Data Manager

Data Manager – Strategic Delivery & Governance Lead

12 month fixed term contract

Overview

This is a senior data leadership role responsible for owning and delivering a multi‑year data warehouse and reporting transformation, working through external vendors and delivery partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of an organisation‑wide data and reporting transformation, including the introduction of a cloud‑based data warehouse
• Own the relationship with outsourced data warehouse, engineering and hosting partners, holding vendors accountable for delivery, quality and outcomes
• Translate business needs into clear data requirements, roadmaps and priorities, and articulate technical concepts in plain language
• Establish data governance, security, quality and access standards in partnership with governance and risk teams
• Act as the bridge between technical delivery teams and senior non‑technical stakeholders affected by data change
• Embed a data‑driven culture by raising data literacy and ensuring data is treated as a shared organisational asset

Required Experience

• Proven experience leading data warehouse or enterprise data platform transformations
• Comfortable managing vendors and outsourced technical teams across design, build and operate phases
• Strong understanding of modern data architectures, reporting and ingestion approaches (enough to challenge and guide delivery, not to code)
• Able to quickly establish credibility with technical partners while remaining highly effective with business leaders
• Confident translating complex, technical concepts into clear impacts, options and decisions for non‑technical audiences
• Delivery‑focused, proactive, and comfortable operating with ambiguity in a transforming environment

Technical Skills

• Cloud data warehouse platforms (e.g. Snowflake‑style architectures)
• Cloud hosting and data ingestion tooling
• Modern reporting and analytics platforms
• Data governance, security and access control models
• CI/CD and automated deployment concepts

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