Digital and Data Lead - Leicester, United Kingdom - PA Housing

PA Housing

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Leicester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are improving our service to deliver better outcomes for our residents and creating several fantastic new roles to help us achieve that.

If you care about making a difference and want to support our local communities, you are in the right place.

A little bit about what we are looking for...

We are improving our service to deliver better outcomes for our residents and creating several fantastic new roles to help us achieve that.

If you care about making a difference and want to support our local communities, you are in the right place.

As a Senior Data Strategist, you will be an ambassador for our data planning and management, informing business decisions across PA Housing.

You will work with a combination of data clients and colleagues from across the business to develop and deliver data activities centred on appropriate data capture, measurement, and optimisation across multiple on and offline channels.

You will also lead on our work to develop the digital services offering to our residents, building on the solid foundations offered by the My PA app.

You should be a self-starter, full of enthusiasm and highly collaborative. You'll be the 'glue' integrating with broader strategy to develop connected data-inspired services and digital activity.

Collaboration is key to this role - you'll be working closely with various teams to define our data and strategy moving forwards.

We are happy to offer hybrid working with this role; You will be required to be in the office for around 2/3 days per week with the rest being from home, however please bear in mind we may need you to be in the office more within your probation and training.

It's important to us that you feel fully ready and confident in the role before working from home. Of course if you'd prefer to be in the office more, then that is completely fine with us too

This role can be also based at our Case House office, in Walton-on-Thames.

Your responsibilities...

Shaping and setting the technical and data strategy for the business
Liaising with the technical teams comprising a mix of data analysts, engineers and IT professionals
Owning the technical roadmap for the business and its relationship with market opportunity. Delivery of rapid pilots to test and validate ideas
Delivering data strategies and ecosystems, and shaping the future of project delivery profession effective data management
A relentless focus on data security and integrity. Ensure management and maintenance of GDPR compliance, including the management of all technologyrelated risks
Ensure that disaster recovery and business continuity plans are in place and tested
Building relationships with all key stakeholders and teams to promote, develop and manage data deliverables
Data discovery projects to inform strategy and enhance service delivery
Lead stakeholders by developing data strategies and roadmaps to propel activities forward across all channels (on and offline)
Define frameworks to measure effectiveness, set KPIs, benchmarks, targets and forecast to support business cases
Define and setup data deliverables that meet organisational objectives
Measure, evaluate and optimise activity using best practice testing methodologies where necessary
Create and present strategies, plans and performance overviews to internal stakeholders
Be the 'trusted advisor' on all things data and make it easy for key stakeholders to make business decisions
Lead on relationship management with key data / digital service providers, leveraging these relationships to maximise outcomes for PA residents and ensuring delivery of value for money services
We recommend you read the full job description to get a really good understanding of what the role entails, you can find this as a downloadable attachment at the bottom of the advert._
A degree, masters, or PhD plus significant experience
Strategic thinker with datadriven, analytical approach to decision making
Organised, structured planner with high degree to operate autonomously. Can be relied upon to deliver. Trustworthy.
Solutionoriented problem solver with 'handson' approach and bias to action
Demonstrable experience leading data teams, from machine learning to dashboards, automation to data pipelines and engineering. A generalist, but with the ability to rapidly learn and grasp new technologies and concepts
Commercially savvy with proven results. Must be able to build and leverage strong relationships with colleagues and suppliers to create longterm winwin partnerships/relationships
Selfconfident and highly articulate, capable of inspiring the business and other key stakeholders by personal example. Great communicator capable of engaging, leading, and educating others
Intellectually curious, stay up to date on latest technology and best practice
Emotionally intelligent with ability to quickly adapt and successfully liaise with stakeholders at all levels inside and outside of the busines