East Genomics Data and Performance Lead
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 January 2026 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9180-25-0914 |
Summary
In this role, based at the central laboratory of East Genomics (Cambridge Genomics Laboratory), you will lead a Data and Performance Team for the East Genomic Medicine Service. You will create a data-first culture within the service, delivering projects that demonstrate how data can be used to drive policy, strategic decision making and efficiencies across the region. You will drive development of novel solutions for data visualisation, modelling and monitoring to anticipate and communicate the impacts of service transformation to a wider audience. You will oversee the production of statutory reports, ensuring that they are accurate and delivered in a timely manner to appropriate stakeholders.You will provide professional leadership on data analytics and performance, growing and developing your team as required, and ensuring that East Genomics can meet its service objectives and strategic goals.You will: Have delivered statutory and/or financial reporting to stakeholders and key decision makers Have created and maintained robust data processing pipelines Have developed data dashboards and data visualisations to support decision making Have strong technical skills in SQL (preferable) and/or other languages Have experience leading data analyst teams Be comfortable communicating with people with a wide range of backgrounds and understanding Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities. Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: applied for a Graduate visa or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment The advert will close at midnight on 11 January 2026. Interviews are due to be held on 22 January 2026. Benefits to you At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff. On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH. CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.