making and customer value
- AI is a core part of our strategy, so you will be both experienced with and excited by AI and the commercial opportunities it brings.
- You’ll work closely with the senior leadership team along with being a key partner for our marketing, commercial, finance and product teams
- Define and own the company-wide data & analytics strategy
- Partnering with relevant teams to ensure we leverage ML & AI to create opportunities with our data for commercial outcomes
- Develop and scale a high-performing data function (engineering, analytics, science)
- Act as a thought leader on data maturity and governance, championing a data-driven culture across the company
- Partnering with product management to productise data for commercial outcomes and bring it to market
- Drive innovation in how Unbiased accesses and benefits from their data (e.g., benchmarking, predictive insights, anomaly detection)
- Responsible for the overall data architecture and pipelines to support current and future needs
- Ensure best practices in data governance, quality, security, and compliance e.g. GDPR, ISO standards
- Own relationships with relevant technology vendors and manage data platforms and tools
- Deliver actionable insights that guide strategic and operational decisions
- Partner with commercial, product, and customer success teams to improve performance through data
- Lead the development of dashboards, reporting, and self-service analytics capabilities
- Mentor and inspire data professionals, creating a culture of excellence and curiosity
- Balance strategic vision with hands-on leadership, especially in the early stages of building the function
Salary benchmarks
Our take
When it comes to life's big decisions, finding the right advice can make all the difference. Unbiased aims to connect people with professionals that are objective when offering advice.
Unbiased lists nearly 30,000 IFAs, financial advisers, mortgage advisers and accountants, and between them, Unbiased’s advisers manage over £20B of assets. All the experts listed with the company are regulated by the relevant official bodies, appropriately qualified and independent of product providers. Consumers searching on Unbiased can refine their search by area of expertise, gender, payment options, advice areas, level of wealth, qualifications, accreditations and more. Alternatively, they can be matched automatically with the best local adviser, usually within 48 hours.
The company received series A funding at a time of rapid growth. Unbiased is becoming a prominent solution for advertisers to grow their businesses. VC funding in 2022 supported the growth of Unbiased's team, its financial advice marketplace, and international presence.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$5m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jan 2020
$7.3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $12.3m
Company benefits
- Holiday: you’ll be allocated plenty of holiday to ensure that you have enough time to recharge, work-life balance is super important to us here
- Flexible working: we’ll work with you to find the balance of office-based work and remote working
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Life insurance
- Brilliant Pension Contributions: We go above and beyond when it comes to helping you to save for your future
- Investment in your Development: Alongside in-house training, you’ll be allocated £1,000 a year to invest in your career development
- Investment in your Wellbeing: Your wellbeing is a top priority for us, and you’ll be able to benefit from fully paid subscription to Calm, our favourite Wellbeing App
- Social Events: We’re a social bunch so you can expect plenty of activities based in and around our vibrant office in the heart of Farringdon
- Flexible working: we’ll work with you to find the balance of office-based work and remote working
Company values
- Be relentless about progress
- Enjoy the journey
- Share and seek input
- Own it and get it done
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Leadership
Karen Barrett
(CEO)Previously Member of the Retail Market Advisory Board and Member of the Communication Council at Standard Life. Outside of Unbiased, sits on the Advisory Board of Money Marketing and is part of the Mentor2mentee network.
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