Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 18 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.We are now recruiting for a Head of IT: Data and Analytics to join our Musgrave team. Role purpose, as senior leader you will be responsible for managing the Data and Analytics function and to deliver world class Data and Analytical Solutions which support the underpinning corporate Data strategy.Role Scope:The goal of the Data and Analytics function is to provide Data platforms, engineering and architecture capabilities to facilitate the timely capture, transformation and presentation of Data to drive faster and greater insight to solve business problems and to identify and exploit business opportunities via analytical solutions.The scope of this role is to help create and deliver on the corporate data strategy. It should deliver Data and Analytical platforms that facilitate analytical insights and discovery through the ingestion and transformation of data from source and made available in a trusted, secure and timely manner. The role will be responsible for unlocking business value within our data whilst achieving faster time to insight. The role requires a senior leader to manage a team of 5 to 7 senior Data managers and architects.Area of Responsibility:Data and AnalyticsKey ActivitiesManage a team of 5-7 senior Data managers, architects and PM’sHelp create and deliver upon a corporate data strategyDeliver data and analytical platforms to facilitate BI and advanced analyticsDeliver data engineering solutions across all Musgrave divisionsAnalysis, architecture, design and development of data and business intelligence solutions.Implement standards for naming, describing, governing, managing, modelling, cleansing, enriching, transforming, moving, storing, searching and delivering data within the business.Deliver high quality data pipelines, transformation processes and data models for driving analytic solutions.Research and maintain knowledge in emerging technologies and solutions to solve business problems.Work closely with business and technical counterparts to drive the delivery of data initiatives.Drive the effort to unlock value from our data.Manage Data Partners and vendors and ensure a strategic relationship is in place to deliver upon our Data strategyActively participate and contribute to Data & Digital senior leadership team.MeasuresSuccessful delivery of engineering solutions for Data platformsSuccessful delivery of a corporate Data StrategySuccessful delivery of data platforms for analytical insightsDeliver a future state reference architecture for Data landscapeBecome a trusted member of the Data & Digital Team Leadership team with a reputation for excellenceSet standards in terms technical excellence, delivery, and performanceArea of Responsibility:Development of the Data & Digital CommunityKey Activities:Engage with fellow leadership team to share lessons learned, useful information and experienceEngage in training and learning & development activitiesParticipate in team eventsEngage in continuous learning and improvementMeasures:Fully engaged member of the teamContributor to development of the teamKey RelationshipsDirector of IT, Data, AI & Emerging TechnologyHead of Data ScienceCTOHeads of ITHeads of BusinessSecOpsLive ServicesExperience, Skills & EducationBachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or related field.15+ years in IT roles5+ years in senior IT Management roles3 to 5 years of technical management experienceExpert knowledge of Data platforms and infrastructureMicrosoft suite of data platforms, including Fabric & Power BIDatabricks platform6 to 10 years of solution development and technology experienceStrong knowledge of a variety of data enginesExcellent communicator, comfortable managing the expectations of customers as well as senior management and internal technical staffStrategic and analytical thinkerContributes, promotes, and adopts new ideas and approachesStrong teamwork and leadership skills, an ability to create, communicate and support a common vision and directionExcellent planning and organization skills, with the ability to confidently prioritise tasks & guide teamsAbility to build and foster strong, trusted working relationshipsRelational Databases/Data PlatformsPM experiencePeople ManagementProject managementKeen interest in the business environment and how data solutions can add value to the businessCommitment to personal and professional developmentMusgrave is an equal opportunities employer.We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.
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