Head of Analytics Platforms

Job Title: Head of Analytics Platforms

Location: Swindon

Salary: Competitive

Role Overview

We are supporting a high-profile organisation in the search for a Head of Analytics to lead a major data and analytics transformation. This is a unique opportunity to drive the move from legacy systems to a modern cloud-based analytics ecosystem, leveraging tools such as Snowflake and Power BI.

This senior strategic role requires an influential, delivery-focused leader who can define how analytics operates across the organisation, ensuring maximum value is derived from data. The successful candidate will shape analytics strategy, lead business-facing insight functions, and manage offshore engineering teams, fostering a data-driven culture to support decision-making at all levels.

Key Responsibilities

Define and own the organisation-wide analytics strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and broader technology initiatives.
Lead the transition from legacy platforms to a modern, cloud-native data ecosystem.
Establish and implement the operating model for analytics, covering governance, prioritisation, delivery processes, and ways of working.
Drive the creation of high-quality dashboards, reports, and advanced analytics products that deliver measurable business value.
Collaborate with business leaders to understand priorities and translate them into actionable insights.
Identify opportunities to enhance performance, customer understanding, operational efficiency, and commercial outcomes through data.
Serve as a senior advocate for analytics, building strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure work aligns with strategic objectives.
Manage offshore engineering teams to deliver scalable, efficient, and high-quality data pipelines and models.
Define requirements, priorities, and standards for analytics engineering, data quality, and data governance.
Oversee the analytics delivery roadmap, ensuring timely implementation during and after platform transformation.
Develop analytics capability across the organisation, raising data literacy and promoting best practices.
Knowledge, Qualifications, and Skills

Proven experience leading analytics or data insight functions within a transforming organisation.
Strong strategic mindset with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and set company-wide direction.
Deep understanding of modern data platforms and cloud architectures, particularly Snowflake.
Hands-on experience with reporting and visualisation tools, especially Power BI.
Experience managing offshore engineering or development teams.
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
Ability to translate complex business needs into analytical solutions that deliver measurable value.
Experience in delivering large-scale data platform migrations or cloud transformation programmes.
Knowledge of data governance frameworks and enterprise data management