Data and Business Intelligence Manager

At VWV, we're on an exciting journey to make better use of data across the firm, and we're looking for an experienced Data & BI Manager to join our Digital Delivery team and help us shape what comes next. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with people leadership, coaching and stakeholder engagement.

You will lead our Data Engineering and Business Intelligence capabilities, helping to develop our people, strengthen our ways of working and ensure data is being used effectively to support the wider business. You’ll be joining a friendly and collaborative team where you’ll have plenty of opportunity to bring your own ideas, experience and expertise to the role.

About The Opportunity

As Data & BI Manager, you’ll lead and develop our Data Engineering and Business Intelligence teams, including our Data and BI Leads. You’ll provide direction and support to help the team deliver great work, while also helping each person develop their skills and progress their career. You’ll have an important role in shaping our data capability, developing standards and ways of working, and helping us continue to improve our approach to data governance, reporting and business intelligence.

You’ll work closely with our Architecture and Delivery Managers, as well as colleagues across the wider business, to ensure our data solutions are practical, scalable and aligned with where we’re heading as an organisation. You’ll also have the opportunity to work with senior stakeholders across the firm, helping them understand what’s possible with data and ensuring the information we provide is useful, trusted and easy to understand.

Day to day, you:

• Lead, support and develop our Data Engineering and Business Intelligence teams, including coaching, mentoring, recruitment and career development.
• Help develop and maintain standards across data engineering, BI, reporting and data governance.
• Work closely with Architecture and Delivery colleagues to ensure our data solutions are well designed and fit for purpose.
• Oversee our data governance and maturity roadmap, helping us improve the quality and consistency of our data.
• Work with stakeholders to understand their reporting and data needs and identify opportunities to do things better.
• Provide technical oversight of data and BI delivery, ensuring solutions meet agreed standards and business requirements.
• Champion the value of data across the firm and help colleagues make better use of the information available to them.

You’ll be joining us at an exciting time, with the opportunity to help shape how our data function develops in the future. We’re looking for someone who can balance the demands of today with a clear view of where we want to be tomorrow.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced data professional who enjoys leading people just as much as they enjoy working with technology. You’ll have experience leading or managing Data Engineering and/or Business Intelligence teams, with at least five years' experience working in data-focused delivery environments. You’ll ideally have experience managing a team of more than five people, including a mix of engineers and analysts.

Your background might be stronger in Data Engineering or Business Intelligence – what’s important is that you’re comfortable working across both areas and bringing them together to create a strong, joined-up data capability. We’re particularly interested in people who have:

• Strong experience leading and developing data teams, with a genuine interest in coaching and supporting people to reach their potential.
• Good technical knowledge of Microsoft data technologies, particularly Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory.
• Experience developing data standards, governance and ways of working.
• The ability to make sound technical decisions while keeping things practical and achievable.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and explaining technical concepts in a clear and straightforward way.
• A collaborative leadership style and the ability to build strong relationships across technical and non-technical teams.

Experience within a professional services environment would be helpful, but it’s not essential. Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who enjoys bringing people together, developing others and making a real difference. You’ll be comfortable giving people direction without micromanaging, while creating an environment where the team can do their best work.

Where Will I Be Working?

At VWV we have a truly unique and engaging culture that we hold dear. We work hard but we also love to have fun and we recognise that it’s the social interaction between us that really shapes our culture. Whilst we work to a hybrid model, for this role we would like you to work from our Bristol office for a minimum of two days per week. In this way, you’ll benefit first-hand from our warm and friendly culture as well as facilitate cross referral opportunities from your colleagues in other teams. We are of course happy to discuss any specific requirements of hybrid working with candidates on an individual basis.

About Us

There are so many reasons to stop and explore VWV further. We’re known for our friendly and welcoming culture where teamwork and collaboration are key. There’s no pigeon-holing or glass ceilings here, just a professional yet relaxed culture where you can finally be yourself. We invite you to watch this short video on the right-hand side to see what our own people have to say about us. We’re striving to be an inclusive employer, to create a workplace and environment that promotes and values diversity, where everyone, regardless of background, can reach their full potential. Contact our recruiter to discuss any adjustments needed so we can make this the best possible candidate experience for you.