Data Analytics Lead

Job: Data Analytics Lead

Location:Durrington West Sussex
Contract Type:Permanent
Hours:37 hours per week
Salary:from 52k

About the role

Digital is at the heart of Southern Waters transformationand analytics is one of the most influential levers we have to shape better decisions better outcomes and a better future for our customers and communities.

AstheData Analytics Lead you will play a pivotal role in defining how analytics creates value acrosstheportfolio. Acting as a senior leader within the function you will set standards shape strategy and ensure insights are not only trusted but consistently drive meaningful decisions.Youlllead through influence partnering closely with product engineeringoperationsand senior stakeholders to ensure analytics is embedded into the rhythms of the organisation.

This is a highly impactful role that blends strategic direction people leadership andhandsonownership of analytical quality and capability.Youllhelp build an environment where analysts feel supportedempoweredand able to grow while ensuring Southern Water has the insight it needs to deliver for customersregulatorsand the environment.

What you willbe responsible for

• Owning the analytics roadmap prioritising value aligning to strategy and ensuring our work supports regulatory and organisational needs.

• Setting analytical definitionsmethodsand quality standards and approving complex analytical designs.

• Influencing senior stakeholders framingdecisionsand driving the adoption of insight across the organisation.

• Leading and developing analysts shaping career paths buildingcapabilityand fostering a thriving analytics community.

• Overseeing governance riskmanagementand assurance for analytics within your domain.

• Leading our Analytics Community of Practice curating standards best practice learning content and exemplars that shape how the whole organisation approaches analytics.

Additionalrequirements

• Ability to chair forums resolve analytical disputes and ensure consistent decisionmakingacross teams.

• Familiarity with evolving techniques tools and regulatory expectations and the ability to translate these into practical standards and guidance.

Whatyoullbring to the role

Essential

• Experience defining analytical strategy and ensuring analytics directly supports business outcomes.

• Strong capability inestablishingstandardsgovernanceand quality control.

• Ability to influence at senior levels across technical and nontechnical teams.

• Proven experience developing talent and coaching analysts atdifferent levels.

• Strongproblemsolvingskills with experience directing multimethod multisource analysis.

• Clear compelling communication skills able to translate complex insight into concise actionable narratives for executive audiences.

• Provide technical and strategic leadership across the analytics ecosystemshaping data pipelines modelling approaches and visualisation standards using Databricks Alteryx Power BI and statisticalapproachesto ensure reliable actionable insights at scale.

Desirable

• Experience evaluating analytical platformstoolsor vendors.

• Knowledge of risk management regulatoryobligationsor model governance.

Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britains water industry investing significantly to enhance resilience sustainability and service excellence. With 7.8bn planned investment for 2025-30 this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed.