Data Director

Data Director

Department: Insights

Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Paul Jones

Description

Reward is a fast-growing company where data sits at the heart of our decision-making. We are looking for a Data Director to take ownership of our data strategy, ensuring that analytics, insights, and data governance drive business success. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a high-performing team and shape how data is leveraged across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Define and execute the company’s data strategy, ensuring it aligns with business objectives.
2. Lead and develop a team of analysts and data engineers, driving best practices in data management and analytics.
3. Oversee data governance, compliance, and security to ensure adherence to industry standards.
4. Partner with senior stakeholders to translate business challenges into data-driven solutions.
5. Build and maintain scalable data infrastructure that supports real-time and predictive analytics.
6. Foster a data-driven culture, promoting knowledge-sharing and continuous learning.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

1. Proven experience in a senior data leadership role.
2. Strong technical knowledge of data platforms, analytics tools, and governance frameworks.
3. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement a company-wide data strategy.
4. Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate complex data insights clearly.
5. Experience leading and growing high-performing data teams.
6. A passion for data innovation and using insights to drive business success.

Benefits

1. Annual Leave: 25 days + bank holidays
2. Ability to buy and sell holiday days as well as the ability to bank days (tenure dependent)
3. Flexible working options: we are operating a hybrid working model with 3 days a week from the office
4. Pension: Hargreaves Lansdown – 6% matched contribution
5. Employee share scheme
6. Generous family friendly cover
7. Private healthcare – Bupa
8. Income protection
9. Critical illness cover
10. Life insurance cover
11. Dental cover
12. Optical cover
13. Yulife app for access to employee wellbeing and discounts
14. Perks at Work, cashback/discount shopping site
15. Employee referral scheme
16. Salary sacrifice program which includes cycle to work scheme, electric car scheme and season ticket loans
17. Volunteering program
18. Company events i.e. Christmas party, all-company event and other social/hosted events during the year (we have an active social committee!)
19. Team socials

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