Data Technical Lead

Job Description: Data Technical Lead Permanent Manchester, Leeds or Staines Hybrid: up to 3 days WFH Salary from: £74.4k + 10% bonus + fantastic benefits 37.5 hours per week We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns. We make health happen At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives. Right from the start you’ll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way. In this role you will be a senior technical leader within the Care Services Digital & Data team, responsible for defining, governing and evolving the technical direction of the Care Services data product portfolio. Working in partnership with Senior Product Managers, Product Managers and multi-disciplinary product squads, you will ensure that data and AI products are designed, delivered and evolved in a way that is scalable, secure, governed, reusable and aligned to customer, operational and business outcomes. You will also be a technical counterpart to the Senior Product Manager, ensuring product vision and strategy are translated into robust, sustainable and high-quality technical solutions. How you’ll help us make health happen Own the technical vision and technical roadmap across the Care Services data product portfolio Partner with Senior Product Managers to ensure roadmaps balance customer needs, business outcomes, technical sustainability and platform evolution Provide technical leadership across multiple squads, ensuring consistency of approach and alignment with strategic objectives Act as the technical authority for complex data product design decisions Establish and maintain standards, frameworks and best practices across the Care Services data product estate Drive adoption of modern engineering and analytics practices across Azure, Snowflake, Power BI and associated technologies Work closely with Product Managers, Delivery Leads, Engineers and Analysts to support successful product delivery Manage technical dependencies across multiple products and squads Identify opportunities to leverage Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative AI and advanced analytics to improve customer outcomes, operational efficiency and business performance What you’ll bring: Significant experience delivering complex data and analytics solutions within large-scale organisations Experience providing technical leadership across multiple teams, products or domains. Strong understanding of modern data architectures, cloud platforms and analytics ecosystems Experience working with Azure, Snowflake, Power BI, GCP and associated modern data technologies Deep understanding of data modelling, semantic modelling, metrics design and analytical product development Strong stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills Experience operating within Agile and product-led delivery environments Experience evaluating and implementing AI, machine learning, advanced analytics or automation capabilities within digital and data products Ability to identify opportunities where AI and emerging technologies can drive measurable improvements in customer, colleague and business outcomes Knowledge of data governance, lineage, master data management and data quality frameworks Experience supporting AI, machine learning or advanced analytics solutions in production environments Benefits Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more: • 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell • Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind • An enhanced pension plan and life insurance • Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available • Various other benefits and online discounts Why Bupa? We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process. If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: Time Type: Full time Job Area: IT Locations: Bupa Place, Kirkstall Forge, Staines - Willow House