Role summary

The Defence and Space Business Unit of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence delivers mission focused solutions in cyber & electronic warfare, digital transformation and special communications to clients across Land, Sea, Air, Space and Cyber. We are looking for a Security Cleared Data Strategist to join our team to assist in the creation of a data governance and data management framework as well as defining and implementing a data management improvement transformation.

Defines and delivers a client's information management and exploitation strategy to transform the way an organisation derives value from its data assets, whilst securing and managing them appropriately. The Data Strategist has expertise in data exploitation, data solutions, data management, problem solving and business consulting and analysis. This puts them in a position to advise client organisations on data-driven transformation.

The Data Strategist focuses on the people, process, business change, requirements and planning aspects of data challenges, but will have a good high-level understanding of approaches, techniques and tools in data architecture, data solution delivery and data science.

What you'll be doing

• Understands and distils business challenges in complex environments, providing thought leadership.
• Develops and actions data strategies and roadmaps, for example through undertaking maturity assessments and user needs analysis to define a vision and articulate the steps to achieving it.
• Considers business and cultural change aspects alongside technical data challenges.
• Defines and supports the implementation of an organisation's data governance framework.
• Defines the operating model required to support an organisation's data vision.
• Develops relationships with senior client stakeholders and represents their interests.
• Translates business goals into actionable plans.
• Communicates complex data challenges and strategies to senior client stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements and user needs, delivering analysis and problem resolution. Identifies, evaluates and recommends options.
• Manages the investigation of corporate data requirements. Co-ordinates the application of data analysis and data modelling techniques, based upon a detailed understanding of corporate information requirements, in order to establish, modify or maintain data structures and their associated components (entity descriptions, relationship descriptions, attribute definitions).
• Seeks to fully address client needs, enhancing the capabilities and effectiveness of solutions by ensuring that they are properly understood and appropriately exploited.
• Provides well-informed advice, typically on more than one topic, taking steps to ensure that it is properly understood and appropriately exploited.
• Drafts and maintains policies, standards and procedures for information and/or data governance.
• Reviews information and data systems for compliance against organisational policies, legislation and risk. Makes recommendations for implementing any required changes.
• Has in-depth knowledge of a broad range of industry-wide modelling techniques. Advises on the choice of techniques and approach influencing customers accordingly.

About BAE Systems Applied Intelligence

We use our intelligence-led insights to help defend Governments, Nations and Societies from cyber-attacks and financial crime. Our customers depend on our evolving capabilities to help them safely grow their organisations. Our unprecedented access to threat intelligence, world-leading analysts and market-leading technology means we can help them to adapt, evolve and stay ahead of the criminals.

Division Overview: Capabilities

At BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Capabilities is the engine that keeps the business moving forward. It is the largest area of Applied Intelligence, containing our Engineering, Consulting and Project Management teams that design and implement the defence solutions and digital transformation projects that make us a globally recognised brand in both the public and private sector.

As a member of the Capabilities team, you will be creating and managing the solutions that earn us our place in an ever changing digital world. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential. We also welcome discussions about flexible working.

About BAE Systems Applied Intelligence

We use our intelligence-led insights to help defend Governments, Nations and Societies from cyber-attacks and financial crime. Our customers depend on our evolving capabilities to help them safely grow their organisations. Our unprecedented access to threat intelligence, world-leading analysts and market-leading technology means we can help them to adapt, evolve and stay ahead of the criminals.

Division overview: Capabilities

At BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Capabilities is the engine that keeps the business moving forward. It is the largest area of Applied Intelligence, containing our Engineering, Consulting and Project Management teams that design and implement the defence solutions and digital transformation projects that make us a globally recognised brand in both the public and private sector.

As a member of the Capabilities team, you will be creating and managing the solutions that earn us our place in an ever changing digital world. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential. We also welcome discussions about flexible working.