Head of Data Quality Delivery - Colindale, United Kingdom - Reed Talent Solutions

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You will work in the Data Engineering and Enablement Division that reports into the Data Operations Directorate, and you will report to the Deputy Director of Engineering and Enablement.


It's an exciting time to join as we seek to create leading Health Protection data capabilities that enable data scientists and data analysts to develop insights that inform public health decisions with resilience platforms and curated data assets.


The core activities of Engineering and Enablement include the ingestion of data sources, building data pipelines, curated data views and data capabilities fused from data, models and software that enable the exploitation of data by analysts, data scientistsand MI teams.


Responsible for the definition, measurement and deployment of the UKHSA Data Analytics and Surveillance Data Quality Improvement plan for critical data assets that are fundamental to UKHSA use cases.


Essential Criteria:


Experience in Data Management and Data Engineering, with at least two years specifically in data quality management, and understanding of how poor Data Quality impacts business outputs and objectives downstream.

Previous hands-on experience working with data (e.g. as a data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, etc.) to understand the nuance of data-related incidents and issues.


Strong communication skills, both verbally written and must be able to conduct presentations, including to senior stakeholders and be an excellent communicator and collaborator, engaging with multiple technical and business stakeholders and leaders.

Analytical skill set with an ability to understand data requirements and support the development of data solutions


Demonstrable ability to deliver complex projects through direct reports and working with other teams to achieve project to time, cost and quality required.


Desirable Criteria:


  • Experience with Agile delivery and working in Agile Scrum teams
  • Experience of working with JIRA (or Azure DevOps or similar tools) within an Agile/Scrum environment
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or a related study (or equivalent projectrelated experience).

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