Data Director

Data Director Overview

This role sits within a global experience innovation consultancy that works with major brands to create better digital experiences and unlock value through data, artificial intelligence and modern technology. The position is designed for a senior consulting leader who can combine strategic thinking, technical credibility and delivery leadership to help enterprise clients transform how they use data.

You will join a multidisciplinary environment where strategists, architects, engineers, analysts, designers and consultants work together across the full transformation lifecycle. The work spans early discovery and advisory through to architecture, implementation and optimisation, with a strong emphasis on making sure transformation efforts lead to measurable business outcomes. The role calls for someone who can operate confidently in complex enterprise settings, influence senior stakeholders and stay close enough to delivery to ensure ideas become practical solutions.

What you will do

• Lead large-scale data and AI transformation programmes for enterprise clients, helping them convert data and technology investments into clear business value.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across strategy, architecture, engineering, analytics, design and consulting to shape and deliver solutions.
• Create future-state data visions and help clients modernise their cloud and data platforms.
• Identify and develop opportunities for AI, including GenAI, within broader transformation programmes.
• Support clients from initial discovery and advisory work through to architecture, delivery and optimisation.
• Ensure that business ambition is matched with technical feasibility so programmes deliver practical, measurable results.
• Advise and influence senior leaders, including executive-level stakeholders, and help shape transformation roadmaps and change agendas.
• Remain engaged in delivery while providing strategic direction, working closely with architects, engineers and product teams.
• Bring clarity to ambiguous or complex situations by structuring problems, aligning stakeholders and defining a clear way forward.
• Design solutions that connect business priorities, customer needs, operational realities, technology choices and data foundations.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client contacts and identify opportunities to expand accounts and support new business growth.
• Contribute to proposals, pre-sales activity and commercial development.
• Coach and develop consultants, architects and engineers across the wider practice.
• Work across a broad range of sectors, including financial services, retail, automotive, media, healthcare, the public sector and consumer brands, adapting your approach to different levels of client maturity and transformation need.

What the employer is looking for

• Substantial experience leading enterprise-scale data transformation or AI programmes.
• A strong consulting background with experience in demanding client environments.
• Experience developing modern data strategies, target architectures and operating models.
• Deep understanding of cloud data environments across GCP, AWS or Azure, with GCP experience specifically required.
• Practical experience with modern data platforms and technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric or comparable ecosystems.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills, including the ability to engage senior leadership audiences.
• Hands-on technical credibility in data engineering, analytics, AI or architecture.
• Ability to balance strategic advisory work with hands-on delivery leadership.
• Comfort working through uncertainty and shaping structure in evolving transformation programmes.
• Strong systems-thinking skills and the ability to connect business goals, technology, operations and data.
• Commercial awareness, including experience supporting proposals, pre-sales or account growth.
• Experience working in agile, cross-functional delivery teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation ability.
• A collaborative, pragmatic approach focused on outcomes that can be measured.
• The company also makes clear that applicants are welcome even if they do not meet every requirement or have gaps in their experience, as long as they bring potential, diverse perspectives and a willingness to learn.

Working arrangement and culture

This is a full-time position based in the UK. The company offers flexibility through remote and hybrid working options, although availability depends on the country. The organisation describes itself as a borderless global business with a culture built around sharing, caring and daring, and it places emphasis on creativity, diversity, autonomy and continuous learning.

The role is part of a workplace that aims to support professional growth, meaningful impact and international collaboration. The employer highlights its commitment to inclusion and accessibility, and states that reasonable adjustments can be provided during the interview process if needed.

Benefits and development

• Competitive pay package.
• Flexible working arrangements, including remote and hybrid options where applicable.
• Opportunities for career progression and international mobility.
• Professional development support and structured learning opportunities.
• Access to advanced tools, training and subject-matter experts.
• An inclusive environment intended to help people thrive and progress.

Application process

Applicants are asked to submit a CV that highlights relevant experience and expertise. The hiring process does not require personal details such as age, gender, marital status or a photograph, and candidates are assessed on skills, experience and potential. The application form also asks for salary expectations, whether the candidate has experience with GCP and Databricks, and whether they have the right to work in the United Kingdom without sponsorship now or in the future.

The employer also includes a privacy notice for recruitment, an optional demographic survey for diversity monitoring, and a note warning applicants to be alert to recruitment fraud.

About the organisation

The company positions itself as an experience innovation partner that helps leading organisations unlock better ways to experience the world. Its work sits at the intersection of data, AI, creativity and technology, and it supports well-known brands across multiple industries. The organisation says its people are central to its success and that it aims to create a workplace where employees can grow, innovate and contribute to transformation work that has real impact.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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