Head of Data

Our client is seeking an experienced Head of Data to lead their data team through a transformative journey, positioning data as a central pillar of their business strategy. This role will oversee a diverse team of specialists including Data Quality Analysts, Data Engineers, Data Science Engineers, and Business Intelligence professionals, while championing our clients mantra of "Powered by technology, underpinned by people."

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Guide and coach data teams on data analytics, vision and best practices.
• Lead data-driven innovation, including ingestion, extraction and presentation.
• Connect data initiatives directly to business outcomes and KPIs.
• Drive forward data products and services with internal and external customers.
• Serve as the guarantor of data security quality, ensuring consistency and reliability across business areas.
• Guide teams in transforming data into actionable business insights, driving strategy and decision making.
• Work closely with technology, operational and customer focused teams.
• Remove roadblocks and ensure teams remain focused on delivering value.
• Proficiency in data analytics, vision and driving a Single Source of Truth methodology.
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement practices, and cloud-based technologies.
• Serve as the bridge between technical data concepts and business applications.
• Monitor sprint progress and key performance metrics to drive efficiency.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform additional or other duties as necessary to meet the needs of the business.

Qualifications

A Level or equivalent in relevant subjects

Further Education/University course in relevant field

Experience

4 years’ experience in a Head of Data role or relevant background

Skills and Attributes

• Strong experience in Data, delivery, strategy and expanding insights
• Strong experience executing comprehensive data strategy aligned with business objectives
• Strong collaboration skills, ability to work closely and tightly with stakeholders, data quality analysts, data engineer, data science engineer, BI engineer and business insights engineer
• Strong knowledge and experience utilising CI/CD pipelines to enhance product delivery capabilities
• Lead the modernisation of data platforms and infrastructure, utilising our clients cloud-first architecture
• Experience implementing centralised data reporting platforms
• Experience In Resource Management
• Experienced in fostering a business wide data-driven culture, promoting data literacy and analytical thinking.
• Ability to lead on Single Source of Truth methodology
• Experience with cloud deployments and management thereof
• Experience in presenting analysis and visualisations in a clear way to communicate complex messages to technical and nontechnical audiences
• Ability to work under pressure and follow company policies and procedures
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and facilitation skills
• Ability to work accurately at speed
• Analytical and problem solving oriented
• Recruit, mentor and manage data professionals to meet evolving business needs

There will be some availability to work from home, but predominantly office based

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays