Job description
Version 1 has celebrated over 25 years in the IT industry and we continue to be trusted by global brands to deliver IT solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 is a Microsoft Gold Partner, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner and an Oracle Platform Partner; we are also an award-winning employer and our employees are at the heart of Version 1.
Version 1 as a consultancy and a service provider, we are a digital first environment and we do things differently. We are focused on our core values, and using these we have seen significant growth in our UK Digital, Data and Cloud Practice in the 4 years since inception. Our UK Digital, Data and Cloud business is now preparing for the next phase of expansion, opening new opportunities for highly skilled technologists and leaders to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies in the UK.
A few of our awards are the AWS Migration Partner of the Year - EMEA at AWS Re:Invent 2022, Best Workplace™ for Women UK 2022 By Great Place to Work® and Top 10 in Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards 2023.
We are looking for a passionate, dynamic, hardworking expert in all things Data Visualisation, using design led approaches and best practice to deliver business outcomes for our clients and solve complex business problems. This role requires exceptional interpersonal skills as you engage with technical and business stakeholders equally - executives through to operational roles - to help understand and define business problems, design solutions and roadmaps, and drive projects from inception (or impasse!) to successful implementation and/or live service.
You will be capable of guiding a team of talented data visualisation consultants to offer expertise in this field with an ability to think on your feet and learn quickly to identifying solutions to problems. You must be comfortable with pre-sales conversations and be able to inspire your team. Preferably experienced enough to help nurture and grow our visualisation offerings to continue our exciting growth.
What will you be doing?
- Help manage data visualisation engagements across several clients working with other capability leads, technology principals, delivery leads, practice leads and our sales team.
- Participating in pre-sales discussions providing technical guidance for engagements where data visualisation expertise is required.
- Contribute towards go to market offerings, solutions and accelerators. Able to author statements of work and drive delivery excellence for new sales opportunities.
- Acting as technical escalation point for data visualisation consultants and customers.
- Applying technical guidance and experience to develop and review internal documentation, quality standards and working practices including repeatable artefacts.
- Challenging customer or project requirements to ensure we are delivering business outcomes to our clients.
- Working with data visualisation consultants to ensure high-quality visualisation designs and implementation.
- A people manager for your direct reports.
What skills and experience do you need:
- Experience aligning client business strategy, KPI, and AI use cases.
- A thought leader in the data visualisation domain
- Demonstrable experience designing high-quality data visualisation artefacts and taking solutions to production.
- Commanding a strong understanding of the strategic infrastructure required to make data visualisation rollout a success at scale.
- Experience providing technical leadership to a team of highly skilled consultants.
- Ability to apply knowledge of current industry trends and techniques to formulate solutions within the context of projects.
- Some experience designing and implementing solid DevOps principles for data visualisation projects.
- Familiar with agile methodologies.
- Knowledge of at least one enterprise cloud, preferably Azure or AWS.
What technical skills will do you have:
- Microsoft Power BI enterprise approaches and rollout methodologies. (Preferred)
- Tableau enterprise approaches and rollout methodologies. (Desirable)
- Experience with AWS Quicksight and Qlik (Advantageous)
- Business Intelligence development using the Microsoft BI stack
- Familiar with and experienced in data modelling methodologies such as Kimble.
- Expert in DAX and M Query
- Experienced with Analysis Services Cubes in global scale visualisation deployments
- SQL skills for querying and creating of views/tables, functions and stored procedures.
- Design and build concepts for dashboards, reports and cubes using SQL, MDX, DAX, Power BI or other visualisation tools.
- Document architectural solutions and processes.
- Microsoft or AWS Certifications desirable but not essential
Additional Information
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes their well-being, professional growth, and financial stability.
One of our standout advantages is the ability to work remote or with a hybrid schedule along with business travel, allowing our employees to strike a balance between work and life. We also offer a range of tech-related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme, Octopus Car Lease, and MyGym Discounts to help keep our team members up-to-date with the latest technology.
We prioritize the health and safety of our employees, providing private medical and life insurance coverage, as well as free eye tests and contributions towards glasses. Our team members can also stay ahead of the curve with incentivized certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
Our employee-designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of our company's profits each quarter among all full-time employees. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential, offering Pathways Career Development Quarterly, a program designed to support professional growth.
About Version 1
CEO: Tom O'Connor
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 1001 to 5000 Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: http://www.version1.com
Year Founded: 1996