Head of Data and Applications

Head of Data and Applications
Contract Role (500 p/d 4 days per week or 600/650 p/d 3 days per week) InsideIR35
Remote (occasional London office travel)

• Your core purpose will be to lead the organisation on its journey to become an evidenceled datadriven organisation that uses actionable insight and great products to deliver on its Big Plan and vision
• You will develop champion and lead the data and application development vision strategies architectures and roadmaps
• You will lead a team of circa 20 talented and committed data and application development colleagues to deliver maximum value at pace
• You will lead and represent on all things data at various governance forums
• You will champion and lead the continued adoption and refinement of new ways of working (empowered teams) processes tools and frameworks (agile scrum kanban Devops product management etc.)
• You will collaborate with a range of stakeholders across the organisation to identify and prioritise the data and application development backlogs and will be accountable for delivery against these backlogs
• You will lead and define all things data governance quality stewardship ownership literacy and standards and work with alongside the CISO on data security and privacy
• You will be accountable for building great products that delight colleagues and help them be more productive in their roles and deliver value to the organisation

What you will bring

• The ability to articulate a compelling vision to a diverse range of stakeholders
• The ability to balance strategic needs against tactical demands
• The ability to translate tech and data complexity to a nontechnical stakeholder audience
• The ability to coach motivate and empower teams to deliver a vision
• The ability to drive change and implement governance processes
• Your desire to deliver excellent solutions to delighted customers
• Integrity and professionalism
• Highly effective communication and collaboration skills
• A commitment to learning about and improving the lives of people with a learning disability

Your experience

• Significant experience in a data related role
• Experience in an application development (lowcode) related role
• Good knowledge and experience of all elements of data management (architecture operations master/reference/meta data mng data warehousing/date lakes BI visualisation data quality governance security and privacy)
• Evidence of driving insight from data
• Thorough understanding of full data and software development lifecycles
• Developing and delivering data and application strategies
• Utilising modern data platforms (preferably MS Azure Data Platform) to deliver outstanding BI solutions
• Good experience of data and software architecture and patterns
• Strong experience of implementing and maturing multiple delivery methodologies agile scrum Kanban devops