Data and Projects Manager (MS&E)

About the role

Cognita is seeking an MS&E Data and Projects Manager to consolidate information from across its clusters and schools into a trusted, decision‑ready view of commercial performance. Reporting to senior leadership, you will turn messy, multi‑source data into clear insight and lead projects that improve reporting speed and consistency.

Key responsibilities

• Collate and reconcile data from multiple teams and regions to produce a single trusted view of commercial performance for the CCO.
• Run and coordinate cross‑functional projects across Marketing, Sales, CRM, Parent Experience and Finance.
• Own the Brand Health Score process end‑to‑end, including school‑level assessments and preparation of outputs for senior review.
• Manage the Group’s market research and insight programme, including the annual EY research and Annual Market Insights.
• Provide data insight on pupil enrolment and joiner reporting to support commercial decision‑making and governance.
• Support sales forecasting alignment with Finance and act as business owner for dashboard and process projects underpinning the MS&E transformation.
• Maintain and roll over reporting across HubSpot, Power BI and manual trackers, preparing decision‑ready packs for CCO, CEO, CFO, cluster leaders and governance forums.

Required profile

• Degree‑level education or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to quality‑check data from multiple regions and functions.
• Experience in a data, insight, commercial operations or project management role within a multi‑site or multi‑region organisation.
• Proven track record building, maintaining or migrating dashboards and reporting across multiple systems.

Required skills

• Power BI (building, maintaining and migrating dashboards).
• HubSpot or equivalent CRM/BI platforms.
• Excellent attention to detail when consolidating manual, CRM and BI reporting.
• Clear written and verbal communication, able to turn data into insight for senior stakeholders.