Data Innovation Lead

Job Title: Data Innovation Lead
Contract Type:Permanent (Full Time/ Part Time/ Job Share/Flexible opportunities available)
Salary Range:circa £70,000
Location:Eastleigh/Remote
Closing Date:Monday 24th September

Data Innovation Lead: Our Enterprise Data Services (EDS) function in Eastleigh have an exciting opportunity for a Data Innovation Lead to join the Data Science and Operations Team. The successful candidate will lead a team of developers in the building, testing and production of both prototype and production data and analytics solutions, delivering across all areas of the organisation with a heavy focus on a cloud-first development approach. In addition, you will be responsible for understanding and translating business requirements as well as consulting with customers and stakeholders on the ‘art of the possible’ for data solutions.

As a Data Innovation Lead your team are responsible for building and championing innovative data products utilising existing and new technologies for Ageas UK. The Data Science and Operations Team utilise an industry leading Cloud Data Science platform, this role will contribute to the growth and expansion of this platform within Ageas UK

Please note we will consider remote working for this role, however, travel to our Eastleigh office will be required approximately once per month.

Main Responsibilities as Data Innovation Lead:

• Work closely with Product Owners / Customer Leads to understand functional / non-functional requirements of a system / service / product.
• Driving innovation in technology & product ideas and proactively exploring opportunities to add value to the overall organisation.
• Lead and participate in the design and development of “Test and Learn” prototype products and data solutions.
• Work closely with the ML Engineering Lead to implement Advanced Analytical models into data products where appropriate.
• Monitor, track and report on past and in-flight prototypes and production solutions.
• Liaise with Data Engineering and Architecture colleagues to provide a legitimate path to production on successful data product prototypes.
• Liaise with data / analytics SME’s within the organisation to facilitate delivery of expert content.
• Coaching / mentoring the lab team towards individual and team development / growth.
• You will be managing one direct report plus contractor source as appropriate

Skills and experience you need as Data Innovation Lead

• Minimum of 2 - 3years’ experience in a similar data or engineering role(s).
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a relevant field - desirable
• Previous experience of project management or business analysis - desirable
• Line management experience is preferable but not mandatory
• Experience wih Cloud Computing Environments, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Highly collaborative approach, managing internal resources to ensure timely delivery.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring Junior Developers
• Must be able to translate and communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy within the Data Innovation Lead role based in Eastleigh:

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.

Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health – Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth – Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family – Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks’ at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

Benefits for Them – Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover

Getting Around – Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover

Get some Tech – Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Supporting you back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave

About Ageas:
We’re one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our people help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work, which is echoed in the service we provide to over four million customers.
As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, a Stonewall diversity champion and a Disability Confident Employer (which means interviews are guaranteed for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum role criteria). For more information please see Ageas Everyone.
Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.
To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.

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