Reports to:
Chief financial officer
Direct reports:
Data and insights manager
Accountabilities:
- Provide leadership and guidance to the company on all data matters, both internal and external, creating a culture of data driven thinking and decision-making
- Maintain the integrity and security of all data, ensuring compliance with external regulations and corporate data standards and policies
- Provide a high-quality data analysis and insights infrastructure
- Develop our data strategy to meet current and future business needs
Key responsibilities:
- Define, implement and maintain a robust data governance framework, including data ownership, capture, processing, use of, sharing, privacy and security policies
- Align all aspects of operational and strategic data management to our business requirements and priorities, in support of decision-making and future product and service development
- Drive high standards of data integrity and quality across all data sources, establishing the metrics to monitor data management and governance effectiveness
- Continuously evaluate and recommend innovative solutions and methodologies to enhance data capabilities
- Work collaboratively across the business to embed a data-driven corporate culture
- As GS1 UK’s data officer ensure compliance with data protection regulations
- Own the end-to-end delivery of data and business intelligence activities
- Work closely with the head of IS to ensure alignment of respective data and IS strategies and policies
- Work closely with the head of product to ensure the security and integrity of GS1 UK’s key issuing services
- Provide a comprehensive data analysis and insights capability across the business, with particular focus on developing a best-in-class membership management information system
- Ensure our members’ data is compliant with GS1 regulations with regard to number integrity and prefix/number allocation
Person specification:
Background and experience
- Proven track record of delivering data governance frameworks
- Comprehensive knowledge of building quality data infrastructures with associated supplementary data sources, data quality standards and stewardship
- Demonstrable experience and understanding of existing and emerging analytical machine learning and AI technologies
- Excellent understanding of compliance, privacy and data regulations as they apply to GS1 UK
- Extensive experience in data modelling techniques and applied analytical approaches
Personal strengths and style
- Positive outlook and ability to drive change
- Approachable, consultative and collaborative
- Strong communicator able to communicate complex topics across all levels
- Keen problem-solver who recognises how data can support the business in achieving its objectives
- Strategic thinker, able to analyse complex data landscapes and translate insight into action
- Adaptable, comfortable working with the ambiguity of imperfect data to deliver pragmatic solutions
- Analytical mindset