Tesco UK Welwyn Garden City Hybrid Full-Time Permanent Working hours 36 Apply by 21-Jul-2026
About the role
Pricing at Tesco operates at a scale most analysts never get to touch. As a Senior Data Analyst, you won't just run reports, you'll lead the sophisticated modelling and strategic research that shapes how one of the world's largest retailers prices and promotes across millions of transactions daily.
This is a high-visibility role where your analysis will reach Commercial, Finance, and Leadership teams, and your recommendations will actually move the needle.
What is in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
- Private medical insurance.
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.
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You will be responsible for
You'll take the lead on high-impact strategic projects while also setting the standard for how analytical work gets done, from query efficiency to process documentation to ML model oversight. In practice, that means:
- Leading research and insight across price architecture, promotion optimisation, trade plan analysis, sales forecasting, and market performance.
- Writing and optimising complex SQL queries across large-scale datasets (Teradata, Hadoop).
- Owning ML model monitoring: tracking performance, identifying anomalies, and supporting data scientists with feature optimisation.
- Documenting processes and actively upskilling data users across the business.
- Partnering cross-functionally with Data, Pricing, Trade, Dunnhumby, and Technology teams to ensure commercial strategy is aligned and executed.
- Translating complex technical analysis into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
- Driving standardisation, simplification, and automation across analytical workflows.
You will need
- A degree in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Substantial experience handling large, complex datasets and the SQL fluency to do it efficiently.
- A track record of turning data into commercial recommendations, not just outputs.
- Strong stakeholder communication skills.
- The mindset to improve how things are done, not just deliver what's asked.
- Python proficiency and hands-on experience with visualisation tools like Tableau or PowerBI is useful but not necessary.
About us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.
At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
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