Senior Data Director / Senior Enterprise Data Architect

London/ Nottingham/ Leeds  

ASAP

Full time & permanent

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Data Director to lead our enterprise data strategy and platform initiatives across multiple clients. This executive role requires a strategic thinker and hands-on leader who can collaborate effectively with C-suite stakeholders to define and drive data strategies that deliver measurable business value. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing large-scale data warehouse and analytics implementations, spearheading multi-million dollar projects, and fostering innovation through emerging technologies such as Generative AI and Agentic AI.

The Role:

Collaborate with C-suite executives to define and evolve enterprise-wide data strategies aligned with business goals. Provide strategic guidance and oversight for enterprise data platform initiatives, ensuring scalable, secure, and efficient architecture. Manage multiple client engagements, ensuring successful delivery, high client satisfaction, and value realization. Lead and grow a Center of Excellence (CoE) focused on data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, and innovation. Drive sales activities including RFP responses, solution design, and pre-sales engagements to expand business opportunities. Champion innovation initiatives leveraging Generative AI, Agentic AI, and reusable data frameworks to accelerate time to market. Establish and promote reusable assets, best practices, and frameworks to improve project efficiency and quality. Hands-on leadership and participation in large-scale data warehouse, data lake, and analytic platform implementations. Manage project financials, resource planning, risk, and delivery timelines for multi-million dollar programs.

What you will bring:

Minimum of 15+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, analytics, and enterprise data platform leadership. Proven experience delivering multi-million dollar data warehouse and analytics projects at scale. Strong strategic acumen with the ability to influence senior executives and cross-functional teams. Hands-on expertise with modern data platform technologies (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.). Experience leading and scaling Center of Excellence and innovation teams. Demonstrated success in driving sales processes, including RFPs and client presentations. Knowledge and experience in emerging AI technologies such as Generative AI and Agentic AI is highly desirable. Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

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