Job Vacancy Lead Performance Analyst - Government Digital Service - G6

United Kingdom

Government Digital & Data

Analysis

Job position Lead Performance Analyst - Government Digital Service - G6

Permanent

As soon as possible

£70k-86k

Hybrid

United Kingdom

Published on 08/05/2026

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Help shape how government measures success for one of the UK’s most important digital programmes.

As Lead Performance Analyst on the Digital Identity programme (GDS), you’ll set the analytics direction and performance frameworks that guide decisions across products, workstreams and the wider programme, helping teams track what matters, improve outcomes for users, and provide clear insight to senior leaders across government.

What you’ll be doing

Designing and embedding KPIs and performance measurement frameworks across multiple projects
Ensuring high-quality analysis and good practice, including privacy compliance
Bringing together cross-domain data to produce a coherent picture of performance
Influencing programme strategy and roadmaps with evidence-based insights
Communicating performance clearly to senior leaders in GDS and across government
Line managing senior analysts and coaching analysts at all levels

Candidate profile

Skills and experience that fit well

This role could suit you if you have:

Strong experience leading analyst teams in multidisciplinary / agile environments
Data analysis experience using SQL in a warehouse environment (e.g. AWS Redshift) and/or web analytics tooling (e.g. GA4)
Confidence forming hypotheses, validating data, and turning findings into actionable insight
Excellent stakeholder skills, able to tell the story behind the data and recommend next steps

Working environment

Location: Bristol, London or Manchester

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Lead Performance Analyst - Government Digital Service - G6

Government Digital & Data