Head of Data

Our client is a charitable organisation with a clear mission and a growing ambition to put data at the heart of how it operates. They are looking for a hands-on Head of Data to take ownership of their data function at a pivotal moment in its development.

This is a hybrid hands-on / leadership position. You’ll be responsible for the end-to-end data capability - from governance frameworks and quality controls through to the architecture and delivery of our data warehouse and reporting infrastructure. You’ll work closely with an outsourced data warehouse partner and with internal stakeholders across the organisation, acting as the bridge between technical delivery and business need.

This isn’t a purely strategic role. they need someone who understands data models and modern data platforms at a working level, and who can hold an external supplier to account as well as drive internal culture change around data quality and literacy.

Responsibilities:

*Owning the organisation’s data governance model: catalogues, lineage, role-based access controls and quality metrics

*Overseeing delivery and continuous improvement of our cloud-hosted data warehouse, currently built on Snowflake with Azure infrastructure

*Managing data ingestion pipelines and transformation workflows applying Medallion and Kimball principles

*Supporting reporting and insight needs across the organisation using Power BI

*Managing the external data warehouse supplier, including data engineers and architects

*Leading data literacy and culture change across the organisation through training and internal champions

*Ensuring GDPR compliance and robust data security controls throughout

*Solid, hands-on understanding of data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes, data modelling and Medallion architecture

*Experience managing vendors delivering hosted or managed data warehouse solutions

*Ability to design and implement governance frameworks, data catalogues and security models

*Strong communication skills; equally comfortable with technical teams and senior non-technical stakeholders

*A track record of embedding data standards and ways of working across an organisation

Desirable Experience:

*Direct experience with Snowflake, Azure and Power BI

*Familiarity with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code

*Data governance certification (e.g. DAMA) or equivalent CPD

*Experience working in a not-for-profit or membership organisation

*£70,000-£80,000 depending on experience

*Hybrid working with flexibility around how and where you work

*Benefits - pension, annual leave, healthcare etc