Group Director of Data Platforms and Products

Group Director of Data Platforms and Products

About The Role

We're looking for a highly experienced and strategic Group Director of Data Platforms and Products to lead our data initiatives. This is a unique chance to build and shape our data platforms and products, driving innovation and enabling our organization to leverage data for growth and competitive advantage. Reporting directly to the Group Chief Data Officer, you'll play a pivotal role in defining and executing our data strategy in a dynamic, high-growth environment.

Role Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Team Management: Lead and manage large, diverse data technology and platform teams, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This includes overseeing onshore, nearshore, and offshore resources of varying sizes.

• Data Platform & Product Vision: Develop and implement a comprehensive data strategy aligned with overarching business objectives. Design, oversee, and drive the development of modern data platforms and products, ensuring they are scalable, robust, and deliver tangible business value.

• Data Management, Governance & Quality: Take ultimate responsibility for data management, data governance, and data quality across the organization, ensuring data integrity, compliance, and trustworthiness.

• Develop and manage our data product pipeline and how products, features and Innovations are prioritised and delivered to make the biggest commercial impact in our business.

• Technical Acumen & Innovation: Demonstrate deep technical skill and hands-on experience with modern cloud-based data platforms and databases (e.g, Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake). You'll be expected to understand and deploy their best features to achieve optimal outcomes.

• AI Enablement: Play a crucial role in enabling AI and machine learning capabilities across the organization, transforming raw data into products that directly enable our data science models and insights as well as providing the platform and strategy for how our AI products are operationalised.

• System Integration & Operational Effectiveness: Understand how to integrate many disparate systems across different platforms to significantly enhance business operational effectiveness.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Communicate complex data concepts and the importance of data effectively to very senior stakeholders, demonstrating how data can unlock significant advantages for the business. You'll be a pragmatic and commercially minded advocate for data's strategic value.

• Thought Leadership: Bring an inquisitive perspective to the role, constantly looking at advances in technology, data, and AI to drive the best outcomes for the organization.

• Delivery Mindset: Maintain a clear focus on delivery and support the team in beat un class delivery discipline and balancing supply and demand. We believe in helping people grow and enjoy their work; this role must lead the team and empower them to be successful.

Core Responsibilities for all Staff

Achieve Results through Relationships with All Parties

• Deliver a personal performance that contributes towards Group and/or Company achieving their objectives.

• Achieve lasting relationships with all parties (internal clients, suppliers, third parties and other staff).

Delivery of Service

• Consistently deliver an excellent and comprehensive service, on-time, within budget and to, or exceeding quality expectations.

Conduct and Integrity

• Ensure all dealings are carried out with integrity and professionalism.

• Act in utmost good faith, in accordance with Group and/or Company policies and never risk the Company's or the Group's reputation.

Reporting

• Monitor and report on Business Units' issues.

• Provide relevant management information to senior management.

• Any other reasonable duties, as required.