Analytics Lead UK/Emerging

Salary: £63,000 - 103,000 per year

Requirements

• We want someone with mastery of SQL for data extraction and manipulation, with extensive experience as a technical practitioner in a stakeholder-facing role.
• We are looking for a commercial mindset and a deep understanding of SaaS business models and sales metrics.
• We need someone who can translate complex data into compelling stories that influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
• We value experience applying advanced statistical methodologies and analytics techniques to solve complex business problems.
• We are looking for an owner mindset, with the ability to proactively identify operational debt and advocate for system improvements to senior leadership.
• We value a demonstrated aptitude for coaching and mentoring peers to uplift the overall proficiency of the function.

Responsibilities

• We will ask you to act as the BI/Analytics Lead for the UK region and serve as a strategic intelligence hub for our sales teams.
• We want you to turn complex sales data into clear, actionable guidance that helps our sellers and managers identify operational insights and improve performance.
• You will develop and execute a regional analytics roadmap to support strategic decision-making and sales performance.
• You will build a suite of interactive dashboards and diagnostic reports using Tableau and other modern BI tools.
• You will innovate with our advanced tech stack, including Snowflake, DBT, and the integration of AI and Data Science.
• You will partner with senior stakeholders across Finance and Product to align competing priorities and drive critical company decisions.

Technologies

• AI
• Support
• Machine Learning
• SQL
• Snowflake
• Tableau
• dbt

More

We are Xero, a Great Place to Work UK accredited company, and this is a senior individual contributor role within our Sales Analytics & Insights team. Our global Sales Operations group is expanding across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and North America, and we work as a full-stack analytics team delivering governed data reporting, predictive modelling, and experimentation. We offer flexible working arrangements with a hybrid model that combines our modern office spaces and working from home, supported by boost days for connection and collaboration. This role is based in London at 7 Devonshire Square, and it sits within our Data, AI & Machine Learning department.

last updated 36 week of 2026