Enterprise Data Exploitation Lead

M&G ,
London, Greater London
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At M&G our vision is: to become the best loved and most successful savings and investment business and we're looking for people who are excited about joining us on our journey. We're digitally transforming and investing heavily in technology and innovation to develop new and improved customer propositions that really raise the bar for our customers. To help us achieve our vision we're looking for exceptional people who live our values and behaviours and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliver results and keep it simple. What you can expect from us: We are committed to creating an environment where you can be exceptional at all you do. To help us deliver this, we promise to: * Challenge Your Limits by creating a stimulating working environment and providing opportunities for you to be involved in meaningful and challenging work * Support Your Aspirations with a commitment to learning and development that helps you achieve and build your experience with people who want you to succeed * Value Your Input whereby leaders and managers will involve you in key decisions, listen to your thoughts and recognise the important contribution you make * Balance Your Life through a work life partnership that focuses on making this an inclusive, diverse and friendly place to work and offers the flexibility and support that enables everyone to be at their best At M&G plc we are focused on delivering outstanding service for our customers and clients while having the ambition to significantly grow our business. This is a key leadership role within the Chief Data Office focused on unlocking the potential of data for M&G plc., in order to realise tangible value. As the enterprise Data Exploitation Lead you will drive the consistent use of data science, analysis and visualisation capabilities across the organisation working closely with senior business stakeholders to ensure that their ideas are bought to reality. Key work level accountabilities for this level of role: Critical role in translating strategy into implementation plans, influences and contributes to the strategy Ensures successful implementation of defined strategy Typically leaders of teams, or technical roles will lead the provision of advice across an area of expertise Balances competing requirements to deliver a balanced set of results, resolving significant or priority conflicts Addresses problems with broad reaching ramifications, with a need to manage different parts of complex systems and link to the broader picture Responsible for driving continuous improvement Drives incremental and transformational change in response to experience of market and customer needs, typically leads the delivery of major programmes of work Allocates resources optimally to deliver on strategy, prioritising conflicting resource demands, agendas and activities Key accountabilities for this role: Establish and lead the enterprise Data Exploitation team Establish and own enterprise exploitation approach and model including the balance between central and local business activities for reporting, analytics, data science, AI, visualisation Establish and own a Data exploitation practice (resource) Enterprise wide exploitation capability and skills development Drive enterprise wide automation/standardisation of exploitation processes Drive business engagement and work with them to build a backlog of data exploitation use cases and activities Execution of critical Reporting; Modelling; Insight; AI processes Raise awareness and drive the importance of data (in line with the Data Vision and Strategy) across the organisation. Work collaboratively with colleagues and take personal accountability to maintain and enhance controls you are responsible for to support improvement of the overall control environment and customers outcomes. Key knowledge, skills & experience: Experienced data insight professional Practical experience of leading data exploitation teams in a significant organisation Understands when different analytical and visualisation tools and techniques should be used Practical experience of Data Science and AI tools and techniques Experience of automating insight processes Experience of leading large teams (100 FTE+) in a distributed model Demonstrates strong stakeholder management and executive level communication skills A strong track record of introducing best practice and delivering change. Able to combine rigour and discipline with a pragmatic approach to deliver the highest quality, cost effective solutions within set time-frames Possess strong business and commercial acumen skills A credible thought leader able to inspire others through their knowledge and passion We live by four behaviours at M&G and we ask all our employees to: * Inspire Others - Support and encourage each other, creating an environment where everyone can contribute and succeed * Embrace Change - Be open to change, willing to be challenged and able to adapt quickly and imaginatively to new ideas * De

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