information insights manager.

• Ownership and oversight of insights platform and teams, including but not limited to the data engineering and data science functions. Lead these functions by setting strategic directions, establishing technical roadmaps, backlog prioritisation, managing vendors, driving productivity, delivering new functionality & content, and running operations & support.
• Expand the core strategic capability that brings together information and analytical capabilities to champion and promote information management and analytics to provide a central hub for expert advice and guidance. Through this collaboration, embed and further enhance data-awareness and data-driven cultures, improving data maturity and progressing information as an asset agenda.
• Be the technical lead for data engineering, data warehousing, dashboarding, reporting, artificial intelligence and machine learning across all major technologies, with a special focus on Azure and SAP.
• Work in partnership with colleagues in striving for exceptional customer experience, removing friction, disseminating data and insights to decision-makers, and simplifying the ICT and Digital landscape through strategic leadership.
• Lead and collaborate in developing strategies and roadmaps for the improved delivery of capabilities and services.
• Lead performance excellence by setting clear direction, performance standards and expectations for individuals and teams. Give and receive regular feedback to enable performance to be improved and ensure individuals obtain the development and support they need to perform to the best of their ability.

The ideal candidate for this role will possess:

• Ability to lead the performance of staff, through setting clear direction and expectations, providing support and feedback and monitoring ongoing performance of teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, highly capable data teams using leading-edge technologies and methodologies, delivering services to 8000+ employees.
• Significant capabilities in contemporary analytical methodologies, guiding the mining and analysis of big data and transforming analysis of information into insights to guide decision making and increasing the understanding of solutions to problems.
• Demonstrated ability in maintaining and developing relationships across organisational boundaries to drive consistent and seamless delivery and the direction of resources to corporate priorities.
• Demonstrated ability in terms of planning the resourcing of services with appropriate risk management to meet demand within budget.
• Demonstrated ability and domain knowledge in Platform and Program Management and how it relates to ensuring ongoing delivery of value to the organisation and its customers.
• Demonstrated ability to identify emerging issues, and solve problems using sound judgement in order to develop potential options for resolution.
• Proven ability to contribute to and lead the development and subsequent delivery of Strategies and Roadmaps focused on improved service delivery through transformational change.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and monitoring a mixture of KPIs, critical success factors, SLAs, and performance metrics to ensure quality of service management and delivery
• Proven ability to monitor industry trends and deliver on best practice in managing enterprise platforms and services.

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