Head of Data & AI Consulting

Breakthrough Talent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Pension matched

Private health

Life insurance

Wellbeing plan

25 days holiday

Hybrid work

Job summary

Breakthrough Talent partners with a data and technology consultancy in London to hire a senior leader to own and grow their commercial data platforms practice. The role is client-facing, guiding from discovery and POC through to delivery, with potential to step into a Director-level role.

You will own the platform proposition built on Snowflake, Databricks and cloud, lead presales, design scalable data platforms for analytics, AI and marketing activation, and build a multidisciplinary delivery

Qualifications

• Experience in a senior client-facing role in a consultancy or technology services business.
• Strong presales record: shaping deals, writing proposals and presenting to executives.
• Credibility across modern cloud data platforms, especially Snowflake and Databricks.
• Experience delivering platforms for customer data, personalisation or marketing activation (CDP).

Responsibilities

• Own the commercial data platform proposition built on Snowflake, Databricks and modern cloud.
• Lead presales on strategic opportunities: shaping solutions, proposals and pitches to executives.
• Run client discovery and fast POCs to prove value and drive full builds.
• Design data platforms powering analytics, AI, customer intelligence and marketing activation.
• Advise clients on data governance and operating models for adoption and scale.
• Build relationships with Snowflake, Databricks and cloud partners for joint pipeline.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers, architects and delivery leads.

Skills

Pre-sales expertise

Snowflake & Databricks

Team leadership

CDP/Marketing activation

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Job description

London (hybrid) | £120,000 to £130,000 + bonus + benefits

We’re working with a data and technology consultancy on a senior hire to lead and grow their commercial data platforms practice.

This is a client-facing leadership role. You’ll be the person clients trust to turn their data and customer challenges into platforms that deliver real results, from the first conversation and POC through to delivery. It’s a great opportunity for an experienced Principal, Managing Consultant or Head of Data who is ready to step up into a Director role.

What you’ll be doing

• Owning the commercial data platform proposition, built on Snowflake, Databricks and modern cloud
• Leading presales on strategic opportunities: shaping solutions, writing proposals and pitching to senior stakeholders
• Running client discovery and fast POCs that prove value and lead to full builds
• Designing data platforms that power analytics, AI, customer intelligence and marketing activation
• Advising clients on data governance and operating models so platforms get adopted and scale
• Building relationships with Snowflake, Databricks and cloud partners to create joint pipeline
• Building and leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers, architects and delivery leads

What you’ll bring

• Experience in a consultancy, systems integrator or technology services business, in a senior client-facing role
• A strong presales record: shaping deals, writing proposals and presenting to executives
• Strong technical credibility across modern cloud data platforms, ideally Snowflake and Databricks
• Experience delivering platforms for customer data, personalisation or marketing activation (CDP, Braze, Salesforce Marketing Cloud or similar is a big plus)
• Experience leading teams of engineers and architects
• The confidence to advise CDOs, CIOs, CTOs and marketing leaders

What’s on offer

• £100,000 to £130,000 base plus performance bonus
• Pension up to 5% matched
• Private health, life insurance and a health and wellbeing plan
• 25 days holiday and a working abroad policy
• Hybrid working: around three days a week on client site or in the London office