Head of Data
£120,000 / year
Salary
Above P75 for SOC 1137
£86,000
Going rate
Offer clears by 1.4×
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 1137 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 37% sure that is the right code. Stott and May is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
This could also be SOC 2133 (IT business analysts, architects and systems designers) or SOC 2132 (IT managers). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
Head of Data Platforms & Engineering
Location: London, UK (Hybrid – 2–3 days per week onsite)
Salary: Up to £120,000
The Role
Our client is seeking an experienced Data Platforms & Engineering leader to drive the growth of its commercial data and AI capability. You will lead the design and delivery of modern cloud data platforms using technologies including Snowflake and Databricks, supporting analytics, AI and customer intelligence use cases.
The role combines technical leadership, commercial strategy and senior client engagement. You will shape strategic opportunities, lead presales and POCs, develop partner relationships and provide leadership across multidisciplinary engineering and delivery teams.
Key Responsibilities
Platform, Proposition & Growth
- Own the commercial data platform proposition across modern cloud technologies, including Snowflake and Databricks.
- Lead client discovery, assessments and POCs, creating clear routes from proof of value through to production.
- Shape target architectures, governance frameworks, operating models and delivery roadmaps.
- Advise clients on data governance, ownership, controls and operating models.
- Develop reusable accelerators covering ingestion, data quality, modelling and orchestration.
- Build relationships with key cloud and data-platform partners to develop joint propositions and pipeline.
- Strengthen bids through platform expertise, client outcomes and relevant accelerators.
Presales & Commercial Leadership
- Lead presales for strategic opportunities from qualification through solution design, proposals and executive presentations.
- Connect data-platform investment to measurable business outcomes, including analytics, marketing activation, operational efficiency and cost reduction.
People & Delivery Leadership
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of engineers, architects and delivery professionals.
- Own recruitment, capability development, utilisation and team deployment.
- Provide senior leadership across major programmes and proactively manage delivery risks.
- Build a culture focused on engineering quality, accountability and continuous improvement.
Skills & Experience
- Proven senior leadership experience within data platforms, data engineering, consulting, systems integration or technology services.
- Experience building and leading large teams of engineers, architects and delivery leaders.
- Strong technical expertise across modern cloud data platforms, including Snowflake and Databricks.
- Experience taking clients from discovery and POC through architecture, platform implementation, adoption and optimisation.
- Strong understanding of data ingestion, orchestration, batch and streaming, data modelling, quality, governance, security and observability.
- Experience establishing data governance frameworks and operating models.
- Track record delivering platforms supporting analytics, data science, customer intelligence or marketing use cases.
- Strong presales experience, including solution shaping, proposal development and executive presentations.
- Proven ability to create pipeline and win work through partnerships, POCs and reusable propositions.
- Credibility engaging with CDO, CIO, CTO and senior commercial stakeholders.
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Where this offer sits in the market
Information technology directors (SOC 1137) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~63k in sample- Offer £120,000
- Middle half £71,656–119,860
- Median £93,236
- Going rate £86,000
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £60,200–77,400
Even the bottom of this range, £120,000, beats the market's 75th percentile. Stott and May pays in the top quarter for this occupation.
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About sponsorship for this role
Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Stott and May holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 1137 going rate of £86,000. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.