Head of Data Science

1 week ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Highways England Full time

**Your new role**

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Data Science & Laboratory professional to join us as we embark upon one of the biggest digital transformation programmes in our organisation.

Reporting into the Chief Data Officer you will work across National Highways, is customers and stakeholders to understand where data science can create value and to exploit data to create compelling evidence-based and actionable data stories to drive improved decisions making.

You will act as professional head for data science and as our corporate ambassador at industry level to influence statute and legislation.

This role can be based in any of our primary office locations (Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Bedford, Guildford, Bristol or Exeter) and offers flexible working arrangements.

**What you’ll be leading on**
- Delivering Connected Services for the Strategic Road Network enabling in car communication by 2025
- Setting the National Highways data science and Digital Lab strategy
- Evolving a range of data analysis tools and techniques to explore and visualise the data to present the ‘story’ in a meaningful way, and to a range of technical and non-technical audiences
- Defining a framework for quality assurance within performance analysis
- Providing assurance of the fitness for purpose of data and analysis
- Working with project teams to procure, implement and validate appropriate analytics tools against identified performance measurement frameworks
- Champion data science and performance analysis with National Highways and Industry stakeholders
- Provide leadership and direction across a programme of multidisciplinary data science projects, managing resources to ensure delivery
- Act as a role model for data science & performance to other data scientists and performance analysts and champion adoption of best practice

**To be successful you’ll need**
- A proven background within a similar data science / laboratory position
- Demonstrable experience of leading large teams to successfully deliver large, complex digital transformation programmes
- Able to communicate the business benefit of data science products, championing and governing these across the organisation
- Innovative and creative you will have the ability to communicate relevant, compelling stories in the most appropriate medium
- Able to give complex recommendations at a tactical and strategic level and present analysis and visualisations in clear ways to communicate complex messages
- Excellent collaboration, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills

**A bit about us**

Digital Services is a growing and vibrant team and there has never been a better time to join us as we continue to evolve. We are enabling the transformation of National Highways by delivering digital, data and technology services from corporate to front line, in a modern and efficient way.

Our vision is to develop secure and integrated digital, data and technology services that empower our business colleagues and enable National Highways to Connect the Country.

**Want to know more?**

Interviews are planned to take place in early January.

**Why you should join us?**

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation

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