Salary
The starting salary will be from £ 50,253 on Grade G, depending on qualifications and experience.
Package
Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable)
Job category/type
IT and Digital
Date posted
18/09/2025
Job reference
Q08891
Digital
This new full-time post is available immediately on a permanent basis. This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home. We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.
Summary of the role
As the Data Insights Lead you will be working closely with the Assistant Director - Data Strategy & Delivery and senior leadership team to take Exeter University on its data-informed journey.
Working in partnership with the Data Team and stakeholders across the university, you will spearhead the design and implementation of robust reporting solutions, acting as the Data and Insight Product Owner with support from the Product Chapter, thereby enabling Exeter University to become a truly data-enabled institution.
You will be responsible for supporting stakeholders to define their data needs and associated definitions, ensuring there is clear visibility of business questions and their prioritisation for report development. Leading a team of data analysts, developers and insights specialists, you will ensure reporting processes are established and functioning effectively and cohesively to enable the successful delivery of insight to those who need it.
There will be a close working relationship with the Data Modelling Lead, Data Literacy and Training Lead, Data Management & Governance Lead, and IT teams to ensure a common approach to data reporting and to ensure the appropriate technological solutions are in place to ensure reporting solutions can be created, deployed, maintained and shared effectively. Collaboration will focus on, but not be limited to, creating an end-to-end data reporting solution that is streamlined and efficient, and making it easier to discover, understand and access data.
About you:
You will have an excellent understanding of how to take data and turn it into valuable insight. Bridging the gap between the technical and business-focussed, you will have both a good understanding of information and data management across the entire data lifecycle, and how to find out which business questions that need answering with that information and data.
Your experience delivering effective data and reporting solutions will allow you to expertly oversee the product portfolio of the Data Team, providing vision and support to the team, and driving towards delivering the aims of the University's Strategy 2030 and Data Strategy (more information available on request).
Your communication skills and ability to work at both strategic and operational levels will inform the design of processes that will allow us to deliver excellent service to our users, such as the management of requests, provision of expertise to teams and project, and data quality and change management.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.
Apply via our university portal with your CV and a cover letter outlining how your relevant experience, skills and qualities meet the Person Specification.
Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
* 41 days leave per year
* options for flexible working
* numerous discounts at leading retailers
* onsite gyms on all of our campus' and a cycle to work scheme
* sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
* stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England
The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.
Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world's most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).
We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.
With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.
Further information
Please contact Ellie McCulloch, Assistant Director of Data Strategy and Delivery