Head of Data 90-Day Plan
New in role? Go from reactive report factory to strategic data partner in 90 days. Get your prioritised action plan.
Built for: Head of Data, VP Analytics
The first 90 days of a Head of Data role usually disappear into other people's urgencies: broken dashboards, board requests, a backlog that predates you. By month three you have done a lot and changed nothing. The fix is a plan with phases (listen first, then act, then build), sized to what you inherited.
Describe your role, your team, what you walked into and what the business expects. The tool builds your 90 days: the phases, the quick wins that buy trust early, the relationships that decide your success, the risks specific to your situation, and the metrics that prove it worked.
What you get
A phased plan (listen, plan, act) with concrete actions and owners for each
Quick wins that build trust in weeks, not quarters
The key relationships to invest in, and what each of them needs from you
The risks your situation is likely to produce, with mitigations
Success metrics you can report at the 90-day review
How it works
Step 1
Answer a few questions
Plain-language questions about your situation. No setup, no credentials, nothing to install.
Step 2
AI analyses your answers
The analysis runs against the patterns I use in real engagements, the same frameworks, pointed at your numbers.
Step 3
Keep and share the report
A structured result you can save, re-run later, and take straight into a leadership conversation.
Questions, answered honestly
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Run it on your own numbers
Sign in free, answer the questions, and get a personalised result you can keep, re-run and share. It takes minutes, and it is the same framework I use in paid engagements.
30-minute call, no obligation. If it isn't the right fit, I'll say so.
Prefer a human? The full version of this analysis is part of the fixed-fee audit.
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