Data and Insight Manager

Data & Insight Manager
Up to £70,000
Hybrid - Taunton, Somerset x3 days/week
This is a rare opportunity to step into a leadership role at the intersection of data strategy and real-world impact. You ll shape how an organisation thinks, decides, and grows - turning complex data into clear direction for executive and board-level stakeholders.
Reporting into the Head of IT, you ll lead the Data & Insights function - owning the strategy, the team, and the output. You ll partner closely with Finance, Operations, Marketing, HR, and the Executive Leadership Team to embed a data-driven culture across the organisation.
This isn t a hands-off management role. You ll bring hypothesis-led thinking to executive conversations, challenge the technology that moves data around the business, and recommend what comes next - with the authority and experience to deliver it.
What you ll be doing:
Strategy & leadership
• Define and drive an enterprise-wide analytics strategy that aligns with business objectives.
• Establish and own Data Governance principles - quality, security, and compliance.
• Champion a culture of data-driven decision-making at executive and board level.
Insight & storytelling
• Convert commercial insight into clear trading, product, and sales recommendations.
• Bring a hypothesis-led narrative to board-level conversations, backed by analysis that is thoughtful and actionable.
• Evolve the model that tracks the full value of marketing channels and programmatic strategies.
Technology & platforms
• Continuously evolve the data infrastructure - challenging how data is harvested and distributed across the business.
• Lead on Power BI, Data Lakes, Lakehouse and Machine Learning capabilities.
• Stay ahead of emerging tools and technologies - and have the experience to deliver your recommendations.
People & culture
• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of Data Analysts and Engineers.
• Empower your team to operate independently - you should never be the single point of failure.
• Build self-serve insight capability across Finance, Operations,
Marketing, and HR.
What we re looking for:
Essential
• Demonstrable senior experience in data analytics or insights leadership, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams.
• Significant proven experience developing, delivering, and embedding a clear enterprise-wide analytics and insights strategy that aligns with business objectives.
• Expert-level knowledge of BI and data visualisation platforms - Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or Qlik - including dashboard design, performance optimisation, and modelling best practices.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Power BI datasets, dashboards, and paginated reports.
• Proven track record delivering ETL pipelines, data warehousing, and modern visualisation platforms end-to-end.
• Strong commercial acumen - the ability to translate data into decisions that drive growth, not just reports.
• Exceptional communicator and influencer at all levels, from data engineers to board members.
Desirable
• A degree in Data Science, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• Certifications such as CBIP or Microsoft Certified Power BI Data Analyst Associate are a bonus - but not a dealbreaker if your experience speaks for itself.
The kind of person who ll thrive here:
You follow through. You don t miss your own deadlines. You push for clarity when things are vague and for progress when things stall. You know how to get the most from a team without becoming their bottleneck - and you care about the quality of the work as much as the pace of it. You re energetic, self-motivated, and comfortable operating at pace across multiple priorities.