Principal Data Analyst

Why Technology at loveholidays?

At loveholidays - we trailblaze together. 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.

Technology at loveholidays underpins our vision to become the global leader in packaged holidays. We drive cutting-edge innovation and technical excellence to futureproof the business. Our systems process trillions of daily holiday offers, we deploy over a thousand times a month, serving thousands of requests per second. This is where you can accelerate your growth by solving complex challenges and broadening your skillset.

Join us to create impact for our future in an exciting new chapter, owning your success and contributing to shared goals. We actively talk about technology and adhere to our key technology principles that have guided us this far. We are growing and have ambitious plans to expand across Europe, employing the best minds and technology to let us do this.

The impact you’ll have:

Reporting to the Head of Analytics, the Principal Analyst will lead a high performing team in delivering analytical solutions to strategic questions, analysing performance, and advising on day to day decision making.

Your day-to-day:

• Managing a team of 2 analysts working across multiple stakeholder groups including operations, commercial and platform

• Acting as the key analytics partner for the Supply domain (the commercial and technical engine that creates the perfect holiday for our customers)

• Levelling up analytical influence on the strategic and tactical decisions we make, leveraging data to deeply understand how to measure and optimise our performance for both Suppliers & Customers.

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

• Partnering with stakeholders to build the measurement frameworks that expose how our systems create value, and where there is opportunity for optimisation

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

Your skillset:

• Expert capabilities across analyst tooling - incl. SQL and experience with analytical engineering tools such as dbt

• Experience using a visualisation tool such as Tableau or Looker

• Experience leveraging AI tooling for delivery, with enthusiasm for transforming how we build and interact with data

• Extensive experience in Logistical or Operational Analytics

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

• A strong desire for agency, with the ability and desire to own projects from brief through to delivery, and proactively advise with insight

• Curiosity and the application of systems thinking to join the dots between different parts of the organisation

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

Desirable:

• Experience with a version control system such as git

• Experience of a programming language such as Python or R.
  

The interview journey:

1. Meeting with a member of the Talent team

2. 1st stage interview with two engineers from the team.

3. Tech challenge - you can choose between a live and take home option.

4. Final stage - consisting of discussions around three key areas.
   

Perks of joining us:

• 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.

• Ability to buy and sell annual leave.

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

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.