Data & Analytics Lead

**Data & Analytics Lead**

L.E.K. Consulting is a global strategy consulting firm that uses deep industry expertise and rigorous analysis to help business leaders achieve practical results with real impact. We are uncompromising in our approach to helping our clients to consistently make better strategic decisions, deliver improved business performance and create insights with impact.

The firm advises and supports global companies that are leaders in their industries - including the largest private and public sector organisations, private equity firms and emerging entrepreneurial businesses. We specialise in addressing key strategic and operational issues and in providing Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) support. We are experts across a wide range of sectors, including life sciences and healthcare, retail and consumer, financial services, industrials, energy and transportation.

Founded in London in 1983, L.E.K. employs more than 1,700 professionals across Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific.

**The opportunity**

L.E.K.’s Data and Analytics team works alongside and supports case teams in solving a range of analytical problems, enabling L.E.K. to provide clients with the best possible advice.

Our collaborative approach to analytics is unique: our consulting teams leverage a high-powered self-service toolkit to build the analysis that underpins our commercial recommendations. As part of our rapidly growing team, you will be working alongside experienced project teams to develop cutting edge solutions to our clients’ toughest commercial problems.

This role focuses on leveraging deep technical and commercial expertise alongside team management skills to support the overall delivery of analytics as part of casework and sales support, as well as growing our D&A service lines and L.E.K.’s D&A capability.

Day-to-day responsibilities and required skills include:
Senior member of the Data & Analytics practice, driving the sale and delivery of analytics work as well as contributing to overall strategy

Delivering modules of projects, focused on advanced analytics and D&A strategy

Supporting cases with analytical pathfinding, analytical approaches and execution

Contributing to sales process (proposals, discussion packs, workshops) to demonstrate L.E.K.’s D&A capabilities, including identifying opportunities to leverage D&A

Supporting, coaching and coordinating members of the D&A and project teams

Driving awareness of D&A capabilities, internally and externally

Helping drive thought leadership activities (e.g., Executive Insights)

You will be joining a growing team with strong senior sponsorship, with the opportunity to shape your role as you progress. The role also includes dedicated time to your own personal development goals, for which funding and other support is available.

**What we are looking for**

The Data & Analytics Lead role suits anyone with a passion to crack commercial and analytical problems and at least five years’ experience in doing so.

We work together in teams, so we look for those who can collaborate and communicate well. We look for those who will make an impact by being proactive and taking ownership of their work with energy and enthusiasm.

You should have a sense of intellectual curiosity that inspires you to develop and generate innovative answers to complex questions.

**Required**:
Knowledge of any of the following tools: Power BI, Looker, Qlik, Dataiku, RapidMiner etc., or languages such as Python, SQL or R

Deep commercial and strategy knowledge, ability to tackle complex problems and generate client impact

Strong communication skills to interact with a wide range of stakeholders

Strong project management skills including work planning, presentation development, quality control, and stakeholder management

Familiarity with a wide range of Data & Analytics tools and techniques

Strong knowledge of Machine Learning, databases and Web Analytics

5 years (or more) experience in using these skills to solve commercial problems

**Desirable**:
Previous experience in a similar capacity, working for a consultancy/strategy company

**Reasons to join L.E.K.**

Global firm spanning multiple sectors

Energetic, intelligent and enthusiastic colleagues

Dedicated time and support for development through both a firm-wide Professional Development programme and a personalised development plan

Automatic enrolment into valuable profit-sharing scheme

Range of office and team social events and activities