Data Analytics Program Manager

Marks and Spencer; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount across products

Discretionary bonus schemes

Defined Contribution Pension

Life Assurance

Training programmes

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Data Analytics Manager to drive planning, prioritisation and delivery of strategic data, analytics and transformation initiatives across the business.

The role combines delivery leadership, portfolio management and business transformation, overseeing a complex backlog while ensuring alignment between demand, capacity and delivery commitments. You will translate challenges into actionable plans and unlock efficiencies across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience translating complex business requirements into actionable data-driven insights.
• Delivery of projects with technical dependencies and collaboration with tech leads.
• Proven ability to create and manage end-to-end delivery roadmaps.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building across functions.
• Experience driving transformation in fluid environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Data & Reporting Analytics backlog with prioritisation and delivery sequencing.
• Assess, challenge and shape new requirements ensuring alignment to strategic objectives.
• Support workload planning and capacity management for analytics teams.
• Establish governance and reporting cadence with stakeholders, highlighting progress and risks.
• Define and maintain detailed project plans aligned to roadmaps.

Skills

Data analytics

Stakeholder mgmt

Delivery leadership

Transformation experience

Job description

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Data Analytics Manager to drive planning, prioritisation and delivery of strategic data, analytics and transformation initiatives across the business.

The role combines delivery leadership, portfolio management and business transformation, overseeing a complex backlog while ensuring alignment between demand, capacity and delivery commitments. You will translate challenges into actionable plans and unlock efficiencies across the organisation.