Head of Data Platforms

Role Purpose

The Head of Data Platforms sits in Digital Technology Services (DTS) and is responsible for the delivery and operational support of data platforms across Control Risks. The Head of Data Platforms manages the Data Engineering team’s delivery of project requirements and support requests from across the business.
You will work with the Head of Data Engineering, and Architecture and Infrastructure teams in DTS to mature our data platforms and the team supporting these platforms.

You will work with Product Owners and Delivery Managers in Digital Technology Services and stakeholders across the firm to deliver on Control Risks data and reporting strategy across the Control Risks’ business.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, vision, and direction to the data engineering team to ensure it contributes to the company achieving its goals.
• Work with Director of Data Science and Strategy and other IT leaders to develop the overall data platforms strategy and roadmap in the context of the business strategy.
• Manage the technical roadmap, and data and reporting delivery roadmap of the data engineering team.
• Work with business and technology stakeholders to define a strategy and a prioritized roadmap for development of our data platforms and the data itself.
• Respond to, and resolve, high priority data and reporting requests.
• Manage the resolution of incidents associated with the data platform.
• Mature our data platforms. This includes resolving technical debt; developing self-service data functionality; working with the Head of Data Engineering to develop standardised data pipeline patterns; and ensuring the team is implementing good practices around data-validation, data quality and monitoring.
• Provide thought leadership to enable the business to exploit Control Risks’ data.
• Manage, directly and indirectly, personnel, developing their skills and capabilities to meet the needs of the organisation, as well as building on existing recruiting capabilities to address new needs and skills gaps.
• Work with the Head of Information Security and Head of Tech Assurance to ensure that the data platforms are effectively secured and that risks are mitigated.

Requirements

Knowledge and experience

• Significant, relevant and recent demonstrated experience of managing a high-performing, technical, cohesive team.
• Experience working with Cloud infrastructure.
• Understand modern cloud-based data platforms.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully working with business stakeholders.
• Waterfall, agile delivery, and DevOps principles and frameworks.
• Experience working in a service delivery environment.

Qualifications and Specialist Skills

• An undergraduate or postgraduate degree, or equivalent experience, in computer science, engineering, finance, business management or a related field.
• Strong communication skills with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate effectively with technical staff, business stakeholders and senior management.
• Proven ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical people to enhance understanding and to drive decisions that lead to positive outcomes.
• Proven ability to collaborate, build relationships and influence individuals at all levels in a matrix-management environment (as well as external vendors and service providers) to ensure that segregation and overlapping roles are identified and coordinated.
• Strong organisational skills, the ability to perform under pressure and management of multiple priorities with competing demands for resources.
• Strong analytical, data processing and problem-solving skills.

Competencies

• Analyses situations and looks at the broader picture; looks beyond own team and department to take a global view on issues where appropriate.
• Realigns the team to drive organisational success.
• Innovates to create and deliver value to meet the needs of the organisation, its market and clients.
• Is responsible and accountable for decision making within team or department.
• Makes decisions that drive high performance and meet client needs.
• Balances risks with decision making, being prepared to mitigate risk.
• Acts decisively and makes tough decisions even when under pressure.
• Drives self and team to deliver against objectives and meet client needs.
• Translates and creates practical actions from a strategic plan.
• Leads by example – sets and generates commitment to goals and leads team to meet/ exceed targets.
• Demonstrates political awareness to build strong relationships and deliver business results.
• Inspires a determination to achieve high standards.
• Uses the right resources across the organisation to ensure sound judgement of situations that impact the region, team and client.
• Is a trusted expert and advisor.
• Understands client needs, builds trusted relationships, delivers to client needs or finds more appropriate solutions within given timelines.
• Leads a service culture; ensures client is at the heart of everything the team does.
• Understands and translates key drivers and capabilities for business and team performance.

Career Framework Level - Band C. Application closing date for Control Risk employees 18 May 2023

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

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