About The Role

The Data & Analytics team lead will lead a small team of highly skilled technology and data professionals this is responsible for delivering, managing, & maintaining the Cala data analytics environment. Your focus will be on delivering value for our internal and external customers by providing data insights through an understanding how our processes and systems work, and our customer needs. You will also contribute to building out our data roadmap and vision, and developing a data driven culture across the business.

Key Responsibilities / Deliverables:

Lead and line manage the data analytics team, including their career development aligned to the D&A strategy.
Manage the data analytics environment including ETLs, Azure data warehouse, and data analysis and reporting toolsets.
Collaborating across all parts Cala to gain fresh perspectives and ideas while also being an evangelist for adopting data driven approaches and associated systems.
Building, maintaining, and prioritising a team backlog by writing user stories that include with clear acceptance and testing criteria.
Participate in planning, testing, sprint demos, and retrospectives.
Developing deep subject matter expertise to allow you to think like a customer to help problem solve and generate new data insights.
Consistently communicating with customers (internal and external) to understand what they do and the challenges they face.

About You

Acting as a Product Owner using agile methodologies to create, plan, prioritise, and deliver user stories.
Leading and developing a small highly skilled team of technology & data professionals.
Experience of Microsoft Azure data service offerings and managing Azure environments.
Experience of logical data modelling and physical schema implementation.
Proficient in data engineering and analysis tools e.g. Python, SQL.
Experience in creating reporting and data insights through Power BI or equivalent data visualisation tools.
Ability to apply advanced problem-solving techniques, including machine learning, to drive action through key data insights and effective stakeholder communication.
Ability to learn and adopt new and emerging technologies to deliver business benefit.
Knowledge of graph databases is desirable.

We recognise that a diverse team makes us a stronger and more successful company. We value different ideas and perspectives as it helps improve our decision-making, products and services. And we’re striving to create an inclusive work environment, in which everyone can feel comfortable as themselves, uniquely contribute and do their best work. If we need to adjust anything in our recruitment process to support you, please contact us.

About Us

The Cala Group is a major UK housebuilder and leading provider of desirable new homes across Scotland, the South of England & Midlands. Driven by a mission to create vibrant and sustainable new communities, our homes are characterised by exceptional design and sector-leading build quality, and we have a passion for providing our customers with a great home buying experience. This is an exciting time to be at Cala. Our approach to sustainability and technology is undergoing a dramatic transformation, and we’re aiming to create an industry-leading experience for both our staff and customers. At Cala, you can expect to be part of an environment which allows you to do meaningful work, while offering opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to be the favoured employer in our industry and beyond. We encourage applications from those who want to be part of a culture where they can thrive, feel a sense of belonging and be comfortable being themselves at work.