Head of Business Intelligence

This is a senior analytical leadership role, leading the development of Business Intelligence for the Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) Integrated Care Board (ICB). The post holder will be accountable for the provision of high-quality business intelligence to the SNEE ICB, as well as the wider Integrated Care System (ICS), including our three Alliances and Primary Care Networks.

The post holder will:

1. Oversee the management of the Business Intelligence team (around 14 individuals) including data analysts and data engineers, with line management responsibility for at least two individuals, setting a vision and development programme to ensure staff achieve their potential.
2. Oversee the delivery of insights from data for commissioning purposes, including the accurate reporting of performance indicators to assure provider service delivery to agreed standards and to facilitate service redesign and forward planning.
3. Lead the production of performance and activity information for the ICB, ensuring committees are well served by insights from data so they can discharge their duties in a manner informed by evidence from data.
4. Work with the finance and contracts teams to ensure business intelligence provides an understanding of performance and data quality as contracted and helps ensure that the ICB is receiving best value for money.
5. Ensure the ICB inputs accurate information on performance and activity to NHSE planning submissions.
6. Provide a responsive data analytics service for the ICB, producing data analysis across a spectrum from descriptive to predictive and prescriptive analysis, utilising a range of analytical techniques to undertake statistical analysis and forecasting.
7. Oversee the delivery of the ICB's business intelligence strategy, including continuous improvement of the intelligence platform, staff development programme, and automation tasks.
8. Oversee management of the SNEE ICS secure data and analytics environment, working with ICB and ESNEFT Digital colleagues, including data engineering staff, and IT suppliers, to ensure data is managed appropriately and kept safe and to ensure access to data is managed in line with information governance rules.
9. Be a key partner in the delivery of the SNEE Intelligence Function, by hosting the ICS's Population Health Management (PHM) Analytics team (three people) and by contributing to the production of analytical insights on matters of strategic importance to partners across the ICS.
10. Support the Deputy Director for Strategy and Healthcare Intelligence with oversight of a programme of analysis on population health insight to ensure knowledge of the population's health care needs, now and in future, informs policy and service development.
11. Support the Deputy Director for Strategy and Healthcare Intelligence to ensure there is an information governance framework for health intelligence and work with Data Protection Officers to ensure appropriate information governance is in place for use of linked data, ensuring the ICB is compliant with DARS and s251 requirements.
12. Support the Deputy Director for Strategy and Healthcare Intelligence to work across organisational boundaries to arrange a shared work programme and consistent vision for health intelligence.
13. Manage relationships with a range of external agencies, including commissioning support units, regulators and other NHS bodies, County Councils, other ICBs, GP practices and NHS providers in relation to business intelligence and population health insights.