Lead Product Analyst

Job Title: Lead Product Analyst

Salary + Benefits: £90,000 to £115,000 base salary, Up to 30% annual bonus, Up to 30% share options

Location: London, 3 days per week onsite

The Role

This is a senior leadership position within Product Analytics, aligned to one of two core product domains. You will manage 2 Product Analysts, while remaining deeply hands on. The split is approximately 60% individual contributor and 40% team leadership. You will partner closely with Product, Credit Risk, Finance and Marketing, ensuring analytics is not simply reporting performance but actively driving commercial strategy.

The Responsibilities

• Lead the product insights function covering customer spend behaviour, issuing, acquiring and repayment management
• Translate complex behavioural and financial data into actionable product recommendations
• Identify headroom in customer spend and optimise revenue, retention and risk trade offs
• Design and implement robust experimentation frameworks including A/B testing and post launch impact measurement
• Define and maintain company level metrics in partnership with Data Platform teams, contributing to a clear single source of truth
• Evaluate success of major product initiatives
• Influence senior stakeholders and embed data driven decision making across product and commercial teams
• Mentor and develop two Product Analysts, setting standards for technical excellence and commercial thinking

Requirements

• 6+ years experience in product analytics within a high growth or scale up environment
• 2+ years experience leading or mentoring analysts
• Advanced SQL skills and strong Python capability
• Deep experience in customer segmentation, experimentation design and data modellingStrong commercial acumen with the ability to articulate credit risk trade offs and revenue impact
• Background in payments, credit, subscription or regulated financial services environments preferred
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining technically hands on
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills