Combining both hands-on data science and active involvement in the strategic aspects, this role is responsible for the technical and scientific direction of our data platform. This work underpins our patient engagement software product and creates a moat around our business, ensuring we remain competitive.

This position is based in Leeds or remotely in the UK.

The Role
The role provides data capabilities to the wider company and ensures data capture and evidence generation is part of the foundations of our product. You will be hands-on in problem solving, algorithmic design and modelling of data to extract and visualise valuable insights for our company and for our users and clients. This role also manages a Data Engineer, who is responsible for data pipeline management & optimisation, integrations, and application management.

Responsibilities

• Ownership and leadership for Little Journey’s data strategy and implementation of data driven projects.

• Identify valuable data sources and automate the collection process, embedding this into all Little Journey products

• Hands-on building of models to address business and product challenges

• Build and lead an efficient and autonomous data team, with scope to scale Little Journeys capacity.

• Creating a Data Architecture and tech stack, that aligns with the data roadmap and our product and clients / users’ needs

• Bringing fresh initiatives by putting the right data tooling in place whilst managing external providers / 3rd parties in a cost-effective way.

• Security and compliance management

Immediate Priorities

• Assess and identify the value of the existing data, addressing any gaps that prevent us from achieving our long-term vision (2-3 years).

• Collaborate with and understand the CEO and CPO’s strategic vision for data and how this relates to Little Journey’s vision.

6-Month Objectives

• Successfully deliver an initial version of the data pipeline fully integrated into our platform and a data strategy that contributes to our economic moat

12-Month Objectives

• Leverage the data generated through the pipeline to produce actionable insights.

• Develop and implement integration plans with third-party systems, such as hospital records, ensuring a comprehensive strategy is in place.