Experimentation Lead

Experimentation Lead

£450-£500 Per Day (Outside IR35)

Hybrid (2-3 Days in Central London Office)

3 Month contract - With strong likelihood of 6+ month extension

This is a strategic, relationship-led role, focused on embedding and maturing experimentation capabilities across international product and commercial teams. While data understanding is important, this role is not focused on analytics delivery - the emphasis is on process leadership, stakeholder engagement, and commercial enablement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop strong working relationships and ways of working with global product and data teams to implement and embed experimentation processes.
• Use existing experimentation frameworks as a foundation to establish consistent, best-practice experimentation across UK and international markets.
• Define and embed governance and rigour in test design, hypothesis generation, and performance reporting.
• Work with commercial stakeholders to define and prioritise initiatives that drive value through testing - from quick, agile web experiments to longer-term strategic product initiatives.
• Create and lead regular knowledge-sharing forums across international teams to promote best practices and experimentation culture.
• Align with wider experimentation strategy teams to ensure consistent implementation and value delivery across the business.

Required Experience & Skills:

• Proven experience developing and executing experimentation strategies at scale
• Strong leadership, influencing, and stakeholder management skills at senior levels
• Commercially minded with a clear understanding of how experimentation supports business growth
• Skilled in prioritising multiple roadmaps and identifying high-impact test opportunities
• Excellent communicator - able to simplify complex data into clear, actionable insights
• Confident in establishing governance and structured ways of working in cross-functional environments

Technical Skills:

Strong working knowledge of:

• Optimizely
• Content Square
• Adobe Analytics
• Experience in data visualisation and storytelling is a plus

What would a stand out applicant look like?

• Strategic Leader & Influencer: Proven ability to embed experimentation at scale across international teams, aligning stakeholders around a shared vision and driving adoption through influence and collaboration.

• Commercially-Driven Mindset: Deep understanding of how experimentation fuels business growth, with a strong track record of prioritising high-impact initiatives and aligning testing with strategic objectives.

• Process-Oriented Change Agent: Skilled in establishing governance, structured ways of working, and consistent frameworks that mature experimentation practices across markets and functions.