Overview
We are looking for a Data & Intelligence Discovery Lead to lead a six‑month secondment. The role involves mapping the current data and intelligence landscape across Taylor & Francis (T&F), auditing existing capability, identifying gaps and delivering a baseline report that will guide the permanent Head of Data & Intelligence.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Audit and map all data assets: source, format, quality, accessibility and usage for product or commercial decisions.
- Identify every instance of AI, machine learning or algorithmic decision‑making, including informal or team‑built tools.
- Assess our AEO/GEO and SEO positioning to inform UC growth.
Success Looks Like
At the end of six months you will have produced a complete and honest inventory of T&F’s data assets, gaps and a set of strategic recommendations. The permanent Head of Data & Intelligence should be able to read the baseline report and understand what T&F has, what it needs and where to start, enabling a rapid transition from the permanent role.
The Six Months
- Month 1‑2: Discovery & Mapping – Structured audit of all value‑driven existing data assets, traffic analysis, models in use and intelligence capabilities; map what exists, where it lives and who owns it.
- Month 2‑3: Assessment & Gap Analysis – Evaluate maturity, quality and commercial relevance; identify gaps between current capability and UC/Marketplace ambition.
- Month 3‑4: Stakeholder Intelligence – Conduct structured conversations across Product, Engineering, Commercial and Data teams to surface usage, frustrations and organisational needs.
- Month 4‑5: Synthesis & Recommendations – Develop the baseline report and draft strategic recommendations for the permanent Head of D&I.
- Month 5‑6: Handover & Foundation – Present findings to VP Product and P&T leadership; create foundational documentation, frameworks and relationships for the permanent Head of D&I to launch quickly.
Location
Balanced working model – live within commuting distance of Milton Park, Oxfordshire or London, Blackfriars. Must be able to attend office 3 days per week.
You Are
- Analytically strong, comfortable working with data and forming well‑reasoned conclusions from incomplete information.
- Investigative by nature, asking beyond the obvious questions.
- A strong interviewer and listener, able to surface candid stakeholder views.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, able to create structure and deliver clear outputs from a messy start.
- Credible across functions, engaging effectively with engineering, product, and commercial teams.
- Clear and direct communicator; written and verbal outputs accessible to non‑specialists yet accurate.
- Familiar with data and AI/ML capabilities in a product context, assessing what they can and cannot do.
- Aware of T&F’s ambition, understanding how the marketplace drives commercial performance and data’s role at scale.
Qualifications
- Right to work and live in the UK.
- Experience in data audit, intelligence, or related fields; experience designing data baselines is a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive salary + bonus.
- 25 days annual leave plus additional discretionary days.
- Paid birthday leave, volunteering days, private medical insurance, and employee assistance programme.
- Share Match, pension scheme, life assurance, optical and medical care.
Equal Opportunity
Taylor & Francis is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, develop and retain colleagues without regard to protected characteristics or other non‑merit factors.
About Taylor & Francis
Founded in 1798, Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s largest publishers of peer‑reviewed scholarly journals, books and e‑books. We create knowledge connections for customers worldwide and are committed to fostering human progress through learning.”
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