Data and Insights Manager

Data and Insights Manager

Leeds - hybrid Permanent

Summary

We're seeking a Data and Insights Manager to join our Digital Transformation team. This role will sit at the centre of Freedom's digital transformation strategy, focused on unlocking the value of data across the business. You'll help shape requirements for a new enterprise data platform built on Microsoft Fabric, bringing together information from across the business into a single, trusted source of truth. You'll also get to collaborate with Group ICT on data models and analytics that enable smarter decision-making and efficient operations. Within approved Fabric workspaces and published models, you will build and maintain datasets, Power BI visualisations, dataflows, and other analytical assets, including AI-assisted insights, to ensure information is accurate, accessible, and used effectively across the business.

Alongside this enterprise data work, you will deliver smaller, end-to-end data solutions using low-code and integration tools to automate workflows and improve reporting.

With You will design and deliver practical data solutions, define how data is structured and governed, and ensure adoption through effective user engagement, and best practice in modern data and analytics tools.

The role suits someone who enjoys shaping data strategy and governance while remaining hands-on in designing and building high-quality models, visualisations, and analytics that bring data to life.

Some of the key deliverables for the role include:

Data and Insight

• Support the development and implementation of Freedom's data and insight strategy.
• Define business data and reporting requirements, ensuring they are delivered through Microsoft Fabric and the wider data architecture.
• Shape the design and governance of enterprise data models and reporting frameworks.
• Build and maintain datasets, semantic models, and visualisations within Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and related tools (SSRS, Excel) to deliver accurate, actionable insight.
• Develop performant SQL queries and dataflows to transform and prepare data for analysis.
• Contribute to the business data catalogue to improve visibility and value of data assets.
• Create or enhance dataflows to meet specific reporting or analytical needs.
• Maintain data quality standards, catalogues and documentation.
• Help connect data across business systems, structured and unstructured, ensuring information is available where needed.

Digital Transformation and Change

• Support the long-term data and insight strategy and governance model.
• Translate business needs into clear data, integration, and reporting requirements.
• Work with ICT, operational, and project teams to embed data-driven decision making.
• Build data and reporting requirements into system and SaaS implementations.
• Deliver training and guidance to help users interpret and use dashboards confidently.
• Promote best practice in data management, visualisation, and adoption.
• Support readiness, testing, go-live, and post-implementation activities.
• Act as the link between operational teams and Group ICT to ensure data initiatives deliver real business value.

Continuous Improvement

• Deliver data solutions using low-code and data tools to automate workflows.
• Use the Microsoft Power Platform, Logic Apps, and core tools (T-SQL, SSRS, Dataverse, Excel, SharePoint, Forms) to connect business data across teams.
• Identify opportunities to automate data flows and improve existing platforms.
• Continuously explore emerging capabilities in Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, and AI-assisted analytics, recommending practical adoption opportunities for Freedom.
• Contribute to the Power BI Centre of Excellence, supporting citizen developers and promoting consistent design, reuse, and quality across business-built analytics.
• Keep current with Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, and AI-assisted analytics developments.

What we're looking for:

• Solid experience in SQL Server and T-SQL capability, including data modelling and optimisation
• Proven experience in building robust analytical models and visualisations in Power BI using DAX and Power Query (M)
• Solid understanding of data integration and transformation (ETL, APIs, dataflows).
• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric components or similar data engineering environments.
• Previous experience with Power Platform tools (Power Automate, Power Apps, Logic Apps) to automate data processes.
• Knowledge of Dataverse, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365 environments and how they connect to enterprise data
• Awareness of data governance, quality, and security principles.
• Experience gathering and documenting business and reporting requirements
• Able to explain complex data findings and influence decisions through clear, evidence-based insight

Desirable

• Experience within utilities, construction, or infrastructure project environments
• Understanding of operational, financial, or commercial performance reporting
• Experience automating data workflows using Logic Apps or Power Automate
• Awareness of AI and Copilot capabilities.

Next Steps:

As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

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