Data Insights Lead

BAE Systems; Frimley, Christchurch; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK is seeking a Data Insights Lead to provide data leadership and expertise. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in data analytics and will lead a team to improve the data culture. Responsibilities include designing data products, ensuring ethical data practices, and utilizing data for strategic decisions. The role offers competitive salary and benefits, including employee share plans, health and wellness perks, and a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Discounted health and wellbeing benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience of working in Data Analytics or an IT Function for a large complex organisation.
• Familiarity with Data and/or IT trends and good practice.
• Experience of delivering outputs in a ‘Product’ based environment using agile methods.
• A solid understanding of data, data analytics and data tools.

Responsibilities

• Ensure data is used ethically and appropriately, managing compliance with legislative and contractual requirements.
• Identify and promote new tools and techniques for data analysis and develop reusable business intelligence reports.
• Lead teams summarising and presenting data for users.
• Design, develop and construct data products and integrate them into business processes.
• Implement data flows to connect operational systems for analytics and identify essential data assets.
• Explore data to find patterns, making recommendations for strategic and operational decision making.

Skills

Data Analytics

Agile methods

Data tools

IT trends

Job description

Job Title: Data Insights Lead

Location: Frimley/Christchurch. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensure data is used ethically and appropriately, ensuring data is managed in compliance with legislative, security, export control and contractual requirements
• Identify and promote where appropriate new tools and techniques for data analysis, data manipulation and data visualisation (including the use of business information tools) and develop business intelligence reports that can be reused
• Lead teams summarising and presenting data and conclusions in the most appropriate format for users
• Design, develop and construct data products and services, and integrate them into systems and business processes
• Implement data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems catalogue, monitor and identify data assets that are essential to the organisation’s operations or services
• Explore and visualise data to find patterns and transform them into organisational insight and make recommendations to address complex problems and inform strategic and operational decision making

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience of working in Data Analytics or an IT Function for a large complex organisation
• Familiarity with Data and/or IT trends and good practice
• Experience of delivering outputs in a ‘Product’ based environment using agile methods
• A solid understanding of data, data analytics and data tools

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Data Insights team:

As a Data Insights Lead you will provide data leadership and subject matter expertise to set the data vision and strategy for Digital Intelligence (DI), whilst improving the data culture across DI and implementing innovative solutions. You will also be responsible for leading and managing a team of data analysts to deliver the data / business performance requirements for DI whilst supporting the teams development.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc .) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:

29th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role . Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.