Location: Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and shape how data is used to improve services for millions of people across the UK. You’ll play a key leadership role, using data to influence strategy, drive innovation and help deliver better outcomes for some of the most important public services in the country.
About The Role
As a Data Lead within Working Age Services (WAS), you’ll lead the development and delivery of data capability across a large, complex organisation. This is a strategic leadership role where you’ll shape how data is used to support priority outcomes, working closely with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.
You’ll be responsible for building and leading a core team of data professionals, identifying capability gaps and implementing improvements across people, processes and products. At an exciting time of transformation, you’ll play a key part in supporting DWP’s move to a new “hub and spoke” data model, ensuring data is used effectively, consistently and at scale.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead and develop a high-performing team of data professionals
- Shape and deliver the data strategy across Working Age Services
- Identify gaps in data capability and implement improvements across teams and practices
- Provide leadership alongside senior data and delivery colleagues to drive joined-up outcomes
- Work with senior stakeholders to define data needs and ensure they are met
- Champion the value of data to support decision-making and service improvement
- Drive adoption, compliance and assurance of data strategy across the organisation
- Lead on data-related communications, engagement and capability upskilling
- Collaborate across DWP to ensure a consistent and effective approach to data
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience in: Leading data capability or data teams within complex organisations
- Using data to influence decisions, drive innovation and deliver outcomes
- Working with senior stakeholders and building strong collaborative relationships
Experience Of
- Developing and delivering data strategies or transformation programmes
- Identifying capability gaps and implementing improvements across people, tools and processes
- Working in multidisciplinary environments alongside digital and data professionals.
Interested?
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