CareerPlan

Head of Data Platform

London, England, GBFull-time2026-11-09 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the enterprise data platform strategy, design, and operation to enable analytics, AI, and business decision-making for an international insurance business.

Role type

Senior leadership IC (Head of Data Platform)

Builds

Scalable, secure, resilient modern data platform and AI-ready data foundations

Domain

Insurance / Reinsurance / Financial Services / Data Engineering / AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Enterprise data platform leadership, DataOps, CI/CD, observability, data governance, MLOps, budget management, stakeholder management, Python, Power BI

Preferred skills

Insurance/reinsurance domain knowledge, Generative AI workloads, ELT, BI platforms

Technologies

Snowflake, ELT, BI platforms, Python, Power BI

Responsibilities

Set strategy and roadmap for the enterprise data platform; Lead design and operation of scalable data infrastructure; Drive modern engineering practices (DataOps, CI/CD); Create AI-ready data foundations; Manage platform budgets and supplier contracts; Build and coach high-performing data engineering teams.

Seniority

Senior, strategic leadership with hands-on technical oversight