Analytics Manager - Retail Transformation / Data Analytics
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 29 September 2025
Requisition ID: 400020906
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK with one of the largest websites. So marketing here really happens at scale. We move a lot faster than you’d think too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, Insights, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. More people shopping with us each week means more interactions. And thanks to data insight, we understand customers in a way that almost nobody else does. We work alongside incredible brand partners and the best agencies around. So if you have a passion to learn, grow and experience new teams, come and explore it all with us.
Analytics Manager, Retail Transformation Analytics – London/Hybrid Working
Why join us
We’re a business serving millions of customers a day, with the UK’s largest loyalty scheme and an ever-evolving set of digital platforms. All this equals over 1.2 billion transactions a year, presenting a volume, depth, and complexity of data that few can match.
We don’t think we’re exaggerating when we say we have the most exciting data set in the country. We’ve got data from billions of transactions for our teams to play with. From it, we build scalable, high-performance products using cutting-edge technology that give our customers an amazing experience. In an inclusive, agile environment, you’ll have the space to be curious, to experiment, and solve real-world challenges. And you’ll get to see the output of your work in the hands of millions of people across the UK.
In the Sainsbury’s Retail Transformation Analytics team, we’re embarking on a major transformation, and you’ll stretch the imagination of what the power of data and insights can bring to how we do things. You’ll unlock value and use your intense curiosity to find creative ways to land impactful solutions that directly support Sainsbury’s Next Level strategy. Working closely with members of the Pay & Get, Labour, Retail Transformation & In Store teams.
What you'll do
As the Analytics Manager in the Retail Transformation Analytics team at Sainsbury's, you will lead a high-calibre team of Analysts and develop solutions that automate decision-making across the business. Serving as the retail analytics subject matter expert, you will leverage Sainsbury's data assets to support the realisation of the Sainsbury's Next Level strategy. Through collaborative relationships with stakeholders, you will champion a data-driven approach to requirements gathering and analysis, ensuring high-quality, accurate outputs that uncover actionable insights within the data. Additionally, you will work closely with engineering teams to deploy solutions efficiently, uphold development standards, and advocate for good practises in analytics, ethics, governance, security, and assurance.
Who you are
As an Analytics Manager for Sainsbury's Retail Transformation Analytics team, you are a strategic and innovative leader with a passion for leveraging data insights to drive impactful solutions that support the business strategy. With a strong background in managing high-performing analytical teams and utilising core technologies such as Python, SQL, and GitHub, you excel in translating complex data into actionable insights and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. Your inquisitive nature, coupled with your exceptional communication skills and ability to navigate ambiguity, enables you to champion analytics excellence, drive real change, and uphold the highest standards of data governance within a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable experience leading analytics teams, including coaching and upskilling team members through the full analytics lifecycle (scoping, research, development, deployment).
- Proven proficiency in core analytics technologies, specifically Python, SQL, and GitHub, with practical experience in developing and deploying analytics solutions.
- Ability to deliver impactful data storytelling, clearly articulating analytical insights to influence business decisions and drive measurable change.
- Track record of collaborating with engineering teams to deploy analytics solutions into technical systems for operational impact.
- Working knowledge of data governance principles, including ethics, security, and assurance, with evidence of applying these in a business context.
This role will be closed early if we receive high volumes of applications.
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
