Head of Data & Analytics
Employer: Seasalt
Location: This role is available remotely across the UK with occasional travel to our Head Office locations in Cornwall. If you are a Cornwall based candidate, this role will be based at Head Office with a hybrid working approach.
Working hours: Full time
Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 depending on experience
Closing date: 15th August
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Our first shop opened in 1981 in Penzance, selling durable clothing to artists and mariners. Today, we’re a modern, data-enabled omnichannel retailer with a growing international presence. We blend heritage with innovation, designing timeliness clothing made from responsibility sourced fabrics, and using technology to improve how we operate, grow and serve customers.
As we scale in the UK, North America and Europe (primarily through third-part partnerships), we’re investing in data, systems and digital capability to support our people and our growth. It’s an exciting time to join us!
As the Head of Data & Analytics, you will lead the vision, strategy, architecture, governance, and delivery of data services across Seasalt. Overseeing the data engineering and analytics teams, you’ll ensure data is an enabler of innovation, decision-making, and commercial success in a fast-paced fashion retail environment.
This role will drive the development of a modern data platform (MDP) leveraging Azure technologies, ensuring robust data governance and assurance, and enabling enterprise-wide access to trustworthy, high-quality insights through SQL-based data warehousing, Synapse, Fabric, and Power BI.
This role is available remotely across the UK with occasional travel to our Head Office locations in Cornwall. If you are a Cornwall based candidate, this role will be based at Head Office with a hybrid working approach.
Please note internally this role is known as Senior Data Services Manager.
You’ll help us by:
Defining and championing a forward-looking data strategy aligned with the business's digital transformation and commercial priorities.
Translating business requirements into scalable data service roadmaps, ensuring alignment across product, technology, and analytics teams.
Owning the architectural design and evolution of the enterprise data platform on Azure (Synapse, Fabric, Data Lake, etc.) as well as the operational DWH.
Ensuring secure, efficient, and scalable data pipelines and integrations between systems using modern best practices.
Overseeing the management and enhancement of SQL data warehouses to meet operational and reporting needs.
Establishing and overseeing data quality standards, assurance frameworks, and compliance practices while ensuring adoption of data governance, assurance and ownership throughout the organisation through a network of data owners and stewards.
Ensuring robust governance of data models, metadata, and data cataloguing for internal and external reporting needs.
Driving security, privacy, and ethical use of data in line with company policies and legal requirements.
Monitoring and optimising Power BI data models and performance, ensuring business teams have access to reliable and timely insights.
Partnering with commercial and operational leads to enable self-serve reporting, data literacy, and data democratisation.
Managing and developing a high-performing team of data engineers and analysts by setting clear goals, fostering technical excellence, promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
The skills you’ll be sharing with the team:
Degree or equivalent experience in: Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics/Statistics or a closely related discipline.
Proven experience leading data engineering, analytics, or data platform teams in a commercial retail setting.
Experience enabling self-serve BI and building strong relationships with business functions using Power BI or similar tools.
Strong ability to guide data engineers and analysts in building scalable, secure, and reliable data platforms, particularly using Azure, Synapse, SQL DWH, and Power BI.
Ability to define and communicate a compelling data vision, translate business needs into data strategies, and prioritise accordingly.
Experienced in managing diverse data teams (engineers, analysts), setting objectives, and supporting career growth.
Excellent communication skills, capable of building trust with commercial, technology, and executive stakeholders.
Ability to manage projects, allocate resources effectively, and deliver high-quality data services in agile or iterative environments.
Knowledge of data privacy, quality frameworks, and metadata management practices to ensure trustworthy, compliant data.
Understanding of how data impacts business KPIs and how to align technical decisions with commercial outcomes.
Fashion Retail or FMCG experience would be desirable, butis not essential.
Working knowledge of Azure Data Lake, Fabric, and modern data integration tools (e.g. ADF, Data bricks, Logic Apps)would be desirable.
Desirable certifications include: Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associate, Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300), Databricks/dbt/Synapse training, Agile delivery (e.g., Scrum Master, SAFe, Prince2), and data governance/privacy credentials (e.g., DCAM, CDMP, GDPR).
Why we hope you’ll love working with us:
The success of Seasalt is down to the skill and hard work of our team. We don't just want to attract the best and brightest people to come and work with us, we want you to stay and grow with us.
As well as doing everything we can to support your development professionally, we believe encouraging personal growth is just as important. So you can fulfil your passion and purpose, not just at work but in life, we offer a range of benefits that are designed to enhance your career and wellbeing:
Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 depending on experience (Band 4)
34 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service
Attractive 50% employee discount
Flexible benefits allowance to personalise your benefits package
Private Medical Scheme including 24/7 virtual GP
Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme through Retail Trust with 24/7 support
Pension plan with generous 7% employer contributions
Life assurance programme
Enhanced family leave policies
Flexible working opportunities with our hybrid working approach
Learning and Development opportunities
Do Good Things with our two days per year paid volunteering opportunities
Employee networks to develop and provide support to our people, including the Inclusion Network
100s of savings on top retailers and gym memberships through our discount hub
At Seasalt we have a brilliant team of people – they're what make Seasalt a fantastic place to work. We love to celebrate uniqueness and are committed to making Seasalt a place where everyone feels they belong. As an inclusive employer, we want to invite a diverse range of candidates to apply for our roles.
We aim to work flexibly where possible and value a range of perspectives - diversity of thought helps us to grow – so please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come to work every day. We're happy to help with any adjustments to our recruitment process and beyond. Just drop us an email at careers@seasaltcornwall.co.uk
Close date: 15th August
Please note that advert closing dates may be brought forward depending on the response to the vacancy.
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