Director of Data

Foods Connected is an award winning cloud based software platform that helps retailers and food companies across the world manage their supply chain, quality control and trading and planning management. Our software solutions are currently utilised by 10 of the largest food retailers in the world. As a team, we provide tools that help our customers manage their processes in a fast and efficient way and provide real-time visibility and reporting on what is happening in their business.

At Foods Connected, we recognise that our employees are our most important asset and we value creating a great working environment to ensure our team enjoy coming into the office every day working together and solving problems for our customers. Whether we are in the middle of a fast and intense development sprint, on a Teams call discussing our project statuses or enjoying a game of ping-pong or pool in the office, it is important to us that our employees are happy and delivering the best possible result for our customers.

We’re always keen to welcome talented individuals to join our expanding team. So if you’re driven, with a passion for developing simple software solutions, creating great user experiences, designing scalable solutions for real business challenges and ensuring customer happiness then we’re looking for you!

As a strategic member of the Technology Leadership team, the Director of Data will report to the CTO and lead Foods Connected's transition from a data capture platform to a data insights company. This is an influence-led role: while you will manage a small specialist team, your primary impact will come from embedding data-driven thinking across the entire organisation.

You will own the enterprise data strategy, working closely with Engineering, Product, Professional Services, Finance, and Operations to ensure data powers decision-making at every level. You will set technical direction for our data architecture built on Microsoft Fabric, while serving as the data champion who helps department heads unlock value from our platform.

This role suits a strategic leader with strong technical credibility who thrives on influence rather than empire-building. You will shape how Foods Connected and our customers think about supply chain data, not build a large team.

Strategic Data Leadership— 35%

• Define and execute the enterprise data strategy aligned with Foods Connected's product roadmap and commercial objectives
• Partner with the CTO and executive leadership to position data insights as a core differentiator in our market
• Establish data governance frameworks, policies, and standards appropriate for a PE-backed business preparing for growth
• Build business cases and ROI models for data infrastructure investments
• Represent data capabilities in product strategy discussions, helping shape our evolution toward data insights products
• Define and monitor data quality, accessibility, and utilisation metrics across the business

Cross-Functional Enablement— 30%

• Build trusted advisor relationships with heads of Professional Services, Finance, HR, Sales, and Operations to understand their data challenges and deliver solutions
• Lead development of self-service analytics capabilities that empower non-technical users across the business
• Partner with Finance on financial reporting, forecasting models, and business performance analytics
• Support Professional Services with customer success metrics, utilisation reporting, and service delivery insights
• Deliver executive dashboards providing visibility into key business metrics and trends
• Drive enterprise data literacy, promoting a data-driven culture across all functions
• Translate complex data insights into actionable recommendations for stakeholders at all levels

Technical Direction— 20%

• Set technical direction for data architecture on Microsoft Fabric, guiding technology choices for product and business intelligence needs
• Provide architectural oversight for data pipelines, warehousing solutions, and analytics platforms without necessarily being hands-on day-to-day
• Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations (GDPR) and food industry…