Data & Insight Lead

Tai Tarian’s Elevate Programme is a major business transformation initiative modernising how we work and deliver services to our communities.

We are inspiring the organisation through change, driving and embedding new strategic initiatives across the organisation and we are looking for a new Data & Insight Lead who will be key in helping us achieving our vision.

About the role

The Data & Insight Lead will be roughly 70 percent strategy and 30 percent hands on, so you’ll spend most of your time shaping direction, standards, adoption, and roadmap, while still being close enough to the technology to guide decisions, challenge effectively, and stay credible with engineering teams.

About us

Tai Tarian is one of Wales’s largest social housing providers and we’re passionate about creating safe, well-maintained homes and vibrant communities across Neath Port Talbot. We’re looking for employees who share our commitment to excellence, wanting to make a real impact on people’s lives.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the data strategy, systems, policies and processes are in line with best practice to drive improvements in data governance, data quality management and strengthening future decision making for the business and customer, by providing data driven insights.

• Driving analytics, insight and business intelligence initiatives in supporting change by determining how best to leverage data assets that support business strategy and continuous improvement of customer and asset products and services.  
• Providing a sector leading, robust business intelligence service as well as leading data governance and improvements in data quality
• Develop and implement a comprehensive data strategy aligned with business objectives and ambitions, supporting a move to dynamic live reporting and predictive analysis.

About You

• Proven track record of leading insight, analytics or BI in a complex, multi-functional and regulated environment.
• Modern Enterprise SaaS/Cloud platforms, applications, and services used by Social Housing organisations.
• High-level responsibility for the design, development and delivery of data and analytical services.
• Solid Technical data and AI knowledge such as Azure Data Lakes or similar data platforms, Power Platform, SQL, SSRS and predictive analytics.
• Proven experience in a senior data leadership role, including experience of successfully delivering transformational change and realising data strategies.

Please see the attached  Data & Insight Lead  role profile for the full job description and person specification. 

Every one of us who works for Tai Tarian is passionate and committed to making a difference to our customers, employees, and the surrounding community and we work in a values-led culture that is Be Bold, Be Fair and Be Kind which empowers us to continually grow and change. 

Find out more about us in our Candidate Pack , get a feel for what it’s like to work with us, find out what we’re looking for, about our recruitment process and decide whether you can see yourself as a part of our amazing organisation. You will also find hints and tips to support you with your application.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage suitably qualified applicants from all areas of the community.

If you would like further information about this opportunity, please contact (url removed)

If you are interested in applying for this role and you’ve got the skills, experience, and knowledge we are looking for, please click apply and provide a CV and personal statement demonstrating why you are suitable for the role.

Closing date: 31st May 2026

Please note, the closing date is given as a guide. We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive high volumes of applications. Therefore, we recommend that you apply early.