Context

Diageo's Analytics & Insights (A&I) team is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing analytics products to drive our competitive advantage and enable empirically based decisions.

As part of the Analytics & Insight team, you will play a role for continuing to advance the sophistication of the power of analytics throughout Diageo. You will serve as an evangelist for the power of data and support the development of analytics products to enable decisions at Diageo. You will become an invaluable partner to your stakeholders, help catalyse their thinking about what's possible, support them gaining trust from their data, identify meaningful insights from large data and metadata sources; interpret and communicate insights and findings from analysis and experiments to drive top line growth, personalised consumer experiences and optimises business processes.

The purpose of this role is to improve a domains data maturity. The role will work with product managers and data owners to drive the appropriate data domain & data asset activities in the aim of delivering fit for purpose analytical data. This will cover both project and BAU activities. These activities will cover the governance of metadata, tracking project compliance with data policies, developing data issue resolution processes, educating business users on their responsibilities with data, and tracking data quality through various systems and teams. The role owner will write the strategy for delivering data management within their domain and then see it implemented through close stakeholder management and influencing.

Key Responsibilities

Data Strategy and Governance:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive Value Stream (VS) data strategy

• Implement and enforce data and analytical governance policies within the VS analytical data

Data Quality and Performance:

• Establish and monitor data quality metrics end to end for analytical data and products within the VS

• Implement processes to address and improve trust in data

• Manage the total cost of the VS data processing and storage to deliver optimal value

Data Hierarchies:

• Manage governance for hierarchies in BAU and within projects ensuring that data is interoperable with other data assets

• Align new data sources to the globally agreed hierarchies

Documentation and Communication:

• Document data processes, methodologies, and solutions for knowledge sharing and training purposes

• Govern metadata documentation of the VS KPIs, data assets and products within Alation

• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders effectively

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand and implement data requirements

• Collaborate with executives, department heads, and other stakeholders to align data initiatives with VS objectives

Key Qualifications and Skills

An ideal Analytics Data Lead should have a combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and business acumen to effectively drive the VS/Function`s data initiatives and contribute to its overall success.

Essential Skills for this position

• Strong proficiency in data management, analytics tools, and a grounding in programming (e.g., SQL, Python).

• In-depth knowledge of data governance principles and best practices.

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP) and big data technologies.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to think strategically and drive results in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in project delivery/leadership - preferably in agile project

Preferred Skills

• Certification in data management or analytics (e.g., CDMP, DASCA).
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI).

• Experience with agile methodologies and project management.

• Experience with change management
• Knowledge of industry-specific regulations related to data (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying.

We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Around the world we have a number of inclusive Business and Employee Resource Groups known as BRGs and ERGs. These influential groups, made up of our people, represent various viewpoints, experiences and communities who generate thought-provoking work to enhance our business and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all.

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Contributary pension scheme
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Annual bonus
• Share options

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of - and help build - an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!

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