Growth Data Science & Analytics Lead (Maternity Cover)

Growth Data Science & Analytics Lead (Maternity Cover)

London, Hybrid

The role

Our Growth Data Science & Analytics function sits at the heart of Prolific and owns Prolific's growth framework. The role answers questions like: where are our biggest opportunities, what's constraining our growth, and where should we invest next? This ex Co facing leadership position requires you to manage a team of three embedded data scientists & analysts, own the analytics roadmap across our business verticals, and serve as the senior data voice in cross functional and ExCo level conversations.

What you'll be doing in the role

Team leadership & project oversight

• Lead and manage a team of three embedded data scientists & analysts
• Own weekly planning, prioritisation, and delivery oversight across the team's workstreams
• Act as line manager and primary point of escalation, supporting individual contributor development and day to day work
• Manage intake processes and stakeholder expectations across business verticals

Stakeholder & ExCo reporting

• Serve as the senior analytics partner to the Executive Committee, presenting data led insights on marketplace health, revenue performance, and growth
• Own and maintain key reporting surface across our BI infrastructure
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear, measured narratives for senior audiences
• Build trusted relationships with cross functional partners across all functions

What you'll bring to the role

• Leadership Experience: Proven experience leading a data and analytics team, ideally in a marketplace or platform business, and managing and developing analysts and data scientists at different seniority levels
• Commercial Instinct: Strong commercial instincts - you understand how data connects to business outcomes and can communicate that to non technical leaders
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting to or advising executive teams
• Analytical Rigor: Hands on SQL proficiency - comfortable getting into the detail when needed
• Comfortable picking up mid flight work and operating without a long handover runway
• Prior experience in a scale up or growth stage company is a plus