Group Business Intelligence Manager

About the Role

PHL Group is seeking an experienced Group Business Intelligence Manager to lead our BI strategy, priorities and delivery roadmap, ensuring data and reporting capabilities support the delivery of healthcare services to the NHS.

You will manage the Data Engineering Lead and Analytics Lead, act as the key link between BI and the wider business, and take ownership of budgets, resourcing, suppliers and technology decisions. You will also champion data ownership and governance, driving continuous improvement across the function.

You will embody PHL Group’s values of Truly Care, Team First and Pioneering Innovation, demonstrating collaboration, commitment to patients and colleagues, and a focus on service development.

This role is UK-wide, with remote or hybrid working options available from our Segensworth, Newcastle or Stoke office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the BI strategy, priorities and delivery roadmap.

• Manage the Data Engineering Lead and Analytics Lead, overseeing team performance.

• Drive data ownership and governance across the organisation.

• Lead technology decisions across data integration, warehousing, modelling and visualisation platforms.

• Act as the primary stakeholder liaison and escalation point.

• Manage budgets, resourcing, suppliers and tooling decisions.

About You

Essential

• Proven experience managing a BI, data or analytics function, ideally in a regulated environment.

• Strong knowledge of data engineering, ETL/ELT, orchestration, data quality, data warehousing, lakehouse architecture and dimensional modelling.

• Experience delivering Power BI or equivalent reporting, including data modelling, self-service analytics, workspace governance and row-level security.

• Understanding of data governance, access controls, audit, lineage, cybersecurity, confidentiality and patient-identifiable data handling.

• Experience managing budgets, suppliers, tooling and concurrent workstreams.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, translating business needs into technical priorities and explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Desirable

• Experience in healthcare, medical environments or other regulated sectors.

• Knowledge of NHS data flows, EPR ecosystems, clinical reporting requirements and relevant regulatory standards.

• Familiarity with SQL, DAX, Python and cloud data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake, including capacity, licensing and cost management.

• Exposure to BI DataOps, including version control, CI/CD, environment management and automated testing.

• Experience presenting BI strategy and performance to senior or executive stakeholders.