Group Director of Data and Analytics

Director of Data & Analytics Location: London (with flexible UK office options) Contract: Permanent Salary: Competitive, with a comprehensive benefits package About the Role An established UK financial services organisation is seeking a Director of Data & Analytics to define and lead its group wide data strategy. This senior leadership role will shape a modern data architecture, build a high?performing data function, and drive the adoption of advanced analytics and AI across the business. You will lead a large disparate team covering data engineering, analytics, and data science, and will play a pivotal role in embedding data literacy, strengthening governance, and enabling insight driven decisionmaking. Key Responsibilities Set and deliver the organisation's end to end data strategy Lead the design of modern cloudbased data platforms and scalable architecture Partner with business and technology leaders to drive strategic insight initiatives Build, mentor, and develop a high performing multidisciplinary data team Champion enterprise wide data adoption and literacy Strengthen data governance, quality, and lifecycle management Ensure resilient, well operated data services with strong controls and monitoring About You Proven leadership experience across data engineering, analytics and/or data science Background in financial services or other regulated environments Strategic thinker with experience delivering enterprise grade data frameworks Strong communicator able to influence across senior stakeholders Experienced in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and modern data tooling Skilled in coaching and developing diverse technical teams Adaptable, collaborative, and comfortable driving change What's On Offer Competitive remuneration package Pension scheme Private medical cover Income protection and life assurance Flexible holiday options Bonus scheme Family?friendly policies Study support and professional development A variety of wellbeing, social and community networks