Lead Data Analyst
OUR MISSION
To become the car-changing destination of choice. By combining technology, media and deep automotive expertise, we've turned how people buy, sell, advertise and lease cars on its head.
What started as a simple reviews site is now one of the largest online car-changing destinations in Europe. Last year alone we grew over 50% with nearly £3bn worth of cars bought on site, while £1.8bn of cars were listed for sale through our Sell My Car service.
In 2024 we went big and acquired Autovia - creators of AutoExpress and Evo magazines - doubling our audience overnight. Together we now have one of the biggest YouTube channels in the world with almost 10m subscribers and over 1.1 billion annual views, while we sell 1.2 million print copies of our magazines and have an annual web content reach over 350million.
And we’re a long way from done!
ANALYTICS @ CARWOW
Want to make your mark within a fast-moving industry? We are seeking a highly motivated and detail oriented Lead Data & Insight Analyst to join our Central Insight & Analytics team here at carwow. You will play a key role in improving our proposition for users on both sides of our marketplace, through analysing and interpreting data to provide actionable insights, and developing crucial business reporting to contribute to our data driven decision making. You will utilise your commercial awareness and analytical expertise to discover the insights that change the status quo and accelerate the growth of the company exponentially.
The role sits within the Analytics & Data Science team and will be partnering with stakeholders from across the organisation, delivering the most impactful analysis by fully understanding business questions and problems that we need to solve.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
Strategic Analytical Partner: Act as a key advisor to Commercial, Product, and Marketing leaders, helping them define the insights needed to guide our growth.
Empower & Mentor: Directly lead and coach a small team of high-performing analysts, helping them sharpen their technical skills and master softer skills too.
Proactive Roadmap Ownership: Move beyond reactive requests to shape and deliver quarterly analytical roadmaps that tackle the business’s most complex challenges.
Drive Commercial Impact: Use your analytical expertise to proactively identify revenue opportunities, cost efficiencies and influence strategic decisions across our marketplace.
Raise the Bar: Set the standard for analytical excellence at Carwow, collaborating with Data Engineering and Data Science to deliver high-quality solutions.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
Analytical Leadership: Proven experience not just performing analysis, but guiding others and influencing senior stakeholders with data.
Technical Excellence: Advanced SQL skills and working knowledge of statistical techniques are a must, and you should be comfortable using (or leading teams that use) Python to deepen analysis.
Commercial Mindset: You have a deep understanding of marketplace dynamics and a passion for seeing your insights translate into bottom-line business growth.
Complex Problem Solving: You thrive on ambiguity and can break down high-level business problems into structured, executable analytical projects.
AI Champion: You actively leverage AI tools to accelerate your own output and you help to drive wider productivity and efficiency gains through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
Exceptional Communication: You can translate complex data into clear, persuasive narratives for stakeholders at all levels, ensuring insights are understood and acted upon.
Commercial & Marketing Synergy: While your core strength is commercial, an understanding of marketing analytics is a significant plus.
Desirable Experience: While not required, experience with web analytics tools (like Google Analytics or Amplitude) or working within a marketplace/automotive environment is a definite plus.
*Please note: We know that no candidate will be the perfect match for all we've listed in this posting, so we’d encourage you to apply if you feel you're close to the brief but not an exact match.
INTERVIEW PROCESS
Step 1: Talent Screening
Step 2: Hiring Manager Interview
Step 3: Take-Home SQL Test
Step 4: Technical Task with Presentation
Step 5: Values Interview
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
Hybrid working
Competitive salary to fund that dream holiday to Bali
Matched pension contributions for a peaceful retirement
Share options - when we thrive, so do you!
Vitality Private Healthcare, for peace of mind, plus eyecare vouchers
Life Assurance for (even more) peace of mind
Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner
Enhanced holiday package, plus Bank Holidays
28 days annual leave
1 day for your wedding
1 day off when you move house - because moving is hard enough without work!
For your third year anniversary, get 30 days of annual leave per year
For your tenth year anniversary, get 35 days of annual leave per year
Option to buy 3 extra days of holiday per year
Work from abroad for a month
Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave, fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies
Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees for little ones
The latest tech (Macbook or Surface) to power your gif-sending talents
Up to £500/€550 home office allowance for that massage chair you’ve been talking about
Generous learning and development budget to help you master your craft
Regular social events: tech lunches, coffee with the exec sessions, lunch 8 learns, book clubs, social events/anything else you pester us for
Refer a friend, get paid. Repeat for infinite money
Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.