Head of Data / Reporting

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

The Head of Data will report directly to the PMO & Digital lead for Sizewell C (SZC) and is one of the critical strategic leadership roles within the Project Delivery Organisation. Their remit is to lead the definition of the Reporting/ Analytics and Data Strategy for the whole SZC Programme and to build that into a working Analytics ecosystem for all the Sizewell C Reporting needs. The role will have direct responsibility for the BI and Analytics team within the Project Delivery Organisation.

Ultimately responsible for developing and implementing a complete reporting & data governance framework in partnership with the PMO lead and CIO team across the Project Delivery Organisation.

The candidate must have a proven and successful experience/ track record of leading high-performing data teams through the successful performance of advanced quantitative analyses and statistical modelling that positively impact a Project or Business performance.

• Direct responsibility of the BI & Analytics function within Sizewell C whereby they will provide technical and operational supervision. Working closely with Hinkley Point C (HPC) to manage intelligent replication of data structures and reporting.
• Chair of the analytics council – (The forum for managing collaboration on Analytics and Analytics governance on Sizewell C).
• Develop and maintain the full catalogue of reporting KPI’s for SZC in collaboration with all the SZC leadership and functions.
• Responsible for structuring and designing the foundational data models across the Organisation that will facilitate the use of Advanced Analytics methods in future.
• Have a thorough understanding of Project & Business operating models and system architecture.
• Effectively communicate the status, value, and importance of data collection to executive members and staff.
• Knowledge of relevant applications, big data solutions, and tools and stay abreast of new technology that could benefit the SZC Project/ Organisation.
• Coordination and facilitation of the Analytics council as well as the Terms of Reference.
• Liaising with Heads of functions to identify new and emerging data needs (through the council).
• Championing a scientific approach and strive for excellence in results, balanced with working in an ‘Agile’ way to achieve rapid turnaround’
• Ensuring there are robust standards, policies and processes including data naming conventions as required for data analysis tasks
• Developing processes and tools to monitor and analyse model performance and data accuracy

• The Head of Data & Reporting should have a degree in Mathematics/ Machine Learning/ Computer Science/ Economics, or any other related quantitative field or suitable working experience of 15+ years is also acceptable for the position.
• Extensive skill and experience in presenting complex information to senior executives and shareholders
• Demonstrable data management, analysis, and visualisation experience on Major Projects/ Programmes.
• Line management experience.
• Mentoring &/or Coaching experience.
• Demonstrable use of numerical and verbal communication skills with a business environment.
• Understanding of Microsoft Azure, Power BI and/or other analytics tools.
• Data modelling - how to architect data models in both relational and nonrelational contexts;
• Data analysis: Deep knowledge of a data analysis tools/ methods

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

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