Head of Strategic Workforce Insights and Analytics

Job Description

This is a senior, high impact role at the heart of how Virgin Media O₂ plans for the future. As Head of Strategic Workforce Insights & Analytics, you’ll lead the enterprise people data, analytics and workforce intelligence agenda, turning complex data into clear, commercially grounded insight that shapes organisational performance and long term capability. You’ll act as a trusted strategic partner to the People Leadership Team, helping leaders make confident decisions by connecting workforce insights to business strategy, financial priorities and operating model evolution.

In this role, you’ll move the organisation beyond traditional reporting into predictive, scenario based and AI enabled decision support. You’ll work closely with Strategic Workforce Planning, People Strategy, HR Technology and Finance to ensure workforce data and modelling inform both immediate performance decisions and future investment choices. Alongside this, you’ll lead and develop a specialist team, build data maturity across the people function, and embed a culture where evidence based insight drives better outcomes across the business.

Who we are

At Virgin Media O₂, we connect people to the moments that matter most. Virgin Media leads the UK for broadband reliability, speed and overall performance, while O₂ keeps people connected on the move with award-winning coverage.

We’re also proud to be named one of the Financial Times Top 500 Best Employers for 2026, based on one of the UK’s largest employee satisfaction surveys.

Join us and you’ll be part of a team that stays curious, positive and focused on making life easier for our customers and each other. We’re investing in the future of connectivity, from expanding next-generation 5G to exploring satellite-supported solutions that help reach rural communities and hard-to-connect places.

You’ll work with people who back good ideas and give you plenty of room to grow. So if you’re looking for a place where you can feel supported, trusted and genuinely valued, you’ll feel right at home here.

Our ways of working

We’re a flexible-first organisation, because we know people do their best work when they have choice and clarity. To support meaningful collaboration, we ask everyone to spend at least eight days a month connecting with each other in person.

That doesn’t just mean time in the office – it could be team meetings, offsites, volunteering days, cross-functional projects, or away days. What matters is making those moments count – so when we come together, it benefits everyone.

Accessible, inclusive and equitable for all

We believe a better tomorrow starts with the choices we make today. That means moving the dial on diversity, building equity into everything we do and putting inclusion at the heart of our business.

Virgin Media O₂ is an equal opportunities employer and we work hard to remove bias and barriers. We want every person who joins us – and everyone thinking about joining us – to feel seen, heard and supported.

When you work with us, you’ll have access to our award-winning employee network groups. These communities bring people together, champion allyship and create uplifting spaces where you can learn, share and feel part of something bigger. They play a big role in helping people feel connected from day one.

The must haves

In order to be considered for this role you must have the following experience:

• Significant experience leading a strategic analytics, intelligence, or insight function, specifically with HR / People domain knowledge.

• Experience contributing to or partnering with Strategic Workforce Planning initiatives.

• Strong understanding of workforce supply/demand modelling principles.

• Demonstrable experience linking workforce performance to commercial and financial outcomes.

• Strong executive-level stakeholder management and influencing capability.

• Advanced analytical capability including predictive modelling and scenario planning.

• Experience operating within complex, matrixed organisations.

• Strong business acumen with working knowledge of People/HR practices and financial levers and performance drivers.

• Exceptional communication skills and ability to translate complex analysis into strategic narratives.

The other stuff we are looking for

We would also like you to bring:

• Experience integrating analytics with Strategic Workforce Planning.

• Experience working in federated data operating models.

• Experience deploying AI-enabled analytics or automation.

• Exposure to large-scale organisational transformation environments.

• Exposure to workforce planning methodologies (e.g., capability frameworks, horizon modelling, capacity planning).

What's in it for you

We know life isn’t just about work, so our benefits are built to support you in the moments that matter. You’ll get Bupa healthcare, wellbeing support, life cover, a pension and generous holiday –plus your birthday off.

And there’s more. Enjoy some extra perks on us, with optional electric vehicle lease and Cycle2Work schemes, dental insurance, neurodiversity assessments, and brilliant discounts on broadband, TV and mobile. You’ll even get access to the Virgin Family platform and the O₂ Priority app, with exclusive rewards, experiences and chances to attend events at The O₂ and beyond.

Next steps

If this feels like a place where you can belong, we’d love to see what you can do. Once you apply, the next steps might include a call with a recruiter, a video interview, an interview with the hiring manager and a task or assessment.

We’ll also ask about any adjustments you might need, and we’ll do our best to make them happen.

We review applications and interview throughout the advert window, so it’s worth applying sooner rather than later. If you’re offered the role, the offer will be subject to background checks, including a criminal record check and, for some roles, a financial background check.

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