Data Lead (Research Management and Infrastructure Programme)

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university 

This is a fixed term appointment for 1 year

Salary from £53,949 to £62,160 per annum inclusive with potential to progress to £69,073 pa inclusive of London allowance

The London School of Economics is a cosmopolitan university situated in the vibrant centre of London that specialises in the study of social sciences. Our Data and Technology Services division provides services to over 14,000 staff and student users.

LSE is undertaking a significant transformational change programme to deliver an integrated research infrastructure supported by robust systems, services, and processes for users across the research and innovation lifecycle, to support delivery of LSE 2030 Research Strategy. The Research Management and Infrastructure Programme is comprised of multiple projects, including Research & Innovation Funding Management (RIFM) and Research Outputs and Discovery (ROaD) with an underpinning workstream for data, reporting, and system integration.

The Data Lead will be responsible for work within that workstream to help the programme develop a comprehensive and shared understanding of the data aspects within the research and innovation lifecycle, with a focus on how data flows across and between systems as part of end-to-end business processes. This will include determining the requirements and capabilities for reporting and analytics, and activities relating to the identification and migration of data from legacy systems.

The postholder will be able to understand the relationship between business processes and the data lifecycle, produce high-quality documentation and communicate effectively with stakeholders across the Research Management and Infrastructure Programme, and be able to work within a flexible matrix managed environment.

Candidates should have:

• Proven experience in creating comprehensive data documentation for complex systems.
• Ability to analyse and document data structures, relationships, data model, and metadata across multiple integrated systems.
• Understanding of how systems integrate and exchange data.
• Experience of using a diagramming tool e.g. Microsoft Visio to document data models, data flow diagrams, process flowcharts etc.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

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The closing date for receipt of applications is 31 October 2025 (23.59 UK time).

Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

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