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Swastika Dey

Summary

Dynamic Data Delivery Lead with over 14 years of experience in driving data management, leadership, and delivery management. Specialized in implementing Data Strategy, Master Data Management, Data Governance, and Data Quality. Demonstrated success with diverse technology and data stacks, engaging stakeholders, and enhancing client satisfaction by optimizing data capabilities. Combines technical proficiency with strategic leadership to mentor teams and deliver innovative solutions that transform data into strategic assets. Proven track record in Program Management, Data Transformation, Data Transformation Delivery, Delivery Management, Budgeting, Resource Management, and team building. PRINCE2 certified, ensuring structured and effective project management.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Data Advisory Consultant

BJSS
London
07.2024 - 02.2025
  • Lead an account to deliver global data operations and reporting solutions using proprietary and third-party software, along with custom cloud development, by driving scope definition, solutioning, implementation, and evolution, including leading client and internal conversations as subject matter expert in business intelligence software, data quality management, taxonomy design, and digital campaign planning, delivery, and billing data
  • Coach and supervise team to ensure adherence to process, policies, and standards of excellence
  • Actively address team utilisation and manage workload with resources available including recommending changes to team structure, skill sets, or processes whilst proactively adjusting where appropriate
  • Advised and engaged with C suite executive to build data infrastructures to drive business goals
  • Managed teams by overseeing hiring, training, career pathing, performance management, upskilling to ensure teams are adept at modern technologies
  • Know the ambition of the clients’ business, and the individual motivations of all key stakeholders
  • Set the vision and tone of the client relationship and build relationships with all key stakeholders
  • Design solutions for data pipelines, data operations, reporting and underlying data infrastructure as a part of project scoping
  • Serve as the account’s champion of data quality and use of data for better decision-makingDesign solutions for data pipelines, data operations, reporting and underlying data infrastructure as a part of project scoping
  • Serve as the account’s champion of data quality and use of data for better decision-making.

Data Enablement Delivery (Managing Consultant)

BIP UK
03.2023 - 06.2024
  • Responsible for maintaining the data work stream plan, ensuring it tracks to time, quality and budget for clients.
  • Conducted Data Maturity assessment and advice client to optimize data capabilities that includes data management, TOMs, emerging trends data engineering, RDMS/Snowflake
  • Engaged with data domain trustees to establish and maintain data standards/guidelines
  • Be responsible to identify and remove any blockers or risks in the projects
  • Ensured all projects are managed using known project methodologies.
  • Developed and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets and risk management strategies
  • Supported partner engagement and stakeholder management as it relates to successful delivery of the scope of work
  • Ensured client and internal stakeholders are aware of key accomplishments and critical roadblocks to success, as appropriate
  • Led a team eight consultant and matrix managed in-house data team of Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and business Analysts.

Master Data Manager

Siemens Energy
Warwick
09.2022 - 02.2023
  • Led the implementation of a Data Governance framework, including governance role & forums
  • Collaborated with Data domain trustees to identify data quality issues and prioritize data remediation efforts and implement data quality rules within MDM platform
  • Regulatory Obligations: GDPR, HIPAA, ISO, Ofwat, Ofgem, FCA, PRA, IDMP
  • Chair Data Community meeting and manage data discussion with senior managers, SMEs and acts as deputy to CDO (supply chain)
  • Standardized metadata across various platforms, enabling seamless interdepartmental communication and cooperation
  • Developed a robust framework for data validation to ensure data integrity for regulatory and strategic requirements
  • Managed five analysts and ETL developer at different time zones and supports team members with 121s, training and development plans.

Data Governance Manager

ALD Automotive
Bristol
03.2022 - 09.2022
  • Led design, maintenance and continuous improvements to the Metadata management and Data Lineage Framework, including underlying processes and procedure
  • Oversaw identification of Critical Data Elements
  • Proactively promote and manage data management awareness across business and IT teams
  • Handled negotiations with outside vendors and service agencies to meet group needs
  • Introduced data governance, MDM and data quality capabilities in the Finance domain to align with Enterprise Data Architecture

Head of Data

Auden Group
Manchester
09.2021 - 03.2022
  • Own Data Governance Framework, defining and maintaining data policies, standards, and processes, ensuring adoptions from data owners and stewards
  • Ensure data integrity, reliability, and performance through the effective use of Azure services such as Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Cosmos DB
  • Implement AI governance and develop best practices on card payments, facial recognition
  • Oversee the implementation of a Single Customer View to MDM principles
  • Designed roadmap to implement Talend Data Quality rules
  • Responsible for enterprise Data Visualization roll-out

Data Quality Lead

Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Reading
10.2018 - 08.2021
  • Collate and analyze complex data sets to provide data quality metrices through visualizations, commentary, advice, and recommendations
  • Develop DQ Rules and Metrics and migrated existing KPIs to SAP Information Steward
  • Assisted Data Quality Manager, Head of Data Governance in crafting business rules
  • Involved in large digital transformation `Data well’ to reduce customer complaints
  • Developed Dashboard for Executive Dashboard for CEO and other executives which summarize complex data points into easily digestible snippets that can translate into clear actions for entire Customer Journey
  • Produced and translated Operational Reports (Water Networks) in Power BI

Data Management Specialist

William Russell Ltd
Light Water, Surrey
07.2017 - 10.2018
  • Product Performance Analysis, insights, and recommendations at both operational and strategic level to help inform business strategy and product roadmap
  • Work closely with data engineers to ensure accurate and timely data

Sr. Data Analyst/Modeler

MetLife
05.2012 - 02.2017

Education

MSc - Mathematics

Skills


  • Cross Functional Team Leadership
  • E2E Data Infrastructure & Vendor Selection
  • Risk Management
  • Agile Approach
  • Data Strategy & Data Governance
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Technical Data Management
  • Program Governance & Budgeting
  • Data Team Building & Mentoring

Certification

  • PMP
  • DAMA
  • LSE: Ethics of AI
  • Databricks: Data and AI Governance Unity Catalog
  • Microsoft certified : Azure Fundamentals


Industry/ Data domains


  • Healthcare & Life Science
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Insurance
  • Financial Services
  • Public Sector



Timeline

Data Advisory Consultant

BJSS
07.2024 - 02.2025

Data Enablement Delivery (Managing Consultant)

BIP UK
03.2023 - 06.2024

Master Data Manager

Siemens Energy
09.2022 - 02.2023

Data Governance Manager

ALD Automotive
03.2022 - 09.2022

Head of Data

Auden Group
09.2021 - 03.2022

Data Quality Lead

Thames Water Utilities Ltd
10.2018 - 08.2021

Data Management Specialist

William Russell Ltd
07.2017 - 10.2018

Sr. Data Analyst/Modeler

MetLife
05.2012 - 02.2017

MSc - Mathematics

Swastika Dey