Data Analytics Lead

** Job:
** Data Analytics Lead
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* Location:

** Durrington, West Sussex   
** Contract Type:
** Permanent    
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* Hours:

** 37 hours per week   
** Salary:
** from £52k
** About the role
** As the Data Analytics Lead, you will play a pivotal role in defining how analytics creates value across the portfolio. Acting as a senior leader within the function, you will set standards, shape strategy, and ensure insights are not only trusted but consistently drive meaningful decisions. You’ll lead through influence, partnering closely with product, engineering, operations and senior stakeholders to ensure analytics is embedded into the rhythms of the organisation.

This is a highly impactful role that blends strategic direction, people leadership, and hands
** Additional requirements
** Ability to chair forums, resolve analytical disputes and ensure consistent decision making across teams.  Familiarity with evolving techniques, tools and regulatory expectations, and the ability to translate these into practical standards and guidance.  
** What you’ll bring to the role
** Experience defining analytical strategy and ensuring analytics directly supports business outcomes.  Ability to influence at senior levels across technical and nontechnical teams. Proven experience developing talent and coaching analysts at different levels. solving skills, with experience directing multimethod, multisource analysis. Clear, compelling communication skills — able to translate complex insight into concise, actionable narratives for executive audiences.  Experience evaluating analytical platforms, tools or vendors.

Knowledge of risk management, regulatory obligations or model governance.

You will be joining at a time of significant change, working alongside a highly skilled leadership team with a clear vision for the future. We offer an environment where senior professionals can make a meaningful impact, influence major strategic decisions, and drive long-term value creation At Southern Water, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box.

Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here:
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* We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so if you are interested in the position please do send your application over today to ensure consideration.
* We truly appreciate every application. Please note, that due to the volume of interest, we may not be able to provide personalised feedback to all applicants.### Our Benefits
* Company and performance-related bonus
* Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
* Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
* Health benefits through a Cash Plan
* Two paid community volunteering days a year
* 25 days annual holiday
* Occupational health service
* Retail discount app
* We offer competitive maternity leave, and flexible return to work options
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