Description

JOB TITLE: Senior Data & Analytics Strategy Analyst

LOCATION: Chester or Manchester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in one of our office hubs mentioned above

About this opportunity

Lloyds Banking Group is on an ambitious path to transform how we Make Britain Prosper. We are still early in our journey to the cloud and are looking for driven individuals to help us to drive the change.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Data & Analytics Strategy Manager to lead and shape a brand-new team - redefining how we create our Credit Card product and pricing strategy. This team will enable transformative growth in Customer Relationships for one of the biggest Credit Card portfolios in the UK.

In this role you will lead the delivery of lightweight Python packages for business users as we seek our strategy to be limited by ideas not tools. This will require a hands-on individual that can deliver tested and version-controlled packages, focused on business delivery, whilst meeting governance expectations.

Day-to-day, you will:

Lead a team of 5 senior Analytics Engineers to deliver innovative tools that replace Excel models with Python tools to enable increased segmentation and speed-of-delivery

Define ways of working in your team - balancing delivery with high-quality code, focused on delivering business benefit

Uplift skills by providing training and support for the tools you build whilst defining a training agenda for analysts in the wider Credit Card team

Balance your time between supporting the team and remaining hands-on

Build and maintain relationships with partners across the organisation to understand business and customer requirements, and translate them into technical solutions

Showcase the value of your data products to both technical and non-technical audiences

Build a network of Data practitioners across Consumer Lending to influence the tools and platforms that Python developers use across the Group

Take responsibility for implementing the teams formal development framework with guidance from senior colleagues, while informally coaching others throughout the organisation in area of expertise and pursuing and investing in opportunities for own personal development.

What you’ll need:

Please keep in mind you do not need to be an expert in all the following areas – if you don’t meet all the criteria, you are still encouraged to apply! A strong will and can-do attitude can help overcome any areas where you might need some further work.

Proven experience of leading a team of Python developers

5-10 years of experience creating package-quality Python tools using key libraries (Conda, Pandas, NumPy, Sklearn)

Specialised in using GitHub within a development team

Experience within a cloud-based environment (ideally Google Cloud Platform)

Desirable:

Prior experience developing tools within Financial Services

Experience with Data Science techniques (e.g. statistical modelling, unsupervised or supervised Machine Learning)

A commercial understanding of interpreting product financials and Profit & Loss data

A broad understanding of the regulations and legal framework impacting the credit card industry

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want everyone to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

Share schemes including free shares!

Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.

30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.

We’d love to hear from you!

**In case of any queries please contact **

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.