Business Intelligence & Data Warehouse Lead

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care provider in England is looking for an experienced senior informatics professional to enhance its data warehouse and Business Intelligence solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and experience in tools like Tableau. Key responsibilities include leading the BI development team, managing Trust-wide systems, and offering expert advice on data strategies. This position supports flexible working arrangements, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development options

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Microsoft SQL Server for data warehouse development.
• Proven track record in driving improvements in Business Intelligence.
• Experience in administering enterprise-level Business Intelligence platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide support as the subject matter expert on Trust data and reporting strategies.
• Develop and implement business intelligence tools for service transformation.
• Manage the Information Management and BI development team for optimal performance.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server

Tableau

Data Warehousing

Business Intelligence

Python

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Tableau Server

Job description

A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Trust’s Performance and Information Team for an experienced senior informatics professional to play a key role in the ongoing development and transformation of the Trust’s data warehouse and Business Intelligence solutions.

We are seeking a passionate and forward-thinking individual with a proven track record of driving improvements in Business Intelligence. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Microsoft SQL Server for data warehouse development and the administration of an enterprise-level Business Intelligence platform, such as Tableau.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled informatics professional to make a significant impact within the Trust. If you are passionate about Business Intelligence and eager to drive meaningful change, we encourage you to apply.

Please note this role does not offer sponsorship.

This role will have an assessment as part of the interview process to help fully assess candidates’ suitability for the post, which takes place in form of an interactive presentation to senior stakeholders at Trust premises (on-site), with the topic and exercise given on the day, and cannot be done remote.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership for the Trust’s Information Management team, serving as an authoritative source of expertise. A key aspect of this role involves enhancing existing solutions and scripts to optimize efficiency and accuracy, as well as conducting peer reviews of code through a structured change control process.

Working closely with the Associate Director of Performance and Information and the team’s Principal Analyst, the post holder will contribute to shaping the future direction of the team and its strategic developments.

Flexible Working

We are proud to offer agile and flexible working opportunities as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. The team operate a hybrid working arrangement whereby we utilise home working alongside mandatory office days each week.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Key Responsibilities

1. Provide support as the ‘subject matter expert’ in the determination of Trust data and business information system requirements; offering detailed advice on data collection, management and reporting strategies. This will involve working collaboratively with stakeholders to understand highly complex issues, provide highly technical solutions and support for interpreting and resolving highly complex data set reporting requirements, often without precedent, or with conflicting options.
2. Develop and implement ‘cutting edge’ business intelligence tools which may not be being used by any other NHS organisations to deliver the Trust’s Digital Strategy and service transformation programmes.
3. Responsible for the development and operation of multiple and business critical Trust wide business intelligence systems.
4. Provide authoritative expert information to senior staff including executives, guidance, and advice on all matters pertaining to the design, development, implementation, and support of the trust data warehouse.
5. Be the driving force behind the adoption of new data technologies in the organisation.
6. Ensure the development and delivery of integrated performance dashboards (using data from multiple Trust systems) to support effective performance management and decision making for all staff across the Trust.
7. Line manage the Information Management and business Intelligence development team to provide mentoring, staff development, appraisal to ensure all resources are deployed to maximise efficiency and quality of delivery.
8. Design Trust wide systems to Identify data quality issues and manage strategies to resolve them.
9. Design and develop data schemas using Microsoft SQL Server and associated technologies such as Python – the post holder shall have expert level knowledge of SQL.
10. Be able to demonstrate an ability through previous experience of administering an enterprise level Business Intelligence software, such as Tableau Server.
11. Provide a DBA function to the Business Intelligence team, by fine tuning queries and implementing a change management approach.
12. Be familiar with and be an expert in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
13. Liaise and work closely with the IT Modernisation team to maintain, develop and enhance infrastructure supporting BI.
14. Update and maintain the detailed functional and technical system specifications of data warehouse and BI platform.
15. Keep up to date on industry best practice, frameworks, methods and tools relating to the design, development, implementation and support of data warehouses, and data.

This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Jan 2026.