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This is one of those critical hires.\nThe Data Management Lead owns the data management layer that underpins all analytics across the business. This means establishing and governing robust semantic models and semantic layers, building a multi-year roadmap, and leading a small internal team - while collaborating closely with an external data engineering partner. The role requires someone who thinks in years, not tickets.\nTeam You’ll Lead\n1 Data Steward\n1 Support Analyst\n3 Analytics Engineers\nClose collaboration with an external Data Engineering Lead and their team of approximately 6 engineers (GCP-focused; Microsoft stack sits with this role)\nKey Responsibilities\nOwn the design, implementation, and governance of semantic models and semantic layers - Power BI modelling treated as a semantic layer, not just a visualisation tool\nBuild and drive a multi-year data management strategy and roadmap - five-year thinking, not just the next sprint\nLead, coach, and develop the internal analytics team\nEstablish clear intake, triage, and prioritisation processes to protect team capacity from ad-hoc demand\nCollaborate with the external engineering team on data availability, quality, and GCP to Microsoft platform integration\nBuild and maintain a sustainable, production-ready Microsoft analytics environment\nChallenge and reduce reliance on non-scalable patterns (SharePoint lists as databases, low-code technical debt)\nAct as primary technical and strategic owner of the analytics data management domain\nRequirements\nStrong data engineering background with deep expertise in semantic modelling and Power BI - 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