Job Description

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Data Analytics Manager

About the role

Are you an inspiring data leader who thrives on developing people, shaping culture, and driving strategic impact across an organisation? This could be the perfect role for you.

Data Analysis is at the core of our UK business, delivering critical insights that influence strategic direction and enable information‑driven decisions. In this role, you will lead and nurture a high‑performing team, set the vision for analytical excellence, and ensure our data community continues to grow in capability, cohesion, and influence.

You will combine strong technical understanding with exceptional leadership, guiding teams through complex, high‑risk work while fostering an environment where people feel supported, empowered, and motivated to deliver their best.

What You’ll Do

On any given day, you’ll operate across leadership, strategy, technical oversight, and organisational influence. Your responsibilities will include:

• Team Leadership & Development – Leading, mentoring, and developing a diverse team of analysts. Creating an environment where people feel supported, challenged, and able to grow their skills and careers.
• Strategic Direction & Prioritisation – Setting the agenda for key analytical workstreams, ensuring the team focuses on the highest‑value problems and delivers outcomes aligned to business priorities.
• Technical Oversight of Complex Delivery – Providing direction and governance on the most complex, high‑risk technical work. Ensuring solutions are robust, scalable, well‑architected, and aligned to best practice. Acting as the escalation point for technical judgement calls.
• Driving Advanced Analytical Solutions – Leading the design and delivery of sophisticated data products, models, and analytical frameworks that enable the business to make smarter, faster decisions.
• Stakeholder Influence & Relationship Building – Acting as a trusted partner to senior leaders, shaping decisions through clear, compelling insight and advocating for data‑driven thinking across the organisation.
• Community & Culture Building – Fostering a strong, inclusive data community. Driving initiatives that strengthen collaboration, wellbeing, knowledge‑sharing, and a sense of belonging within the team and wider department.
• Innovation & Capability Growth – Championing new technologies, tools, and ways of working. Encouraging experimentation, continuous learning, and the adoption of modern analytical approaches.
• Operational Excellence – Ensuring smooth day‑to‑day running of the team, removing blockers, managing risks, and enabling the team to deliver high‑quality work at pace.

What We’re Looking For

• Leadership & People Development – Proven experience leading and developing high‑performing teams. Ability to coach, mentor, and inspire individuals at different stages of their careers.
• Strategic Thinking & Influence – Strong ability to shape direction, influence senior stakeholders, and translate complex analytical concepts into clear, actionable recommendations.
• High‑Level of Technical Expertise – Deep understanding of analytics, coding, and modern data architectures. Able to guide and challenge technical decisions, ensure quality, and steer the delivery of advanced analytical solutions.
• Culture & Community Building – Passion for creating a positive, inclusive, and collaborative team culture. Experience driving initiatives that strengthen wellbeing, engagement, and shared purpose.
• Operational & Delivery Excellence – Skilled at prioritising, managing risk, and ensuring consistent, high‑quality delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Adaptability & Resilience – Comfortable navigating ambiguity, shifting priorities, and complex organisational landscapes while maintaining clarity, stability, and confidence for the team.
• Advocacy for Best Practice – Strong commitment to data quality, governance, and modern analytical standards, with the ability to embed these across teams and stakeholders.

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position and can be based in our Nottingham office.  

We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home. 

We’re big on collaboration and connection, so you’ll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we're open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

What’s in it for you

• Bring us all this - and you’ll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation
• We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)
• Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance – with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it’s about what you do, not just what you say. That’s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

• REACH – Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies
• OutFront – to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates
• Mind Your Mind – signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all
• Women in Tech – promoting an inclusive environment in tech
• EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.

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