Data Delivery Lead
Watford Junction | Hybrid
Up to £90,000
A senior data leadership role responsible for owning the end-to-end delivery of data products, analytics and reporting across a large, regulated organisation. This isn't a project management role. You'll be accountable for what gets delivered, why it matters, and how teams are set up to deliver high-quality data products that drive real business value.
The role:
You'll act as the single point of contact for data delivery, owning prioritisation from initial business requirement through to development completion. Working closely with Product Owners and senior stakeholders, you'll balance strategic initiatives with high-impact smaller pieces of work, ensuring delivery is efficient, well planned and aligned to business goals. You'll lead three core functions - Business Analysis, Data Engineering and Reporting.
What you'll be doing:
Owning the end-to-end delivery of data products, dashboards and data feeds
Acting as the single point of contact for analytics and reporting delivery
Partnering with Product Owners and senior stakeholders to shape priorities
Translating business problems into clear, deliverable data solutions
Leading planning and prioritisation across BA, engineering and BI teams
Ensuring delivery quality, efficiency and consistency across the function
Keeping teams focused on initiatives that drive commercial and regulatory impact
Staying close enough to the detail to challenge, support and guide teams effectively
Your skills & experience:
Extensive experience leading BI, analytics or data delivery functions
Proven delivery of complex, large-scale data or analytics programmes
Strong background in business partnering and stakeholder management
Comfortable owning prioritisation, trade-offs and delivery outcomes
Experience working across Business Analysts, Engineers and BI teams
Hands-on understanding of reporting and analytics - specifically in Power BI
Experience in regulated or complex environments is highly beneficial
Able to quantify and communicate the value of data products to the business