Head of Data

We are looking for a new Head of Data to join our team at Newmedica. This is a full-time role with a mixture of working from home and from our offices in either London or Nottingham. There will also be ad-hoc travel to our clinical ophthalmic joint venture sites (OJVs).

As the Head of Data, you’ll be at the helm of our data team comprising currently 7 individuals. The remit of the team is to maintain the data integrity within Newmedica ensuring that the information we provide to internal stakeholders and external partners is robust and delivered in a timely manner.

Youll be developing the data strategy in line with Newmedicas five-year plan focussing on elements such as managing the Microsoft Azure data environment, ensuring high standards in SQL, Power BI, and other systems development, leading clinical coding compliance and assurance and keeping up to data with regulatory changes and new initiatives., Were looking for someone ideally with a background in healthcare data roles, with experience both in the NHS and within fast paced, commercial private healthcare providers. As such youll have a good understanding of the NHS, the private healthcare sector, standard contracts, tariffs, and quality reporting., As the Head of Data, you’ll be at the helm of our data team comprising currently 7 individuals. The remit of the team is to maintain the data integrity within Newmedica ensuring that the information we provide to internal stakeholders and external partners is robust and delivered in a timely manner.

Youll be developing the data strategy in line with Newmedicas five-year plan focussing on elements such as managing the Microsoft Azure data environment, ensuring high standards in SQL, Power BI, and other systems development, leading clinical coding compliance and assurance and keeping up to data with regulatory changes and new initiatives. Job description, As the Head of Data, you’ll be at the helm of our data team comprising currently 7 individuals. The remit of the team is to maintain the data integrity within Newmedica ensuring that the information we provide to internal stakeholders and external partners is robust and delivered in a timely manner.

Youll be developing the data strategy in line with Newmedicas five-year plan focussing on elements such as managing the Microsoft Azure data environment, ensuring high standards in SQL, Power BI, and other systems development, leading clinical coding compliance and assurance and keeping up to data with regulatory changes and new initiatives.

• Were looking for someone ideally with a background in healthcare data roles, with experience both in the NHS and within fast paced, commercial private healthcare providers. As such youll have a good understanding of the NHS, the private healthcare sector, standard contracts, tariffs, and quality reporting.

• Newmedica has substantial growth plans and aims to double in size over the three years so as you can imagine things move quickly and were looking for someone who is comfortable working at pace and sometimes with ambiguity. Of course, this also means that youll be able to grow in this role and scale up your operations to meet the needs of the expanding business. Which is an exciting prospect!

• Youll have held senior Data roles and have an excellent understanding of data technologies, especially SQL, Azure Data Factory, Python, R, and data visualization platforms like Power BI. And youll have experience of data architecture design and development and implementing workflow-enabled solutions.

• Youll have held leadership positions and will be an accomplished leader of people; youll have experience of coaching and developing your team and will be used to driving results through their performance.

• Stakeholder management is pivotal, and youll ensure effective collaboration with the Senior Management Team, various business functions and external stakeholders to meet their current and future data and reporting requirements. Youll have opportunity every day to use your excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as your project management and strategic thinking and problem-solving skills

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Were looking for someone ideally with a background in healthcare data roles, with experience both in the NHS and within fast paced, commercial private healthcare providers. As such youll have a good understanding of the NHS, the private healthcare sector, standard contracts, tariffs, and quality reporting.

• Newmedica has substantial growth plans and aims to double in size over the three years so as you can imagine things move quickly and were looking for someone who is comfortable working at pace and sometimes with ambiguity. Of course, this also means that youll be able to grow in this role and scale up your operations to meet the needs of the expanding business. Which is an exciting prospect!

• Youll have held senior Data roles and have an excellent understanding of data technologies, especially SQL, Azure Data Factory, Python, R, and data visualization platforms like Power BI. And youll have experience of data architecture design and development and implementing workflow-enabled solutions.

• Youll have held leadership positions and will be an accomplished leader of people; youll have experience of coaching and developing your team and will be used to driving results through their performance.

• Stakeholder management is pivotal, and youll ensure effective collaboration with the Senior Management Team, various business functions and external stakeholders to meet their current and future data and reporting requirements. Youll have opportunity every day to use your excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as your project management and strategic thinking and problem-solving skills

Job locations

Newmedica

45 Beech Street

London

EC2Y 8AD

Newmedica

Experian Way

Nottingham

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