Principal Data Analyst

Jobs for Humanity is partnering with Love holidays to build an inclusive and just employment ecosystem. Therefore, we prioritize individuals coming from all walks of life.

Company Name: Love holidays

Why loveholidays?

At loveholidays, we’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers’ unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway. Our team is the driving force behind our role as our customers’ personal holiday expert - the smart way to get away.

The impact you'll have

Reporting to the Head of Analytics, the Principal Data Analyst will work and lead across a high performing team to deliver analytical solutions to strategic questions, analysing operational performance, and advising and supporting on day to day decision making.

Your day-to-day

• Managing a team of 4 analysts working across multiple stakeholder groups including product, marketing and trading. 


• Acting as the key analytics contact point for the leadership team for Selling (everything that happens up until to the point the customer books with loveholidays).


• Levelling up analytical influence on the customer experience as we drive towards data assisted decision making, leveraging data to deeply understand the causal drivers of performance and identifying opportunities to improve. 


• Setting standards for high quality visualisations and reports (we use Looker and Looker Studio).


• Working with stakeholders to define & measure the metrics that best enable us to understand the wins and opportunities within the business. 


• Working closely with analysts, engineers and commercial teams to ensure that data products meet the needs of stakeholders and reporting. 

Your skill set

• Expert capabilities across analyst tooling - incl. SQL and a programming language such as R or Python. 


• Experience using a visualisation tool such as Tableau or Looker. 


• Extensive experience in Marketing, Product or Commercial analytics. 


• Collaborative approach and good relationship builder - with proven experience of stakeholder engagement and a reputation for strategic thinking. 


• Ability and desire to own projects from brief through to delivery. 


• Curiosity and the ability to join the dots between different parts of the organisation. 


• Good knowledge of advanced analytical methodologies. 


• Experience leading small to medium sized teams of analysts in a fact paced environment. 

Desirable skills 

• Experience with a version control system such as git. 


• Experience of experimentation, attribution or marketing mix modelling. 


• Experience of analytical engineering - perhaps using a tool such as dbt.

Perks of joining us:

Other than an amazing environment for you to grow, have impact and show the world your incredible skills, we offer the following benefits:

• Company pension contributions at 5%


• Individualised training budget for you to learn on the job and level yourself up


• Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends


• 25 days of holidays per annum (plus 8 public holidays) increases by 1 day for every second year of service, up to a maximum 30 days per annum


• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave


• Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers

The interview process 

1. Talent Partner screening - 30 mins


2. 1st stage interview with Head of Data Analytics - 45 mins


3. Take home task


4. Technical interview with peers including task presentation - 1 hour 


5. Stakeholder interview with exec partner - 45 mins 

At loveholidays, we focus on developing an inclusive culture and environment that encourages personal growth and collective success. Each individual offers unique perspectives and ideas that increase the diversity and effectiveness of our teams. And we value the insight and potential you could bring on our continued journey.