Head of Data and Applications
Contract Role (£500 p/d 4 days per week or £600/650 p/d 3 days per week) InsideIR35
Remote (occasional London office travel)
* Your core purpose will be to lead Mencap on its journey to become an evidence-led, data-driven organisation that uses actionable insight and great products to deliver on it’s Big Plan and vision
* You will develop, champion and lead the data and application development vision, strategies, architectures and roadmaps
* You will lead a team of circa 20 talented and committed data and application development colleagues to deliver maximum value at pace
* You will lead and represent on all things data at various governance forums
* You will champion and lead the continued adoption and refinement of new ways of working (empowered teams), processes, tools and frameworks (agile - scrum, kanban, Devops, product management etc.)
* You will collaborate with a range of stakeholders across the organisation to identify and prioritise the data and application development backlogs and will be accountable for delivery against these backlogs
* You will lead and define all things data governance, quality, stewardship, ownership, literacy and standards and work with alongside the CISO on data security and privacy
* You will be accountable for building great products that delight colleagues and help them be more productive in their roles and deliver value to the organisation
What you will bring
* The ability to articulate a compelling vision to a diverse range of stakeholders
* The ability to balance strategic needs against tactical demands
* The ability to translate tech and data complexity to a non-technical stakeholder audience
* The ability to coach, motivate and empower teams to deliver a vision
* The ability to drive change and implement governance processes
* Your desire to deliver excellent solutions to delighted customers
* Integrity and professionalism
* Highly effective communication and collaboration skills
* A commitment to learning about, and improving the lives of, people with a learning disability
Your experience
* Significant experience in a data related role
* Experience in an application development (low-code) related role
* Good knowledge and experience of all elements of data management (architecture, operations, master/reference/meta data mng, data warehousing/date lakes, BI, visualisation, data quality, governance, security and privacy)
* Evidence of driving insight from data
* Thorough understanding of full data and software development lifecycles
* Developing and delivering data and application strategies
* Utilising modern data platforms (preferably MS Azure Data Platform) to deliver outstanding BI solutions
* Good experience of data and software architecture and patterns
* Strong experience of implementing and maturing multiple delivery methodologies - agile, scrum, Kanban, devops