Senior Manager, Data & Analytics

Experience

• 8–12 years in data, analytics, or a related field
  
• Proven experience managing a team and influencing at a senior level
  
• A track record of helping organizations or business units actually use data — not just have it
  
• Experience working cross-functionally and building relationships with non-technical stakeholders
  

Leadership and people skills

• A natural communicator who can make data feel relevant and exciting to people who don't think of themselves as data people
  
• Strong facilitation skills — comfortable leading workshops, presenting to leadership, and driving alignment across teams
  
• Able to manage upward and sideways, not just downward
  

Data knowledge

• A solid conceptual understanding of how modern data infrastructure works — pipelines, warehouses, dashboards, data models — without needing to build it hands-on
  
• Comfortable enough with the technical side to have credible conversations with engineers and analysts, ask the right questions, and make informed decisions
  
• Proven ability to deploy data governance concepts: definitions, ownership, quality, and access
  
• Demonstrated experience helping an organization move from low or ad‑hoc data maturity to a more governed, self‑service and strategic use of data
  

Lead the data team

• Manage and develop the data team (Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Data Analysis (BI), Data Science), setting clear priorities, ways of working, and a culture of quality and impact
  
• Assess the current Data environment and then define F4E's data vision and translate it into a roadmap the team can deliver against
  
• Represent data at the leadership level and advocate for investment in data capabilities
  

Drive adoption across the business

• Data as a product - Help deliver data solutions to business teams
  
• Build strong relationships with business unit leaders and help them develop curiosity about their data
  
• Help teams understand what data they have, what it means, and how to use it in everyday decisions
  
• Make data accessible — simplify the experience of finding, trusting, and using data for non-technical colleagues
  
• Run workshops, demos, and conversations that build data literacy and enthusiasm across the organization
  
• Identify data collection gaps by our internal and external systems in business processes
  

Oversee data quality and governance

• Ensure the organization's core data assets are accurate, well-defined, and trusted
  
• Champion good data practices — ownership, definitions, documentation. Partner with the technical team to understand what's being built and make sure it serves real business needs