Principal Expert - Data

Data Analytics Lead

Salary £60,000 - £82,500 | DOE | London

Working with a leading ethical consultancy operating in complex global environments, helping clients navigate fragile settings through trust, transformative change, and ten end-to-end services spanning the full programme and project cycle.

We are seeking a Data Analytics Lead to provide technical expertise, integrate analytics across programmes, and deliver standalone data-science and software projects worldwide. The role also supports organisational growth through project delivery, business development, and knowledge-sharing, collaborating closely with leadership to design projects and build strategic partnerships.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Data Analytics (DA) bids, with particular focus on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), for clients including Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and UK government partners.
• Develop innovative methodologies to address national security, humanitarian assistance, climate security, and conflict fragility.
• Engage clients, partners, and internal stakeholders to showcase DA capabilities and promote best practices.
• Provide technical and commercial oversight of projects, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to budgets, and measurable DA outcomes.
• Translate complex data methods for non-technical audiences, managing consortium relationships effectively.
• Drive consistency in DA integration across MEL and Research, Evidence, and Analysis (REA) proposals.

Essential Experience:

• 10+ years in international DA consultancy, with experience supporting UK and US government clients.
• Proven leadership in dashboards, data science products, and software solutions.
• Expertise across the research cycle: design, instrument development, sampling, and data collection.
• Strong quality control, programming, and data engineering skills, including Microsoft Azure.
• Broad understanding of machine learning and AI approaches.
• Exceptional communication skills with experience producing user-focused reports and advising non-technical clients.
• Familiarity with MEL and REA contracts.

This is a rare opportunity to join a business shaping social change globally. Interested candidates should contact .