Director, Data Platform & Governance

A financial institution with a significant regional footprint is looking for a senior data leader to take the helm of its enterprise data platform — a role that sits at the heart of the organisation's broader data and AI ambitions.

This is a rare opportunity to shape both the strategic direction and day-to-day reality of a cloud-based data platform, working at the intersection of technology, governance, and business transformation. You will be as comfortable whiteboarding architecture with engineers as you are presenting roadmaps to senior leadership

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The Ro

leYou will own the data platform agenda — from defining how data is ingested, curated, and made available for consumption, to ensuring the platform operates within a robust governance framework. This is not a purely strategic seat; delivery accountability is central, and you will be expected to lead complex, multi-market programmes with both rigour and pac

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A key part of the mandate is embedding governance into the platform itself — not as an afterthought, but as a design principle that spans data quality, discoverability, and trust. You will also define the conceptual data models and standards that allow the organisation to treat data as a reusable, enterprise-wide ass

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Working closely with architecture and engineering counterparts, you will ensure the platform scales to support analytics, AI, and regulatory reporting needs across the reg

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What You

• BringSenior leadership experience running enterprise data platform or lakehouse programmes within financial services or a regulated ind
• ustryHands-on familiarity with modern cloud data platform technologies, including Azure-based environ
• mentsThe ability to define data models at a conceptual and logical level, with a solid grasp of master data and entity management princ
• iplesA track record of operationalising data governance — turning policy into practice across large, complex organisa
• tionsExperience managing cross-functional programmes across multiple markets, with a structured approach to delivery and stakeholder alig
• nmentPeople leadership capability — experience building and developing teams, managing vendors, and influencing without direct auth
• orityStrong communication skills across technical and business audiences at all levels of seni