AI-Driven Data, Analytics & Insight Director

Forward Role Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Forward Role are partnering exclusively with a data-driven technology business in Manchester to recruit a Director of Data, Analytics and Insights. You will own the full data strategy, spanning analytics, engineering, governance and emerging AI-enabled capabilities, to drive commercial impact and scale the organisation.

You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams across analytics, insights, BI and data engineering, ensuring data quality and accessibility across product, marketing, sales and operations.

Responsibilities

• Defining and delivering a scalable data strategy that accelerates analytics maturity.
• Championing data as a strategic asset across every business area.
• Building a roadmap that strengthens data quality and supports AI-enabled capabilities.
• Leading and developing multidisciplinary teams across analytics, insights, BI and data engineering.
• Ensuring analytics aligns with priorities from Product, Marketing, Sales and Operations.
• Driving modern analytical practices including attribution modelling, forecasting, experimentation, and digital performance analysis.
• Overseeing the architecture, reliability and performance of data platforms, pipelines and models.
• Embedding governance, documentation, modelling standards and security best practices.
• Reducing technical debt and ensuring high availability of data systems.
• Supporting a wide range of use cases from automated reporting to machine learning products.
• Translating complex insight into clear recommendations that influence trading, strategy and product decisions.
• Identifying opportunities for growth and operational efficiency through deeper customer and channel understanding.
• Building business cases, scenarios and forecasts to support commercial planning.
• Strengthening the accuracy and transparency of channel performance, attribution and investment evaluation.
• Maintaining high standards of data quality, lineage, privacy and compliance.
• Creating progression pathways, upskilling programmes and a culture of curiosity, collaboration and accountability.

Job description

Forward Role are partnering exclusively with a data-driven technology business in Manchester to recruit a Director of Data, Analytics and Insights. You will own the full data strategy, spanning analytics, engineering, governance and emerging AI-enabled capabilities, to drive commercial impact and scale the organisation.

You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams across analytics, insights, BI and data engineering, ensuring data quality and accessibility across product, marketing, sales and operations.