Overview
We are seeking an experienced Head of Data to take charge of the design and delivery of data platforms supporting AI initiatives for a prominent UK Wealth Management organization. In this hands-on technical leadership role, you will collaborate closely with teams across AI, Engineering, and Transformation to establish secure and AI-ready data platforms within a regulated environment.
Responsibilities
- Define and deliver the enterprise data strategy supporting AI initiatives.
- Design modern data architectures using Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Azure AI Foundry, and Dataverse.
- Build and optimise scalable cloud-native data pipelines.
- Implement data quality, governance, and security frameworks.
- Lead data migration and transformation activities.
- Produce architecture documentation and data models.
- Ensure compliance with FCA, UK GDPR, and internal governance standards.
- Partner with technical and business stakeholders to shape the future data platform.
Requirements
- Proven experience delivering enterprise cloud data platforms.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake, and Azure data services.
- Expertise in building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines.
- Strong SQL and Python (Pandas/PySpark) skills.
- Experience supporting AI, ML, or intelligent automation workloads.
- Strong understanding of data governance, quality, and security.
- Experience working within regulated environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.