Data Team Leader

NECSWS

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Working within the Healthcare (registries) division of NEC Software Solutions, this role involves overseeing a team of data scientists and data analysts (DSA). The team's responsibilities include maintaining existing applications, generating regular and bespoke reports, creating dashboards, documenting code bases, cleansing datasets, identifying data quality issues in large databases, and supporting the analytical requirements of clinical steering committees. The primary focus is on data held in clinical registries related to patient performance outcomes after surgical or medical interventions. This role requires close collaboration with the data science and analytics team, as well as clinicians, to develop new registries and health data reporting procedures for UK healthcare providers. The position offers flexibility for hybrid or fully remote work, with occasional travel to the head office or other UK locations for in-person meetings.

Requirements

• A postgraduate degree in computer science, statistics, biology or a related quantitative discipline
• Expert R (R Studio) programming skills for manipulation/cleaning, report generation, visualisation of data, statistical analysis and modelling
• Experience leading a team of data scientists or analysts
• Proficiency with SQL (Azure) for data manipulation, extract creation and aggregation of data from disparate sources
• Proven experience cleansing, processing and managing large data sets
• Proven experience responding creatively to analytical briefs
• Experience with data warehouses and open database connectivity
• Statistical expertise (including survival analysis and predictive modelling)
• The ability to deliver under pressure and without regular supervision
• Proven problem-solving skills and ability to work to deadlines
• Self-motivation and a flexible approach to work
• The ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment
• Must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK
• Must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with health data including clinical data registries
• Experience working with ‘unclean’ data and free text
• An interest in the application of machine learning, NLP and AI to solve problems related to health data and patient safety
• Experience using Snowflake/DBT
• Prompt Engineering for Github Copilot or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Oversee a team of data scientists and data analysts
• Prioritise and schedule the competing workloads of the team to meet delivery timelines
• Lead regular update and 1-to-1 meetings with team members
• Liaise with industry and academic partners to align and improve our statistical methodology and reporting strategy
• Identify and provide appropriate training opportunities for members of the data science and analytics team
• Explore real-world-evidence data sets for registry-specific analytical opportunities
• Coordinate and assist with the generation of regularly scheduled and bespoke reports, including the plotting of charts using standard libraries
• Take charge of data cleansing, quality assurance and supporting integration
• Contribute ideas to improve productivity and delivery
• Liaise with members of the data quality, development, business analyst and business consultant teams to deliver collaborative outputs
• Build an extensive clinical knowledge base through meeting regularly with clinical steering committees
• Work closely with clinicians to understand and support their reporting and analytical needs

Benefits

• Above average pension scheme
• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager