Chief Data Officer

London - Hybrid

£160,000-£180,000 + Benefits

We're working with a fast-growing, PE-backed financial services business as they look to hire a Chief Data Officer to lead the next phase of their data journey.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity to transform the data function, modernise the existing data landscape and establish data as a key enabler of growth across the business.

The opportunity:

• Define and deliver the organisation-wide data strategy
• Transform the data operating model, team and capabilities
• Lead the development of a modern cloud data platform, lake and warehouse environment
• Build scalable, self-service data and analytics capabilities
• Strengthen data engineering, architecture, governance and analytics
• Partner with Product, Technology and the wider leadership team
• Drive the use of AI and automation to improve productivity and customer experience
• Use data to enhance onboarding, personalisation and customer journeys

We're looking for:

• Senior data leadership experience at Director, VP or CDO level
• Proven experience transforming or scaling enterprise data functions
• Strong technical understanding across data engineering, architecture, cloud and analytics
• Experience building modern data platforms and self-service capabilities
• Strong executive stakeholder management and commercial judgement
• Azure / Microsoft data ecosystem experience is highly desirable
• Financial services, fintech or another regulated environment would be advantageous

Hybrid: London, 1 day per week in the office.

An opportunity to own the data agenda at executive level and build a modern, scalable function from the ground up.