Data & Analytics Capability Manager in Milton Keynes

SALARY: from £68,216.80 per annum dependent on experience

LOCATION: One Delaware Drive, Milton Keynes, MK15 8HG

HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role.

CLOSING DATE: 27/02/2026. We reserve the right to close the advert earlier if we receive a high volume of applications.

We are looking for a data leader to shape our enterprise-wide analytics capability. This influential role will be critical to our data transformation and will drive the establishment of an analytics centre of excellence that produces game-changing analytics, elevates reporting standards across the business, and inspires a team of high-performing Data Analysts and Insight Specialists. If you thrive at the intersection of strategy, leadership and technical insight, this could be your next big move.

Are you passionate about delivering value from data? Do you enjoy turning complex calculations into data stories that senior leaders want to hear? Do you believe analytics should be trusted, consistent, and accessible for everyone? If the answers are yes then this could be the role for you. This role is pivotal in ensuring our organisation operates with clarity, confidence and high-quality information—right up to Board and FSAG level.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading and developing a central analytics team—how will you inspire them to be their best?
• Enhancing and standardising senior-level reporting and presentations—can you make complex data compelling?
• Improving automated and standard reporting across VWFS UK and VW Bank UK.
• Translating performance insight into risks, opportunities and actionable recommendations.
• Owning analytics and visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau, Business Objects)
• Driving consistency through clear standards and controls across analytics and reporting.
• Supporting Front Office and Operations teams with meaningful commercial and customer insight.
• Championing statistical analysis linked to key customer behaviours—how would you uncover the "why" behind performance?
• Collaborating across our data leadership community to allocate resources where they create the most value.
• Promoting a data-driven culture—how would you help teams embrace data literacy and adoption?

What You’ll Bring

• Are you an experienced leader who knows how to build trust, stretch capability, and bring people with you?
• Strong team leadership with proven coaching and mentoring experience.
• Ability to simplify technical content for non-technical audiences—can you tell a compelling data story?
• Experience in data mining, quantitative analysis, cluster analysis and pattern recognition.
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders with clarity and empathy.
• Ability to assess complex commercial challenges and recommend long-term solutions.
• Project leadership experience and the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
• A proactive, analytical mindset with the courage to challenge, explore and innovate.
• A track record of delivering at pace under pressure.

Are you ready to drive real organisational value through analytics? If you love bringing structure to complexity, empowering people, and using data to guide better decisions, we’d love to hear from you.

What’s in it for you?

• Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance)
• Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution.
• Car schemes: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance and fuel card OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.
• Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions).
• Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover, so you can select the benefits that matter to you.
• We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work.

Why join VWFS UK?

You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission. Our mission is straightforward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isn’t just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team.