Group Data Lead

Group Data Lead

Location: Hybrid – UK (attendance required once per month at one of their UK sites)

Industry:Aerospace

Type: Full-time, Fixed-term (Project-based, transitioning into a permanent Group Data Lead role)

Salary:£45,000 - £70.000 D.O.E

A1 Personnel are partnering with a leading international manufacturer of aerospace finished components who is recruiting for a Group Data Lead to join their team. Our client are one of the largest international independent manufacturers of metallic aerospace detailed parts

Role Purpose

We are seeking an experienced and strategicGroup Data Lead to take ownership of all data-related activities within our enterprise-wide Infor ERP implementation programme –Leapfrog.

This is a pivotal role bridging business and technical domains, ensuring data across all UK sites is clean, harmonised, and implementation-ready to meet key project milestones through 2026 and beyond.

Beyond ERP go-live, you will define and establish the foundation for group-wide master data management and data governance — transitioning the organisation from a decentralised, inconsistent data landscape to a centrally managed, structured, and scalable data environment.

This role will shape the future of our data-driven operating model and reporting capability.

Key Responsibilities

1. Data Readiness & Cleansing

• Lead and complete data cleansing and harmonisation across all sites and business units.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and migration readiness in line with ERP construction and transition phases.
• Oversee data filtering, simplification, and validation activities aligned to delivery timelines.

2. Data Mapping & Migration Coordination

• Facilitate mapping of legacy data structures to the Infor ERP data model, ensuring full business alignment.
• Act as the bridge between business users, stream leads, and technical teams to ensure seamless data translation.
• Coordinate data conversion and migration cycles across key phases:
• System Testing
• End-User Testing
• Final Migration & Go-Live
• Work with technical experts to ensure ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tools are developed and embedded to industrialise data transfers.

3. Master Data & Governance Foundations

• Define and implement the blueprint for Group Master Data and Data Governance.
• Establish consistent data definitions, hierarchies, ownership models, and quality controls across key business domains (commercial, engineering, programmes, manufacturing, etc.).
• Leverage ERP platform capabilities to embed scalable governance practices.

4. Business–Technical Coordination

• Serve as the functional data lead within the ERP project structure.
• Collaborate with technical data teams, project leadership, stream leads, and business data owners.
• Ensure full alignment of data activities with overall transformation milestones.
• Translate business requirements into structured governance frameworks and actionable data standards.

5. Reporting Continuity & Future Readiness

• Ensure reporting continuity post go-live through consistent and structured data design.
• Enable operational, site, and group-level reporting consistency.
• Lay the groundwork for future analytics and business intelligence capability.
• Promote simplified, standardised data structures to improve visibility and decision-making.

6. Ongoing Group Data Leadership (Post-Implementation)

Following ERP go-live, this position will evolve into a permanentGroup Data Lead / Data Officer role responsible for:

• Cross-system data harmonisation across ERP, Industry 4.0, IoT, and digital manufacturing systems.
• Establishing sustainable data governance and stewardship frameworks.
• Maintaining a single source of truth across the organisation.
• Driving simplification, optimisation, and continuous improvement of group-level reporting.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in data leadership, data governance, or enterprise data management roles.
• Strong understanding of data lifecycle management, cleansing, migration, and integration within ERP environments (Infor experience advantageous).
• Demonstrated ability to bridge business and technical teams.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, coordination, and influencing skills.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple workstreams to tight deadlines.
• Fluent professional English (written and verbal).

Desirable

• Experience supporting Infor ERP or other large-scale ERP transformations.
• Experience building group-level data ownership and governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with complex multi-site manufacturing or engineering environments.

Personal Attributes

• Pragmatic and delivery-focused with strong strategic capability.
• Collaborative communicator who builds trust across functions.
• Passionate about data quality, simplification, and operational excellence.
• Comfortable operating within a high-visibility transformation programme.

Why Join?

This is a strategic, career-defining opportunity at the centre of a major digital transformation programme.

You will not only drive successful data delivery for a large-scale ERP implementation but also shape and lead the long-term data governance and reporting framework — building the foundation for a truly data-driven organisation.

If you are ready to lead enterprise-wide data transformation and make lasting impact, we would love to hear from you.