Analytics Governance Manager

An opportunity has arisen within the Population Health Improvement Team within the Birmingham and Solihull and Black Country Cluster. The postholder will lead, coordinate and maintain robust analytical governance, ensuring that all analytical work undertaken across the organisation complies with required standards for data quality, analytical methods, reproducibility, transparency, and security. The postholder will act as a key interface between analysts, data governance teams, information governance, digital teams, and operational/clinical colleagues, and will coordinate and maintain robust cybersecurity governance for the analytical team, interfacing with the digital team.

Responsibilities

• Analytical Governance
  • Develop, maintain and implement an organisational Analytical Governance Framework aligned to national guidance.
  • Ensure consistent adherence to standards covering:
    • Data quality
    • Statistical and methodological accuracy
    • Reproducibility and version control
    • Peer review processes
    • Transparency, metadata and documentation
    • Ethical and equitable analytical practice
  • Lead internal analytical assurance reviews to ensure compliance with methodological and quality standards.
  • Coordinate and maintain the Analytical Register of all active and completed analytical work.
  • Monitor risks, issues and dependencies relating to analytical projects and raise as required.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication
  • Act as a key link between technical teams and operational/clinical stakeholders.
  • Translate analytical requirements into structured project briefs.
  • Communicate project status, risks and analytical outputs clearly to support decision‑making.
  • Facilitate analytical scoping meetings and support stakeholders to articulate needs and expected outcomes.
• Data Quality & Standards
  • Work with Data Governance/Data Quality teams to improve data completeness, accuracy and consistency.
  • Support development and monitoring of data quality KPIs.
  • Provide assurance that analytical products use the most reliable and appropriate data sources.
• Improvement & Capability Building
  • Promote best practice in analytical governance, project delivery and reproducible analytical pipelines.
  • Support development of analytical policies, templates, standard operating procedures and guidance.
  • Identify and lead improvement initiatives that enhance organisational analytical maturity.
• Data Asset Management and Monitoring
  • Maintain the data asset register.
  • Ensure correct classifications are in place.
  • Audit access and audit logs.
  • Produce Information Governance and Cybersecurity reports for the Analytics Team.
  • Coordinate incident management and breach response.

Qualifications & Experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience of supporting project/programme delivery; additional specialist knowledge to Master’s level or equivalent.
• Strong expertise in Information Governance, data sharing governance documentation, and an understanding of current healthcare policy.
• Knowledge of the relationship between the Department of Health, the ICB/ICS and provider and commissioning organisations, and specialist areas such as health and service redesign.
• Project management knowledge to postgraduate diploma level equivalent.
• Experience working with analytics, BI, informatics or data science teams within the NHS or public sector.
• Proven experience managing technical, data or analytical projects and developing governance or quality assurance frameworks.
• Demonstrable experience working with a range of stakeholders, including senior managers and clinicians.
• Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with partners and present complex information to large groups.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to analyse risk, manage issues and drive solutions.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation and coordination skills, and the ability to translate complex analytical information into accessible language.

Values and Working Style

• Conduct yourself in a caring, considerate, respectful, and approachable manner at all times.
• Operate with openness and honesty and ensure professionalism and an understanding of difference.
• Demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact.
• Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence and hold yourself and others accountable for delivering better outcomes.
• Putting the long‑term health, social care and well‑being needs of the population first (system first).

Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care System bring together the NHS, councils and voluntary sector to serve 2.7 million people. Our vision is to be the healthiest place to live and work, improving life chances and reducing inequalities.

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