Data Lead

iO Associates; West of England; On-site; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

iO Associates is seeking a Tech Lead / Tech Delivery Lead to join the leadership team and take ownership of technical quality and client delivery. You’ll be a senior anchor across the business, helping win work, shape the architecture, and ensure what is promised is delivered to a high standard.

You’ll operate across leadership, technical strategy, quality and governance, while staying hands-on and delivering with clients and senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong technical foundation across data, cloud and modern application development and leadership to operate confidently with clients and senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading technical delivery and governance across discovery, design and delivery phases.
• Ability to shape architecture and technical approach before projects convert and stay close to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight to keep discovery, design and delivery on track.
• Shape architecture and technical approach before projects convert and ensure delivery quality.
• Lead across team leadership, technical strategy and governance.
• Build strong client relationships and translate technical concepts to commercial stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Technical delivery

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Tools

Azure

AWS

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Tableau

ChatGPT

Copilot

Gemini

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Terraform

SQL

Python

Job description

They are a growing data and technology consultancy helping organisations turn data into better decisions, smarter processes and new opportunities.

They’re growing, and looking for aTech Lead / Tech Delivery Leadto join the leadership team and take ownership of the technical quality and delivery of client work.

This is a newly created role, reporting directly to theManaging Director. You’ll be the senior technical and delivery anchor across the business — helping win new work, deliver brilliantly for clients, and earn the trust that brings them back.

The role

This isn’t a pure engineering role, and it isn’t a strategy role where you hand over a roadmap and walk away.

We’re looking for aconfident, hands-on technical leaderwho enjoys getting into the detail, making decisions, challenging assumptions and driving things through to delivery.

Our Data Consultants lead discovery, design and much of the customer journey. You’ll provide the technical oversight that keeps those phases on track, helping shape the architecture and technical approach before projects convert — then staying close to the build and delivery to make sure what we’ve promised gets delivered to a high standard.

You’ll work across:

• Team leadership
• Technical strategy
• Quality and governance

You’ll also be someone the MD can trust tobounce ideas off, challenge thinking and help solve difficult problems.

What we’re looking for

You’ll need a strong technical foundation across data, cloud and modern application development, alongside the leadership and consultancy skills to operate confidently with clients and senior stakeholders.

Experience with many of the technologies below would be valuable:

• Cloud:Azure and/or AWS
• Data platforms:Databricks, Snowflake and/or Microsoft Fabric — withdeep expertise in at least one
• BI & visualisation:Power BI and/or Tableau
• Generative AI:ChatGPT, Copilot and/or Gemini
• Source control & CI/CD:GitHub and/or Azure DevOps
• Infrastructure as code:Terraform
• Code:SQL and Python

The person

Fit matters hugely.They’re a small, growing business, so need someone who is comfortable rolling up their sleeves, working across boundaries and helping shape how they operate.

You’ll probably be at your best here if you:

• Are confident making decisions and taking ownership.
• Enjoy beinghands-on, not just a strategic observer.
• Care deeply about theclient experienceas well as technical quality.
• Can move comfortably between a technical conversation with a developer and a commercial conversation with a client or senior leader.
• Aren’t afraid to say “I don’t think that’s right” — and can explain why.
• Like improving things rather than accepting “that’s how we’ve always done it”.
• Have the maturity and judgement to know when to get into the detail and when to step back.
• Want to play a meaningful role in a growing consultancy rather than becoming another cog in a large organisation.

What you’ll get

• Salary up to £90,000, depending on experience and fit.
• A genuine place on theleadership team, reporting directly to the MD.
• The opportunity to shape the technology function and how we deliver client work as the business scales.
• A broad, varied role spanning technology, delivery, clients, people and business development.
• The chance to work with modern data, cloud, AI and automation technologies.
• A role where your ideas will genuinely influence the direction of the company.