Data & Intelligence Lead
Birmingham City Council
Data & Intelligence Lead
Permanent
Grade 6 - £54,495 - £64,811
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Equal Pay Programme
Working 36.5 hours per week
We’re looking for an experienced leader to drive data, intelligence, and digital innovation within our Adult Social Care & Health Directorate. This is a high-impact role where you will shape the delivery of integrated data systems, improve data quality, and deliver actionable insights to support better outcomes for residents.
What You’ll Do
- Lead data governance, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and reliable data across the organisation
- Act as business lead for key digital products and chair relevant boards
- Develop and deliver a clear digital product vision and roadmap
- Oversee the design of integrated data systems, pipelines, and BI solutions
- Support and deliver dashboards, reporting, and insights to inform senior decision-making
- Manage and develop technical teams, fostering a culture of data-driven improvement
What We’re Looking For
- Proven leadership in data, digital, or analytics within complex organisations
- Strong understanding of data governance, GDPR, and data quality frameworks
- Experience delivering digital products and managing teams
- Expertise in data integration, BI tools, and analytics platforms
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and strategic thinking skills
Why Join Us?
You’ll play a pivotal role in transforming how data and technology support Adult Social Care—driving innovation, improving services, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached
Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team <Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk>
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
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