Director, Data Science Transformation & Delivery

RELX International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Private medical benefits

Pension scheme

Save As You Earn share option scheme

Travel loan

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Transformation Director (Data Science) to lead a multi-workstream transformation, ensuring governance and delivery confidence for senior leadership. The role shapes business cases, aligns with OKRs, and drives portfolio coherence across data science initiatives.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to ensure timely, measurable outcomes and invest in the next wave of strategic initiatives within a complex, data-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Essential: data science/ML/AI engineering background with hands-on delivery or governance experience.
• Essential: experience running portfolio, programme, or transformation governance in a complex tech org.
• Essential: ability to produce and present reporting to senior/executive audiences with credibility.
• Essential: strong grounding in programme management methods (MSP, PRINCE2, P3O, Agile/SAFe).
• Essential: experience building or contributing to business cases with benefits and financial modelling.
• Essential: sharp analytical and written communication skills; able to simplify complexity for non-tech audiences.
• Essential: confident challenger who can influence without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and improve governance standards for the transformation portfolio, including planning, RAID, dependencies, and benefits tracking.
• Run end-to-end governance cadence and produce concise packs, dashboards and narratives for senior leaders.
• Maintain a coherent view of the change portfolio and align governance with Data Science OKRs and planning cycles.

Skills

Data science

Portfolio governance

Senior stakeholder management

Programme management

Business cases & financial modelling

Analytical writing

Influence without authority

Tools

MSP

PRINCE2

P3O

Agile/SAFe

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a Transformation Director (Data Science) to lead a multi-workstream transformation, ensuring governance and delivery confidence for senior leadership. The role shapes business cases, aligns with OKRs, and drives portfolio coherence across data science initiatives.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to ensure timely, measurable outcomes and invest in the next wave of strategic initiatives within a complex, data-driven environment.