East Genomics Data and Performance Lead

NHS; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in the UK seeks a Data and Performance Team Leader. The role focuses on fostering a data-first culture, developing innovative data visualizations, and ensuring accurate reporting. Candidates should possess a strong background in data analysis and leadership with experience in SQL and data visualization tools. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £55,690 to £62,682 annually and a commitment to fostering a diverse working environment.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Flexible working arrangements

Subsidized parking and transport

Qualifications

• A first- or second-class honours degree level qualification in a numerate discipline.
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or Statistics is desirable.
• Significant experience in data analysis and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Create a data-first culture within the service.
• Oversee the production of statutory reports.
• Provide professional leadership on data analytics and performance.

Skills

Excellent storytelling

Strong SQL skills

Data visualization

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Degree in numerate discipline

Master’s Degree in Data Science or related

Tools

R

SPSS

SQL

Jira service desk

Job description

Job Summary

East Genomics, comprising the NHS East Genomics Laboratory Hub (EGLH) and East Genomics Medicine Service Alliance (EGMSA), delivers genomics testing to a patient population of around 9 million people, across the East Midlands and East of England. Our service gives diagnoses to patients, enables healthcare choices and treatment selection, and drives research to improve outcomes.

At East Genomics, we recognise the importance of using high-quality data to power strategic and operational decision making, drive cutting edge research, and measure the benefits of providing care to our patients.

If you have a demonstrated ability to extract value from data, communicate that value to key stakeholders and utilise it to drive service improvement, this position could be the next step for you to take in your career.

Main Duties of the Job

• You will create a data-first culture within the service, delivering projects that demonstrate how data can be used to drive policy, strategic decision making, and efficiencies across the region
• You will drive development of novel solutions for data visualisation, modelling and monitoring to anticipate and communicate the impacts of service transformation to a wider audience.
• You will oversee the production of statutory reports, ensuring that they are accurate and delivered in a timely manner to appropriate stakeholders.
• You will provide professional leadership on data analytics and performance, growing and developing your team as required, and ensuring that East Genomics can meet its service objectives and strategic goals.

About us

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high‑quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job Details

Date posted: 23 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year p.a. pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number: 180‑B‑CV A160‑RE

Job locations: Addenbrookes Hospital – Division B, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ

Job Responsibilities

In this role, based at the central laboratory of East Genomics (Cambridge Genomics Laboratory), you will lead a Data and Performance Team for the East Genomics Medicine Service. You will create a data‑first culture within the service, delivering projects that demonstrate how data can be used to drive policy, strategic decision making and efficiencies across the region.

You will drive development of novel solutions for data visualisation, modelling and monitoring to anticipate and communicate the impacts of service transformation to a wider audience. You will oversee the production of statutory reports, ensuring that they are accurate and delivered in a timely manner to appropriate stakeholders. You will provide professional leadership on data analytics and performance, growing and developing your team as required, and ensuring that East Genomics can meet its service objectives and strategic goals.

• Have delivered statutory and/or financial reporting to stakeholders and key decision makers
• Have created and maintained robust data processing pipelines
• Have developed data dashboards and data visualisations to support decision making
• Have strong technical skills in SQL (preferable) and/or other languages
• Have experience leading data analyst teams
• Be comfortable communicating with people with a wide range of backgrounds and understanding

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full‑time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder we will not be able to offer you a full‑time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

The advert will close at midnight on 11 January 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 22 January 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose‑created colleague‑only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work‑life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit https://www.cuh.nhs.uk.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Qualifications

• Essential: A first- or second-class honours degree level qualification in a numerate discipline, computer science or an equivalent subject requiring high levels of data analysis.
• Desirable: Master’s Degree with Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or Statistics, or a subject requiring high levels of data analysis.
• Desirable: Evidence of continuous professional development undertaken.

Experience

• Significant experience working in a role requiring practical use of data analysis and performance monitoring.
• Significant experience working with large and complex datasets, from multiple, heterogeneous sources.
• Evidence of utilising critical review to assure the quality of data analytics projects, from requirements gathering to final reporting.
• Confident at communicating with stakeholders across all levels of an organisation, has received positive feedback when doing so.
• Experience leading teams, with evidence of team development through recruitment, staff performance management and training/mentoring.
• Experience promoting data analytics and performance monitoring as a mechanism for driving transformation and service improvement.
• Experience using data visualisation and analysis tools to represent insights effectively to end users and empower them in decision making.
• Experience delivering high‑quality, standardised periodic reports, such as those required for monitoring against contracts.
• Experience overseeing a service desk function to respond to ad hoc requests from across the region.
• Experience in the analysis and interpretation of NHS datasets, including data linkages with centrally held resources.
• Experience in using or interrogating genomics data.
• Experience working in an accredited environment (ISO standard).
• Demonstrable experience working in Epic data warehouse and analytics environments (Cogito, SlicerDicer, Clarity).

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Healthcare terminology and coding.
• Working knowledge of Electronic Patient Records and Laboratory Information Management systems.
• A good understanding of information governance, data protection and privacy.
• Able to interpret information when received and react appropriately.
• Knowledge of data analytics development lifecycle – able to describe best practice to ensure high‑quality outputs.
• Knowledge of Genomics‑specific data and terminologies.
• Knowledge of NHS mechanisms for reporting and monitoring contractual activity.
• Knowledge of Epic, NerveCenter, StarLIMS and/or Shire databases and their derivatives / reporting toolsets.

Skills

• Excellent storytelling, communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain fundamental concepts to all levels with varying understanding.
• Able to motivate, persuade and negotiate, including the management of performance and delivery of outcomes, in non‑line management relationships.
• Able to lead and influence at all levels and able to develop and build strong relationships with people of different business and technical backgrounds.
• Able to lead the delivery of complex, high‑value projects including target setting and prioritisation of activities with the resources available.
• Able to critically appraise and interpret highly complex data and advise on actions based on the comparison of a range of options.
• Expert in using R, SPSS or equivalent software, with an ability to write high quality, maintainable and portable code and test code to ensure its quality.
• Expert in use of SQL and database design / querying.
• Ability to use Jira service desk software and develop support workflows therein.

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.