Data Delivery Lead

The Data Delivery Lead is responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of our data projects from initial stakeholder engagement through data collection and transformation to final delivery ensuring accurate timely and compliant data and insight is provided to stakeholders while managing project timelines risks and dependencies across a team essentially acting as the primary point of contact for delivery The Data Delivery Lead will • Implement the analytics and insight strategy and roadmap in order to maximise long term business value • Ensure that the demand for analytics and insight is prioritised and planned and is delivered to time budget and of the highest quality • Manage project scope identifying and mitigating potential risks throughout the delivery process • Develop comprehensive data delivery plans including timelines milestones resource allocation and quality metrics • Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and document their requirements and translate that into actionable outcomes • Collaborating with a range of technical and nontechnical audiences to quality assure delivery through testing and into release ensuring the end product meets the documented business requirements • Maintain clear communication with stakeholders both internal and external keeping them informed about project progress and any potential issues • Encourage teamwork foster a positive work environment and support team members in achieving their goals • Promote and support the use of agile methodologies ensuring that projects are delivered in a flexible and adaptive manner • While not necessarily a technical expert the Delivery Lead should have a good understanding of the technical aspects of analytics projects and be able to communicate them effectively • Ensure that the team has defined Service Definitions SLAs and performance expectations and delivers against those • Be a champion of data and analytics and provide positive leadership within the Analytics and Insight team • Keep up to date with trends and best practice and evaluate new data ops analytics and data science technologies and methods to improve our capability • Work with stakeholders across different functions to understand analysis and insight needs and align data analytics initiatives with business goals • Understand business and data to ensure that initiatives support business goals and derive value Expertise • Degree or a higher-level qualification in a relevant discipline and the equivalent experience working in high performing data and IT functions • Experience of working in Data Engineering Data Ops and Release Delivery teams • Good knowledge of data visualisation tools such as Power BI and Tableau • Delivering projects and managing products across the full Software Development Life Cycle SDLC using a range of project methodologies such as Waterfall or Agile • This role requires someone who can evidence that they are • Able to show strong project management skills with proven ability to meet deadlines • Able to coach and motivate teams to deliver results under pressure and with conflicting demands • Attention to detail • Fair impartial and trustworthy • Inquisitive curious about new techniques processes and approaches • An excellent communicator with strong collaboration skills and ability to work with and present to stakeholders across business areas • Able to translate data into actionable business insights • A positive team player with a growth mindset who shares ambition to create a high performing data function • Able to demonstrate strong analytical decision making and problem solving capabilities • Capable of understanding business objectives and able to manage the tension between priorities and resource Skills Mandatory Skills : Stakeholder Management,Benefits Management,Pursuit/ Proposal Management,Risk/Crisis Management,Project Governance,Account Management & Mining