Senior Digital and Data Manager

Sweco UK Ltd

Peterborough

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working
Pension
Life Assurance
Private Medical Insurance
Company car
Annual bonus
Professional subscriptions
25 days leave
Cycle to work
Employee Assistance

Job summary

Sweco UK Ltd is seeking a Senior Digital & Data Manager to lead our digital transformation agenda. You will drive data excellence, governance and emerging technologies to improve project delivery, performance and growth.

You will manage a ~35-strong multidisciplinary Digital & Data team, foster data-led decisions and collaborate with alliance partners and clients in a large infrastructure programme.

Qualifications

  • Degree-qualified in engineering, IT, software or digital transformation with related field.
  • Significant leadership experience in digital, data or technology functions.
  • Strong expertise in data and information management.
  • Experience leading technology-enabled change and transformation programmes.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
  • Strategic mindset with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and deliver the @one digital and data strategy.
  • Drive a data-led culture across the organisation.
  • Oversee data governance, asset information management and compliance with industry standards.
  • Lead the development of data platforms, business intelligence and reporting capabilities.
  • Champion AI, automation and digital innovation to improve efficiency and productivity.
  • Manage and develop a multidisciplinary Digital & Data team of circa 35 people.
  • Build strong relationships with Anglian Water, alliance partners, suppliers and industry stakeholders.

Skills

Data governance
Leadership
Stakeholder engagement
AI & automation
Data strategy
Digital transformation

Education

Degree in Engineering/IT/Digital Transformation

Job description

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We're looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

Senior Digital & Data Manager

We're looking for a Senior Digital & Data Manager to lead our digital transformation agenda, driving innovation, data excellence and emerging technologies to improve project delivery, performance and business growth.

What you'll be doing
  • Lead and deliver the @one digital and data strategy.
  • Drive a data-led culture across the organisation.
  • Oversee data governance, asset information management and compliance with industry standards.
  • Lead the development of data platforms, business intelligence and reporting capabilities.
  • Champion AI, automation and digital innovation to improve efficiency and productivity.
  • Manage and develop a multidisciplinary Digital & Data team of circa 35 people.
  • Build strong relationships with Anglian Water, alliance partners, suppliers and industry stakeholders.
What you'll bring
  • Degree qualification in Engineering, IT, Software, Digital Transformation or a related field.
  • Significant leadership experience within digital, data or technology functions.
  • Strong expertise in data and information management.
  • Experience leading technology-enabled change and transformation programmes.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
  • A strategic mindset with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement.
Desirable
  • Experience with AI, automation technologies and digital products.
  • Knowledge of cloud technologies and modern data platforms.
  • Experience in Master Data Management and change management.
Why join us?

This is a rare opportunity to influence the digital future of one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes while helping deliver Anglian Water's vision of a more resilient and sustainable future.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.

Employee Benefits
  • Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
  • Competitive pension contribution
  • Life Assurance
  • Private Medical Insurance (including family cover)
  • Company car or car allowance
  • Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
  • Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
  • Cycle2Work Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
  • Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
  • Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
  • We plant a tree for all new starters!
@OneAlliance vision

A collaborative alliance, driving change. Empowering us to set global benchmarks and building a better environment for our customers. We strive to:

Empower our people; Delight our Customers; Embrace digital transformation; Deliver brilliance.

@OneAlliance Values

To bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop we:

Build trust; Do the right thing; Are always exploring

The Anglian Water @one Alliance. Nine partners, endless opportunities.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer which reflects our commitment to fair pay and support for all colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If I have a disability, can I get help (e.g. "reasonable adjustments") with the application process?

If you're an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to use the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, please contact GB_Function-HR-Resourcing@sweco.co.uk for assistance.

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  • Name
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  • The position title
  • Requisition/vacancy number

Upon receipt of this information, we'll respond to you promptly to obtain more information about your request.

Please note: we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.

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