JOB DESCRIPTION
You will be at the heart of a vibrant team and the Technical Lead for the Analytics Products for our Data & Analytics Platform (and future Enterprise Data Platform in the cloud), which hosts the largest datasets in the Bank. As a key part of the Bank’s Data and Analytics strategy, you will help deliver valuable business change to the Bank by:
- Ensuring a high-quality user experience and support for our colleagues using big data and cloud capabilities.
- Leading and developing analytical capabilities in our Platforms to meet the needs of the Bank.
- Providing thought leadership on the strategy and vision on our path for AI and data science, including how to practically and safely deploy these into products and applications.
We expect that strong candidates will help shape their role, but anticipate you will:
- Lead the implementation of analytical tools and processes to support the user experience of our data platforms to enable effective analysis by Data Scientists and Analysts.
- Collaborate and support Platform users with queries and new capabilities to help them achieve their business outcomes.
- Ensure our strategic interoperable analytical toolset in our Platforms integrates successfully to enable robust data science pipelines.
- Provide technical leadership, support and testing for the migration of the Data & Analytics Platform to the Enterprise Data Platform.
- Work with key data change projects to ensure that their data science requirements are understood, prioritised and implemented appropriately in line with the Data & Analytics Strategy.
- Thought leadership for the Data Science and AI vision for the Bank and how to practically and pragmatically incorporate these into our products. This includes being a recognised SME on these topics and how these align with business area objectives and priorities.
- Engage with the wider Data & Analytics community (internal and external) to share ideas, techniques and experiences, and work to propagate data science skills across the Bank.
- Coach junior data science colleagues.
There is also the potential to enrol in related courses of interest or embark on an advanced data science related qualifications, such as Bank-sponsored Apprenticeships and/or MSc in Data Science, or industry-recognised certifications (e.g. Microsoft Azure).
