Analytics and Data Modelling Lead

Data Consultant (4-Week Data Assessment Engagement) – Outside IR35 Start Date: 19 January Location: London – 3 days/week on site Crosstide is a London-based digital transformation consultancy with a proven track record of delivering high value and complex software development for enterprise businesses. Engineering quality and speed to value are the DNA of the business, true to the founding values of quality, simplicity and collaboration. What You’ll Be Doing • Assess the customer’s current data ecosystem, including modelling, analytics engineering, governance, and consumption layers. • Map data flows, ownership, quality, and trust gaps across teams. • Evaluate the current data platform (Snowflake/Databricks or equivalent cloud data warehouse). • Review reporting suites, BI workflows, and predictive analytics usage. • Identify opportunities for improved self-service, data operationalisation, and automation. • Engage with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and current pain points. • Deliver a clear set of recommendations for strengthening data architecture, governance, and operating model. Essential Experience • Strong background in enterprise data architecture, data modelling, analytics engineering, and data product development. • Experience building reporting suites, BI workflows, and analytic data models. • Demonstrable experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or other cloud data warehouse technologies. • Strong stakeholder engagement skills - able to extract business objectives and work independently. • Solid project/time management - able to run a structured, time-bound assessment. • Retail experience highly beneficial. Nice to Have • Experience in data governance, metadata management, master data, or data cataloguing. • Customer segmentation or CRM/personalisation analytics experience. • Awareness of unstructured data or GenAI-related data workflows.