Data Delivery Lead

Data Delivery Lead
Location:

Hybrid - London
Package:

Negotiable + Benefits

Data and Data services is a key strategic enabler in Brown and Brown Europe as we look to integrate acquired business, enable them to provide great customer service and grow through the provision of superior data services.

The Data Delivery Lead is responsible for ensuring the successful and timely delivery of data projects and initiatives. You will lead a team of Brown & Brown and third-party data specialists, manage resources, and act as a bridge between technical and business stakeholders

The day to day:

You will be an experienced leader who specialises in delivering Data Projects using Agile delivery methods. Your primary responsibilities will include:
Leadership : Overseeing data projects from conception to completion. This includes defining project scope, establishing timelines and budgets, and managing risks.
Management : Leading and motivating a team of data analysts, engineers, and other specialists. You'll delegate tasks, ensure effective communication, and foster a collaborative work environment.
Management : Working closely with business stakeholders to understand their data needs, translate them into technical requirements, and ensure delivered solutions meet their expectations.
Management : Optimising the use of data expertise within the team, balancing ongoing tasks with project demands.
Delivery : Responsible for all aspects of Data Services lifecycle delivery - from concept/inception, engineering in iterations, release to go live, maintenance and operations and eventual retirement of data services. Agile methods to be used wherever possible
Delivery : Ensuring data is delivered accurately, efficiently, and according to agreed-upon timelines and quality standards. Observability and service delivery metrics to be implemented.
& Collaboration : Serving as a central point of contact for all data delivery activities. You'll clearly communicate project progress, roadblocks, and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Player

– Building a highly engaged and effective data services squad, that operates well within and aligns to the wider European Data tribe, and Group Data team. You will leverage and contribute to best practices in data delivery

About you:
Extensive experience as a Delivery Lead / Scrum Master in data engineering projects
Extensive experience within technology software / data engineering
delivering multi-source, multi-TB, mission critical data solutions
implementing cloud-based data and analytics solutions
implementing and operating within robust data governance principles – metadata, discovery, tagging and classification, quality, catalogues, inventory and data lineage
successful candidate will successfully blend excellent leadership with deep technical expertise
hands-on experience with the following data delivery tools and methods:
in Project Management methodologies - Agile
delivering within Azure Dev Ops, including observability of flow and quality
writing business cases and track record of delivering impactful business value through data
with Data Engineering design patterns and best practice, including data pipelines
delivering projects in the Microsoft stack - Azure Data factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Power Platform, Power BI

The rewards:
negotiable basic salary and all the normal benefits you’d expect (Holiday, company pension etc.)
collaborative, open and honest environment that is designed to deliver the best outcomes to our clients and staff
flexible working methodology
environment built around supporting and developing our staff with funding available for relevant professional qualifications.