Data and Insight Manager

Vocative Consulting
Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom
Last week
£60,000 – £65,000 pa

Salary

£60,000 – £65,000 pa

Posted
10 Apr 2026 (Last week)

Data & Insights Manager

£60,000 – £65,000

Hybrid - Bridgwater, Somerset 3 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

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