Information Domain Lead

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. 

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. 

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. 

The Information Domain Lead is responsible for the definition of the standard information requirements for their domain, and to develop and execute a roadmap to deliver on these needs , increasing data quality, information standardisation and speed to insight in the business.

Key activities

Data & Analytics Governance

• Defines Information Standards for their domain ( KPIs, Hierarchical structures)

• Defines and prioritizes Data sets required to support their domain.

• Data Set Creation

Data Set Creation

• Supports the Information Architects in identifying source data and its owner.
• Tests and validates data sets – transformations etc.
• Approves data sets for release.

Management of Data Catalogue

• Works with Information Analysts to ensure Data sets are complete and available.
• Works with Data Owners to address issues with source data quality.
• Raises change requests and recommends for approval

Report/Dashboard Creation

• Identifies requirements for reports or dashboards including KPIs, dimensions, user profiles
• Creates/ co-creates dashboards using existing data sets.

D&A Daily Operations

• Reviews dashboards on a daily basis to ensure data is complete and accurate.
• Manages access requests and security requirements.
• Trains end users on general skills required to use reporting tools and specifics of dashboards.

Management of report Catalogue

• Works with Information Architect to ensure that report catalogue is up to date.
• Governs report/ dashboard catalogue to ensure no duplication.
• Reviews utilisation and seeks optimisation opportunities.

Experience

• Bachellor degree in TI or relative.
• Previous experience in a Analytics management role, preferably as a team lead.
• Relevant information domain  experience.
• Manufacturing B2B or B2c environment.

Skills

• Standards mindset
• Looks for and drives improvement
• Collaborates with stakeholders
• Governance Mindset / holds the line.
• Inquisitive.

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity. 

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network. 

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future. 

According our mission, vision and Global Policies: Under no circumstances shall Staff be charged any fee or other costs in relation to their recruitment to work at Smiths, whether directly or indirectly. Any recruitment fees shall be paid by Smiths.

Smiths will not employ anyone below the age of 18. Smiths will take reasonable steps to satisfy itself of the member of Staff’s age before that person starts work at Smiths. When persons under the age of 18 are employed, they must not do work that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous or harmful or interferes with their schooling by depriving them of the opportunity to attend school.