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Data Workstream Lead

Job Req ID:  48312
Posting Date:  27 Jun 2025
Function:  Strategy, Transformation & Business Intelligence
Unit:  Business
Location: 

One Braham (4140), London, United Kingdom

Salary:  Competitive

Closing Date: Wednesday 9th July 2025

Locations: Birmingham, Bristol, London and Manchester

The Scope

The Data Workstream Lead ensures BT Business unlocks the value of its data by improving governance, accessibility, and insight-led decision-making. 


The role strengthens data foundations to enable smarter operations, stronger compliance, and better customer and commercial outcomes - helping the business act with greater confidence and agility.

What you’ll be doing

  • Leading the end-to-end delivery of the data transformation workstream, ensuring alignment with business strategy and enabling data-driven priorities across key functions including CX, Product, Digital, Sales, and Operations.
  • Driving cross-functional coordination to embed data capabilities that empower Sales, Product, Digital, and Operations teams to make better, faster decisions and unlock value. 
  • Identifying and manage delivery risks, interdependencies, and capability gaps related to data-driven transformation initiatives.
  • Supporting the planning, prioritisation, and benefit framing for initiatives that enhance data quality, governance, and accessibility to unlock business value.
  • Collaborating with the Cx, Data Strategy & Governance owner ensuring Tx activities align into the broader strategy.
  • Acting as a transformation partner for initiatives involving data automation, AI/ML applications, and advanced analytics capabilities.
  • Resolving delivery blockers and maintain momentum across the workstream by collaborating closely with data owners and functional teams, ensuring clear boundaries from BAU activities.
  • Tracking and reporting on workstream CAPEX, KPIs, and performance metrics in partnership with the central PMO.

Experience needed to be successful in the role

Essential expertise:

  • End-to-end programme delivery experience leading large-scale, cross-functional transformation in data, digital or technology-driven environments.
  • Proven ability to drive data-related change across business units — including experience in data governance, quality, accessibility, and supporting AI/ML or advanced analytics implementation.
  • Strong understanding of data platforms, architecture, and tooling at a high level (you don’t need to be a data engineer, but someone who can partner credibly with them).
  • Demonstrated success in prioritising and phasing delivery, managing CAPEX, and owning trade-off decisions across time, cost, and quality.
  • Skilled in working across multiple business functions (Sales, Product, Digital, Operations, CX), with a track record of aligning stakeholders behind a transformation vision.
  • Deep experience in stakeholder engagement and influencing at exec level, with strong communication and storytelling skills to secure buy-in and navigate ambiguity.
  • Proficient in project governance frameworks, benefits realisation, and performance tracking (KPI ownership is critical).
  • Familiarity with change management principles to ensure sustainable adoption of new ways of working across teams.


Delivery toolkit (hard skills):

  • Strong grasp of project/programme management methodologies (e.g. Prince2, MSP, Agile/Scaled Agile, Lean, Six Sigma).
  • Tools: Proficiency in Jira, MS Project, or Planview, with comfort navigating dashboards and performance metrics.
  • Experience working with data governance or process mapping tools (e.g. Collibra, Signavio, Visio) preferred but not essential.
  • Comfortable managing complex interdependencies and risks, especially in fast-paced, matrixed environments.

Benefits

  • Annual on target bonus 15% (personal and company performance multipliers)
  • £5,500 car allowance (can be taken as cash)
  • Family health cover
  • BT Pension scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
  • 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays with the option to buy up to one week's work of your contracted hours. This will also increase with service.
  • 2 weeks carer’s leave 
  • From January 2025, all parents welcoming a new child will be eligible for our new Family Leave policy. You will receive 18 weeks at full pay, eight weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It is for all parents, no matter how your family is made.
  • Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
  • Life Assurance (4 x life cover pay)
  • Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
  • 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans.
  • My Discounts gives colleagues access to unbeatable savings on everyday purchases at hundreds of retailers.
  • Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership.
  • Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
  • Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community.
  • Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement, known as ‘My EV.’
  • 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues

With over 175 years of heritage, BT is now the flagship business brand of BT Group. We’ve brought together our best people and capabilities into a B2B powerhouse serving 1.2 million business customers internationally.

We’re a global leader for secure connectivity and collaboration platforms for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from big household names and government departments, right through to sole traders and new start-ups. But it’s not just the technology that matters, it’s what it can do to help them build stronger, smarter, more secure businesses.

We value diversity and inclusion and believe in making a positive impact. We connect for good by championing digital inclusion and equipping people, businesses, and communities with digital skills to thrive.

As a member of our team, you will be part of an organisation that celebrates difference, fosters innovation and provides you with opportunities to be your best. With millions of businesses relying on us daily, joining BT means you can be part of a diverse and multi-skilled team that makes a significant impact to society.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

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Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

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