What's the job?
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:
1. Identify and mitigate data quality issues across all stages of the data lifecycle, ensuring problems are resolved at source wherever possible
2. Triage data quality issues, assessing impact and priority using agile practices to balance analytical needs and value drivers
3. Maintain and update the data quality log, ensuring progress and resolutions are clearly documented and all stakeholders are up to date with progress
4. Work alongside the Data Quality Manager and collaborate closely with Tech and Kingfisher to deliver the data quality framework and roadmap, ensuring good quality data is accessible and usable across the organisation
5. Contribute to the development and delivery of a strategic approach to data quality by defining and establishing effective monitoring processes, using appropriate tools and methods to ensure standards remain consistently high
6. Providing data quality expertise throughout development of new data assets, and offer guidance and support to colleagues on data quality best practice
7. Proactively assess and recommend improvements to data capture and wider business processes
8. Contribute to development and maintenance of the data glossary, data quality rules, and data lineage documentation.
9. Be an active member of the wider data community across the group, engaging with the group data team and other banners across the group
What we need:
Required Skills & Experience:
10. Skilled in SQL, with some additional experience in languages such as Python or R preferred
11. Experienced in using cloud‑based analytical platforms, including Databricks, Snowflake, Google BigQuery and similar tools
12. Enjoys working with data and demonstrates strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities
13. Experienced in conducting complex, multi–root cause analysis and applying an inquisitive, hypothesis‑driven approach to uncover and resolve underlying issues in collaboration with others
14. Communicates clearly and confidently, building effective relationships across diverse teams and engaging both technical and non‑technical stakeholders to drive resolution
15. Highly curious and motivated to understand how things work, consistently seeking to uncover the nuances behind business processes and data behaviours
16. Shows strong attention to detail and takes the time needed to ensure accuracy in all work
17. Comfortable making progress without having the full picture while maintaining awareness of potential risks
18. Understands and maximises the value of data, acting with a commercial mindset to prioritise impactful and useful outputs
What's in it for me?
As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are.We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.
We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!
So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact for any recruitment adjustments.