Position: Senior/Lead of Big Data Centre of Expertise
Company: MHP
Category: Lead
Experience required: 3y
English level: intermediate

This includes ensuring that data requirements are clearly defined, understood, and prioritised supporting the programme roadmap:

•	Providing visibility of data availability and defining sourcing strategies to address data availability gaps
•	Providing insight into the quality and usefulness of data through data profiling
•	Implementing pragmatic data governance of corporate data through the data lifecycle. 

The team of specialists is formed-in three main functions: Data Engineering, Data Analysis and Data Science.

**Aim of Role**
Reporting directly to CTO, this role will have accountability for the overall delivery of the Bid Data CoE  team’s scope of services across Data Services, Data Engineering, Data Analysis and Data Science. 

**Key Responsibilities**
•	Work closely with CTO to follow the Data Governance strategy and initiatives that align with the IT development roadmap 
•	Plan, manage and deliver the Data Governance scope of services defined under the Data Governance Operating Model
•	Lead a Big Data CoE team to implement the CoE scope of services
•	Drive the implementation of the Data Governance team operating model, including roll-out/operationalization of services, recruitment of team and managing knowledge transition
•	Manage the Big Data CoE budget and provide estimates for future investment in skills/roles and tools 
•	Engage with N-1 to further understand, question and shape data strategy 
•	Engage with N-2 to ensure that the data requirements are appropriately translated into technical solutions
•	Co-ordinate delivery plans with the IT N-1 and manage Data Governance delivery dependencies as part of the overall IT development plan
•	Review and finalise data acquisition approaches, provide delivery estimates and delivery feasibility assessments as inputs into shaping of the Data Governance programme roadmap 
•	Work with IT PMO to ensure alignment of Big Data CoE scope of services to Data Governance delivery methodology
•	Provide delivery assurance via ensuring that resources are allocated to work on prioritised Data Governance roadmap items and that quality of delivery is aligned with the requirements set out during the Feasibility and Delivery planning phases of the overall IT development programme delivery approach
•	Build and maintain strong relationships with Data Governance stakeholders to gain insight into future demand and provide guidance for Data Governance strategy
•	Help promote the utilisation of data assets by continually reviewing data sources for new information and better sources of data and by providing advisory on sharing and utilisation of data assets
•	Direct, advise and guide teams on Data Governance best practices, including corporate and personal data governance policies and standards 
•	Present/communicate/promote Data Governance strategy to an internal and/or external audience