Senior Data Insights Manager

BAE Systems (New); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Data Insights Manager, where you'll lead exciting data visualisation and analytics projects. This role involves engaging with stakeholders to transform business questions into actionable insights, while also providing technical support to Data Analysts. You'll have the opportunity to foster a culture of continuous improvement within a dynamic team, ensuring that analytics projects meet high standards of quality and timeliness. With a focus on inclusivity and diversity, this innovative firm empowers its employees to make a real impact through data-driven decision-making.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Green car scheme

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Advanced experience with Tableau and Alteryx toolsets.
• Strong consultative and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of data visualisation and analytics projects.
• Lead stakeholder engagement to develop data analytics solutions.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, cost, and quality.

Skills

Tableau

Alteryx

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Consultative skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant numerate or IT degree

Tools

Tableau

Alteryx

Job description

Job Title: Senior Data Insights Manager

Location: Guildford, Preston, Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £55,000-£65,000, depending on experiences plus bonus scheme

What you’ll be doing:

• Overseeing the delivery of a range of data visualisation and analytics projects in the early stages of development. Including but not exclusively requirements capture, design and prototyping technical solutions
• Providing technical and consultative support to Data Analysts in developing analytical solutions
• Lead stakeholder engagement activities to understand business questions in order to turn these into data analytics solutions
• Providing thought leadership to support the development of new data insights and guiding Digital Intelligence stakeholders to drive maximum value from their data
• Building and managing relationships with senior stakeholders within Digital Intelligence, as well as across BAE Systems, to drive successful delivery of analytics projects
• Ensuring that technical assurance is provided to all data analysis projects
• Instilling a culture of continuous improvement and playing a key role in developing the team
• Ensuring data analytics projects are delivered to time, cost and quality

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Advanced experience of Tableau and Alteryx toolsets or other similar analytics toolsets
• Knowledge of the data landscape within business organisations and understanding of how data sets may interact
• Ability to summarise, present data and conclusions in the most appropriate format for all users
• Holds consultative skills to effectively capture data requirement
• Clearly demonstrates impactful communication skills (oral, written and presentation) in both formal and informal settings, articulating complex ideas to broad audiences
• Proactive strong problem solver with an analytical mindset, inquisitive and methodical

Desirable:

• Relevant numerate or IT degree, experience in consultancy or people management position

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Digital Intelligence COO Data team:

Data lies at the core of our daily operations in Digital Intelligence. The COO data team has been established to enable the business to maximise the quality, availability, and use of trusted data assets to support business decisions. Our vision is to foster a data-driven culture that empowers people to connect with the right data at the right time, enabling informed decisions, innovation, and transformative impact.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 12^th January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.