Data & Analytics Platform Manager
Support us in shaping the Future of Data & AI at Mitchells & Butlers, we have an exciting opportunity for a Data & Analytics Platform Manager to join our award-winning IT & Technology team on a permanent basis. This hybrid role is based at our Birmingham Head Office and offers the chance to build and lead a strategic enterprise capability that will power data-driven decision making across one of the UK's largest hospitality businesses.
This is a newly created role with a high degree of visibility and influence. You'll own the strategy, roadmap, governance and continuous evolution of our enterprise Data & Analytics Platform, ensuring it is scalable, secure, cost-effective and aligned to both business priorities and architectural standards.
As Mitchells & Butlers continues its data transformation journey, you'll play a pivotal role in enabling advanced analytics, AI adoption, predictive insight and trusted self-service reporting across the organisation.
With more than 1,600 pubs, bars and restaurants, including Toby Carvery, Miller & Carter, All Bar One, Browns, Ego and Harvester, you'll have the opportunity to deliver data capabilities at genuine enterprise scale.
You’ll be rewarded with:
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33% discount across all M&B brands.
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20% Friends & Family discount for up to five people.
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Annual bonus scheme.
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Option to buy up to two additional weeks of holiday.
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Matched pension contributions (up to 1.5x your contribution).
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Private healthcare and dental plan.
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Cycle to Work and wellbeing schemes.
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26 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
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Hybrid working and flexible approach.
What You'll Be Doing in this Data & Analytics Platform Manager role
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Define and own the Data & Analytics Platform strategy, roadmap and investment plans.
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Build compelling business cases that demonstrate value, capability maturity and measurable outcomes.
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Lead the delivery and optimisation of modern data platform capabilities across Azure.
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Champion best practice across DataOps, MLOps, platform engineering and AI readiness.
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Drive platform performance, resilience, scalability and cost optimisation.
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Partner with Architecture, Security, Governance, Engineering and business stakeholders to establish consistent standards and ways of working.
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Enable trusted, governed AI and advanced analytics capabilities across the organisation.
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Establish clear ownership models and operating principles spanning central teams and business domains.
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Manage strategic technology partners and vendors, holding them accountable for agreed outcomes and delivery.
What You'll need to bring to the Data & Analytics Platform Manager
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An individual who combines outstanding technical expertise with exceptional stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate complex information clearly and confidently to a wide range of audiences
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Microsoft Azure data platform, including Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Fabric, and Data Lake
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Enterprise semantic layer, ontology and knowledge graph awareness, SQL, relational, non-relational, lakehouse, graph and streaming data patterns and techniques
- DevOps, DataOps, MLOps and CI/CD for data, analytics and AI platforms Monitoring, alerting, performance tuning, and cost management across data platforms
What makes Mitchells & Butlers a great place to work?
At M&B we value the unique perspectives each person brings. We believe that by fostering a culture of inclusion, respect, and allyship, we create a sense of belonging, engagement and teamwork which are essential to delivering great guest experiences. Join us and be a part of a great team!
Closing Date: Wednesday 5th August 2026 11:59pm
