Digital Futures

Technology training and diversity-focused talent pipeline

Principal Data Analyst

Data AnalysisConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeLondon, UKNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Significant experience in data analysis, business intelligence or analytics roles, ideally within consulting or complex organisations.
Strong SQL skills and experience with business intelligence and visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Looker.
Solid understanding of analytical techniques and descriptive statistics, including applying them in business contexts.
Experience defining and managing metrics, key performance indicators and performance reporting.
Ability to structure ambiguous problems, prioritise questions and design clear analytical approaches.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and delivery of analytical projects, dashboards and reports that address key business questions.
Work with stakeholders to understand decisions, define metrics and translate needs into analytical requirements.
Explore and interpret data to generate insights, identify trends and highlight risks or opportunities.
Establish and promote standards for reporting, data visualisation, metric definitions and self-service analytics.
Mentor analysts across teams, review their work and provide guidance on analytical techniques and storytelling.
Partner with data engineering and data architecture teams to ensure data foundations support analytical needs.
Act as an insight partner, influencing decisions rather than only producing reports.
Understand business context and investigate why data shows particular outcomes, not only what it shows.
Tailor clear and concise messages to different audiences.
Advocate for data quality and clarity by challenging unclear or inconsistent metrics.
Collaborate proactively to identify where analytics can add value.

Digital Futures is seeking a Principal Data Analyst to lead analytical work that enables evidence‑based decision‑making for clients, focusing on clear insight, reporting and decision support. The role bridges business questions and data, ensuring stakeholders have trusted, actionable information.

Key responsibilities

Lead the design and delivery of analytical projects, dashboards and reports that address key business questions.
Work with stakeholders to understand decisions, define metrics and translate needs into analytical requirements.
Explore and interpret data to generate insights, identify trends and highlight risks or opportunities.
Establish and promote standards for reporting, data visualisation, metric definitions and self‑service analytics.
Mentor analysts across teams, reviewing work and providing guidance on analytical techniques and storytelling.
Partner with data engineering and data architecture teams to ensure data foundations support analytical needs.

Skills & experience

Significant experience in data analysis, BI or analytics roles, ideally within consulting or complex organisations.
Strong SQL skills and experience with BI/visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Looker or similar).
Solid understanding of analytical techniques, descriptive statistics and how to apply them in business contexts.
Experience defining and managing metrics, KPIs and performance reporting.
Ability to structure ambiguous problems, prioritise questions and design clear analytical approaches.
Excellent communication skills, both in written outputs and verbal presentations.

Behaviours & mindset

Acts as an insight partner, focused on influencing decisions rather than just producing reports.
Curious about the business context and motivated to understand “why”, not just “what” the data shows.
Clear and concise communicator, tailoring messages to different audiences.
Advocates for data quality and clarity, challenging unclear or inconsistent metrics.
Collaborative and proactive in identifying where analytics can add value.

What's in it for you?

Tailored professional development plan and upskilling
Ability to make an impact at Digital Futures while it is in a period of accelerated growth
Access to our employee benefits, discounts and perks platform
Pension contributions
Wellbeing budget
Competitive salary
Hybrid working model with required office working days

Digital Futures is a mission-led technology services company specialising in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

We have reimagined how capability is built in the age of AI, disrupting outdated workforce and education models, placing ambition at our core.

We’re building the workforce of the future, leveraging the power of AI to drive innovation and inclusive growth.

We are creating a company that matters: one where pride is a strategic asset and our collective impact is measured in enduring outcomes – opportunity created, futures transformed, advantage secured.

About the Company

Digital Futures

Technology training and diversity-focused talent pipeline

Digital Futures is a UK-based technology training and services provider focused on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the tech sector. It helps people from diverse backgrounds gain the skills and confidence to start tech careers, and it builds diverse, high-performing teams for employers. Core offerings include training programs and the Digital Futures Academy, which emphasizes potential over background to unlock talent and create a pipeline of skilled graduates for companies. The model earns revenue from training programs and employer partnerships that hire its graduates. Unlike others, Digital Futures centers social mobility and inclusion as its primary goal, aiming to move individuals into tech roles and develop future leaders in innovative UK companies.

Company size: Not listed
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2020

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