As our next Analytics and Experimentation Lead, you'll play a key role in helping us build the UK's go-to home improvement marketplace. Analytics tooling — including AI — is doing more of the heavy lifting on execution, and this role is the human layer above it: making sure the numbers are right.
This role is perfect for someone with data science experience who enjoys working with data scientists on building models and systems with huge impact but also wants to own the strategy and direction of their work and work closely with the C-suite on driving the company forward with more intelligent, data-driven systems
Forget long lists, here's what you'll actually spend your time on:
Owning metric integrity — defining and governing what our numbers actually mean, so no one downstream is making a call off a flawed definition or a dodgy query.
Acting as the quality gate on AI-generated analysis — checking the logic, validating the output, and catching errors before they ever reach a stakeholder.
Designing and interpreting A/B tests — setting the success metrics, sizing the sample properly, and knowing when a result is underpowered rather than just running with it.
Diagnosing what's actually driving commercial performance — why revenue is moving, where leads are dropping out of the funnel, which segments are underperforming — and turning that into a structured investigation with real hypotheses.
Turning analysis into action — sizing the commercial impact, laying out the trade-offs, and helping the business decide what to do differently, then tracking whether it worked.
Building interactive dashboards and self-serve tools that keep stakeholders oriented day-to-day, without an analyst needing to be in the loop every time.
It's not about ticking every box. It's about turning up curious, ready to crack on. You'll do well here if you bring:
A track record across all three layers — not just producing analysis, but diagnosing the cause and driving the action that actually changed the outcome.
The analytical foundation to sense-check AI-generated work — fluency with SQL and data concepts, so you know when an output is wrong before anyone else spots it.
Experience designing experiments and turning statistical findings into commercial recommendations that hold up under scrutiny.
A knack for explaining complex findings to non-technical audiences in a way that actually moves a decision — experience in a marketplace, subscription or lead-generation business, or with tools like Python, Tableau or Looker, is a bonus rather than a must.
We believe great work deserves great rewards. Here's just a taste:
Competitive salary + annual bonus
Employee Share Programme
Health, well-being and learning support
Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme
Birthday/Special day leave
Buy & sell holiday scheme
1 week's paid charity leave and much more!
How we'll get to know each other:
Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners
1st stage: interview with the hiring manager
2nd stage: interview consisting of two speed rounds with stakeholders
Final stage: panel interview including a short analysis case study
If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we'd love to hear from you, even if you don't tick every box.
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At the moment, this role isn’t open to visa sponsorship applications.
About us
We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.
We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in.
Skills Required
- Proven track record across analysis, diagnosing causes, and driving actions that changed outcomes.
- Fluency with SQL and core data concepts to sense-check outputs.
- Experience designing, sizing, and interpreting A/B tests and experiments.
- Ability to translate statistical findings into commercial recommendations and explain to non-technical audiences.
- Experience building interactive dashboards and self-serve analytics tools for stakeholders.
- Experience with Python, Tableau, Looker, or marketplace/subscription/lead-generation businesses (bonus).
What We Do
Checkatrade is one of the UK’s top online marketplaces for home improvements and repairs. Our mission is to be the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with trades and tools to make home improvements easy – because we believe safe and happy homes improve lives, support livelihoods, and build communities. From our humble beginnings in 1998 to becoming a national household name, we’re on an exciting journey. For more than 25 years Checkatrade has stood for reputation and raising standards – whether that is for our trade members, consumers, or our colleagues. We think big and are passionate about changing the face of home improvements and repairs. Today, we are a modern online marketplace and a force for good. We strive every day to support people to improve their homes and we don’t settle for the status quo – we are evolving, innovating, and growing. With generous investment from private equity partners Brookfield, we have an ambitious growth plan and a robust roadmap to get there. Led by our values – Be All In, Always Customer Obsessed, Get It Done, Be Bold, and Do The Right Thing – we are 500 high-performing individuals working across the UK, with high-spec offices in London and Portsmouth. We are here to be the best and inspire others to do the same, and to get there we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people – so if that sounds like you, you couldn’t join at a better time!
