Lead, Data Engineering & Analytics – Informatics

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Metchley; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust invites an experienced Informatics Development Manager to lead the data engineering, data platform and analytics capability. Following Epic EPR and Caboodle, you will unlock value from clinical and operational data, shape the data architecture and grow advanced analytics to support reporting and decision‑making.

You will lead a specialist team across data engineering and analytics, partnering with clinical leaders to transform care and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in data science, computer science, analytics or related field.
• Proven CPD in data engineering, analytics or informatics.
• Professional certification or training in data platforms, cloud technologies or analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead data engineering and data platform capability.
• Ensure high-quality, well-structured data for reporting and analytics.
• Develop advanced analytics capability including forecasting and modelling.
• Set strategy for data architecture, tools and platforms.
• Build partnerships with clinical and operational leaders and external organisations.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Data platforms leadership

Analytics leadership

SQL Server

Data warehousing

ETL/ELT

Power BI

Python

R

Stakeholder management

Education

Master’s degree in data science / computer science / analytics

Tools

SSIS

Caboodle

Epic

Job description

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust invites an experienced Informatics Development Manager to lead the data engineering, data platform and analytics capability. Following Epic EPR and Caboodle, you will unlock value from clinical and operational data, shape the data architecture and grow advanced analytics to support reporting and decision‑making.

You will lead a specialist team across data engineering and analytics, partnering with clinical leaders to transform care and