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Head of Data

Leeds, West Yorkshire💼 Full-time🗓 2026-03-17 → 2026-08-07

Core

Leading the end-to-end Data & AI capability (Engineering, Analytics, Science, MLOps) for a consulting firm, driving strategy, client delivery, and commercial performance.

Role type

Senior Capability Lead / Head of Data

Builds

Data & AI solutions, reference architectures, and reusable assets for clients in Financial Services and iGaming.

Domain

Consulting, Cloud Data Platforms, AI/ML

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | client delivery

Required skills

Data & AI strategy execution, multi-disciplinary capability building, senior stakeholder engagement, cloud-native data platform design, MLOps, commercial ownership, technical authority, team leadership

Preferred skills

AWS-centric data platforms (lakehouse, streaming), Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, multi-cloud ecosystems (Azure, GCP), pragmatic AI application

Technologies

AWS (S3, Glue, Redshift, EMR, Kinesis), Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Azure, GCP

Responsibilities

Own and execute Data & AI strategy; evolve capability from generalist to opinionated offer; act as primary technical authority for delivery; build and sustain high-performing Data organization; drive commercial ownership (revenue, margin, win rates)

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope

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