Overview
In this critical role, the Head of Data will spearhead the design and implementation of data platforms essential for AI solutions within a major Wealth Management organization. Collaborating closely with AI, Engineering, and Transformation teams, this position demands a hands-on technical leader with expertise in enterprise data architecture and modern cloud engineering. The focus will be on developing secure, governed, and AI-ready data infrastructures in a highly 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 Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake, and Azure data services experience.
- Expertise 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.