Data Lead – Data & Analytics Team Leader

About the role

Akkodis is seeking an experienced Data & Analytics leader to head its Data Lead function in Slough. The role focuses on leading technical teams, establishing governance, and shaping data strategy while providing technical oversight across data and analytics initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of analysts and technical specialists.
• Own and maintain documentation, governance frameworks, technical standards and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement, process optimisation and automation.
• Establish and refine methodologies, development frameworks and ways of working across the data function.
• Lead technical decision‑making and solution design ensuring scalability, security and maintainability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into data‑driven solutions.
• Oversee data architecture, integration processes and enterprise data modelling.
• Ensure data quality, governance, compliance and reporting standards are consistently maintained.
• Manage the roadmap for data and analytics platforms and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Support project planning, delivery oversight, resource prioritisation and technical governance.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading Data, BI, Analytics or Data Engineering teams.
• Strong background in Business Intelligence and analytics solution delivery.
• Advanced experience with Power BI and reporting platforms.
• Strong SQL and database expertise.
• Passion for developing teams, improving processes and driving organisational data maturity.

Required skills

• Power BI
• Reporting platforms
• SQL
• Database expertise
• Data architecture
• Data integration
• Enterprise data modelling
• Data governance
• Data quality
• Business Intelligence
• Analytics solution delivery