Job Specifications
Job Title: Head of Data & AI
Salary - £140K Basic + £20K Bonus
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
Define and execute the data strategy aligned with business goals, ensuring data assets are leveraged for maximum operational and commercial impact.
Technology Ownership:
Stay current with the latest developments in AI/ML, Databricks, PySpark, and Power BI; evaluate and integrate advancements to improve data pipelines, data science workflows, and reporting capabilities.
Data Infrastructure:
Oversee the design, implementation, and optimization of data platforms and architectures, with a focus on scalability, security, and performance.
AI and Analytics Enablement:
Partner with stakeholders to identify opportunities where AI and advanced analytics can enhance cyber security services, operations, or customer insights.
Reporting & Visualization:
Lead the development of interactive dashboards and business intelligence tools using Power BI to provide actionable insights to internal teams and partners.
Governance & Security:
Ensure high standards of data quality, governance, and compliance with cyber security and regulatory standards.
Required Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 10 years of experience in data management, analytics, data architecture and AI.
Proven experience (5+ years) in data leadership roles, ideally within B2B tech, cybersecurity, or software distribution.
Should have experience in GenAI, Graph, Neo4j, Azure Databricks.
Expertise in cloud-native data platforms, with strong proficiency in Databricks, PySpark, and Power BI.
Solid understanding of AI/ML applications in real-world business use cases.
Strong knowledge of data governance, data warehousing, and data security principles.
Hands-on experience with modern data stacks and technologies (e.g., Delta Lake, SQL, Python, Azure/AWS/GCP).
Experience aligning data capabilities with commercial strategy and business performance.
Exceptional communication skills.
About the Company
Pioneers in applied thinking in the IT industry since 1994.
Careerwise UK began with a smart people network of it innovators who wanted architectural decision to be applied in the architectural design, not in the software.
Careerwise UK use a conglomerate of the best thinkers in IT and business consulting solve intractable problems.
Collectively our network of CIO’s, CTO’s, engineering leaders, Software SME’s is considered one of the best in the world.
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