What you’ll be doing
Design Authority & Standards
1. Support the Data Solution Design Manager in defining and maintaining design standards for analytical data products (data models, architecture and pipelines).• Ensure designs align to data architecture standards, security requirements, and guardrails
2. Act as the design conscience within the allocated sub-squad ensuring consistency, performance, and governance across products.
3. Embed principles of reusability, automation, and scalability in all data solution designs.
Solution Architecture & Delivery
4. Within the assigned sub-squad: Lead on the end-to-end design of analytics data solutions from design through to delivery by translating business and product requirements into clear, well-structured data solution designs that are effective from both a data and visualisation perspective
5. Partner with data engineers, analysts, and visualisation developers to ensure solutions meet both business and technical requirements.
6. Champion integration of analytical data products across the data estate, reducing duplication and improving interoperability.
7. Identify and mitigate scalability and performance risks early in the design lifecycle
Consulting & Stakeholder Engagement
8. Act as a design authority, providing assurance and guidance on data solution designs working closely with Data consultants, Data engineers, Analytics engineers, and visualisation developers during build
9. Communicate complex technical designs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
10. Provide thought leadership on data product design, advising on trade-offs, options, and strategic fit.
11. Influence colleagues to adopt best practice approaches.
Governance & Quality Assurance
12. Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and privacy policies.
13. Support design reviews and solution walkthroughs and sign-offs.
14. Champion data quality, accessibility, and transparency in all products.
Skills required for the job
Essential
15. Demonstratable evidence of designing scalable and performant analytical data products (data warehouses, semantic layers, data models, APIs, dashboards).
16. Intermediate knowledge of data modelling (dimensional, relational, semantic) and visualisation design best practices.
17. Experience working with modern data platforms (cloud data warehouses/lakes, ETL/ELT tools, BI platforms such as QlikSense/Power BI/Tableau).
18. Consulting ability: able to engage with stakeholders, challenge requirements, and translate into clear, scalable designs.
19. Understanding of data governance, metadata management, and product lifecycle management.
20. Understanding of cloud cost management and FinOps principles
Desirable
21. Experience working in Agile or product-led delivery models
22. Exposure to advanced analytics, ML feature store design, or data science enablement.
23. Knowledge of automation frameworks and CI/CD for data products.
24. Prior experience in telecoms, media, or similar data-rich industries.
25. Understanding of cloud cost management and FinOps principles
Essential
26. Demonstratable evidence of designing scalable and performant analytical data products (data warehouses, semantic layers, data models, APIs, dashboards).
27. Intermediate knowledge of data modelling (dimensional, relational, semantic) and visualisation design best practices.
28. Experience working with modern data platforms (cloud data warehouses/lakes, ETL/ELT tools, BI platforms such as QlikSense/Power BI/Tableau).
29. Consulting ability: able to engage with stakeholders, challenge requirements, and translate into clear, scalable designs.
30. Understanding of data governance, metadata management, and product lifecycle management.
31. Understanding of cloud cost management and FinOps principles
Desirable
32. Experience working in Agile or product-led delivery models
33. Exposure to advanced analytics, ML feature store design, or data science enablement.
34. Knowledge of automation frameworks and CI/CD for data products.
35. Prior experience in telecoms, media, or similar data-rich industries.
36. Understanding of cloud cost management and FinOps principles
Our leadership standards
Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.
Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.
We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’ We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development. A FEW POINTS TO NOTE: Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch. We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us. DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT? Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.