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Forward Role are excited to be partnering exclusively with a data‑driven technology business in Manchester. Director of Data, Analytics & Insight - Manchester  Due to continued growth, an incredibly exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate Director or Data, Analytics and Insights to join the talented team. This senior leadership role sits at the heart of a fast‑moving, data‑driven technology business, where data underpins product development, customer experience, operational performance, and commercial decision‑making. As Director of Data, you’ll shape how the organisation uses insight and technology to scale effectively and compete more intelligently. You’ll own the full data strategy across analytics, engineering, quality, governance, and emerging capabilities such as AI‑driven products and automation. You’ll be responsible for creating an insight‑led culture and ensuring teams across the business can access trusted, actionable data at pace. Your remit will span the full customer journey, covering digital performance, acquisition analytics, channel optimisation, forecasting, experimentation, and supporting operational teams with improved decisioning and performance frameworks. A major part of the role is connecting data with real commercial impact, using insights to influence growth, efficiency, customer outcomes, and product development. Role & Responsibilities Defining and delivering a scalable data strategy that accelerates analytics maturity. Championing data as a strategic asset across every business area. Building a roadmap that strengthens foundational data quality and supports AI‑enabled capabilities. Leading and developing multi‑disciplinary teams across analytics, insights, BI and data engineering. Ensuring analytics is deeply aligned with priorities from Product, Marketing, Sales and Operations. Driving modern analytical practices including attribution modelling, forecasting, experimentation, and digital performance analysis. Overseeing the architecture, reliability and performance of data platforms, pipelines and models. Embedding strong governance, documentation, modelling standards and security best practice. Reducing technical debt and ensuring high availability and stability of data systems. Supporting a wide range of use cases from automated reporting through to machine learning‑driven products. Translating complex insight into clear recommendations that influence trading, strategy and product decisions. Identifying opportunities for growth and operational efficiency through deeper customer and channel understanding. Building business cases, scenarios and forecasts to support commercial planning. Strengthening the accuracy and transparency of channel performance, attribution and investment evaluation. Maintaining high standards of data quality, lineage, privacy and compliance. Creating progression pathways, upskilling programmes and a culture of curiosity, collaboration and accountability. To succeed, you’ll combine strategic leadership with hands‑on credibility across both analytics and engineering. You’ll be comfortable operating in high‑volume, high‑availability data environments, and you’ll understand the commercial mechanics of digital‑first businesses. Most importantly, you’ll be excited by the opportunity to build, scale and shape the future of data in a growing organisation, unlocking new opportunities and maximising the value of the company’s data assets. APPLY NOW or email alicia@forwardrole.com  *Please note this role cannot offer sponsorship and you must be based in the North West*  As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

Im working with a hypergrowth business in Manchester who are looking for a Data Engineering Manager. They have new PE investment behind them and a major transformation project is underway. Data Engineering Manager (hands on) - Manchester This is a hands-on leadership role sitting at the centre of a significant data platform transformation. You will be running the data engineering squad, responsible for delivering the data infrastructure, pipelines, and reporting capabilities the wider business depends on. They are moving away from traditional batch processing toward a real-time, event-driven architecture and you will be leading that technical journey while keeping everything running reliably in the meantime. It is not a steady-state role there is a real mandate for change, proper investment to back it up, and a new Data Director coming in who wants to build something impressive. What’s in it for you? £88,000 Hybrid working, 3 days per week in Manchester City Centre 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, your birthday off, Enhanced parental leave Income protection for up to 5 years, life assurance at 3x salary, health cash plan, virtual GP and therapy access Gym discounts, cycle to work, free food and a Friday bar + much more. A genuine leadership seat at the table during a period of real transformation The chance to modernise a data platform from the ground up, event streaming, cloud-native, AI-ready Newly centralised data function with a clear path upward as it grows Must have: Cloud data engineering on AWS – this is non-negotiable People management and team leadership experience Strong SQL and T-SQL ETL/ELT pipelines, SSIS, Matillion or similar Data visualisation Infrastructure as Code awareness, Terraform or similar Stakeholder management  Nice to have: Real-time and event-driven data platform experience Lakehouse or cloud-native data platform architecture experience Data lakes, object storage, and large-scale analytical processing ML or advanced analytics exposure AWS security, networking and access control GDPR and data governance awareness Day to Day: Leading and developing your data engineering squad performance conversations, career development, day-to-day support Getting hands-on across pipelines, cloud infrastructure, transformation layers, and reporting Driving the migration toward real-time, event-driven data processing Keeping existing SQL Server environments stable and performant while the modern platform is built out Working closely with stakeholders across the business to understand requirements and deliver solutions Embedding good engineering practices CI/CD, IaC, Agile where they are not already in place Mentoring colleagues and helping to grow capability across the team Why it’s a good time to join them? The data, analytics and insights functions previously operated separately are being brought together for the first time under a single Data Director. That means you would be joining at the moment the foundation is being laid, not after the decisions have already been made. There is a signed-off transformation programme, a technical roadmap that includes real-time streaming, AI-readiness and a move toward a modern cloud platform, and senior leadership that genuinely values data. APPLY NOW with your CV or email alicia@forwardrole.com *Please note the role cannot offer sponsorship and is not suitable for those on short term visas* As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

Web Marketing Analyst – App, Digital & CustomerWe’re working with a data driven insurance business to hire a Web Marketing Analyst – App, Digital & Customer. This is a key hire within the Marketing team, focused on understanding what truly drives profitable, sustainable growth.The role sits across performance marketing, attribution, and back-end revenue insight, with real ownership over how marketing effectiveness is measured and communicated across the business. Marketing performance data currently sits across multiple platforms and touchpoints, this role will bring that together into a single, trusted view, enabling better decisions around channel investment, acquisition, customer value and retention. You’ll act as the go-to person for marketing analytics, working closely with marketing, data and commercial teams.The key areas covered: Digital performance (GA4, GTM – across web, app and paid channels)Attribution (cross-platform measurement – AppsFlyer / Firebase nice to have)Data & reporting (Power BI, SQL) What’s in it for you? Up to £75K DOERemote + flexible working (1 day/month in office)Training and development budget28 days holiday + bank holidaysPensionSocial incentives + more Role & Responsibilities: Owning web and performance analytics, ensuring GA4 and GTM are accurate, robust and continuously optimisedAnalysing digital performance across paid channels, with a focus on improving efficiency, conversion and ROIWorking across web, app and marketing data to understand cross-channel journeysEnsuring tracking accuracy across complex web and app journeysTaking ownership of attribution, understanding how different platforms measure performance and resolving discrepanciesSupporting the move towards more advanced, LTV-led measurementBuilding and maintaining dashboards covering CAC, LTV, ROAS and conversionWorking directly with data (including SQL where needed) to improve reporting accuracyDelivering customer and commercial insight through cohort and segmentation analysisSupporting marketing, pricing and product decisions with clear, data-led recommendationsAnalysing CRM and lifecycle performance to improve conversion, retention and reactivation Skills & Experience: 5+ years’ experience in marketing, digital or growth analyticsStrong hands-on experience with GA4 and GTM (essential!!)Experience analysing web/on-site, digital marketing and ideally app dataUnderstanding of cross-channel journeys and attributionExperience with paid media measurement (Google Ads, Meta etc.)Power BI (or similar reporting tools)Advanced Excel, SQL desirable but not essentialExposure to AppsFlyer or Firebase beneficial, but not requiredConfident communicator, able to explain insight clearly and work with senior stakeholders Apply now or email alicia@forwardrole.com*No sponsorship offered for this role, and you must be happy to commute to Manchester or London once a month*As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff. Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.