Head of Data

Contract : 12 Months
Day Rate : £900 - £1084

Essential:

• Senior leadership, governance and / or assurance experience within the data domain
• Influencing and developing relationships across all grades, both internally and externally
• Working within ambiguity, to offer innovative solutions
• Experience of creating a culture that is trusting, collaborative, innovative, diverse and inclusive
• Proven experience in defining and communicating a clear vision that aligns with organisational goals, inspiring teams and stakeholders to take action.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic vision into actionable goals and initiatives for a department or team
• Experience in fostering teamwork within a department and cross-functional collaboration with other departments or external partners.
• A degree in science, mathematics, computer science; data science; information systems or related field.

Technical Skills:

• Excellent leadership and coaching
• Exceptional Communication and storytelling in all potential media including oral, written and visual.
• Influencing senior leadership
• Creative and critical thinking, and outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities:
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Strategic and Systems Thinking
• Exceptional networking skills across government, academia and industry
• DAMA accreditation at associate level or above, or the capacity to reach accreditation within six months

Desirable:

• Developing and implementing appropriate governance and assurance structures
• Delivering complex strategic solutions under uncertainty
• Influencing at the highest levels of government
• Harnessing sources of technical excellence from appropriate sources, both internal and external.
• Setting a compelling vision and engaging the enthusiasm of staff to excel and to embrace change
• Evidence of application focussed subject matter expertise within the data domain or in complementary science domains, such as AI, Data Analytics etc