Head of Data & Analytics, Wealth Businesses

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in London is seeking a Head of Data & Analytics for their Wealth Businesses. This strategic role involves setting the direction for data initiatives, managing teams, and leveraging analytics to enhance customer interactions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial services and a strong grasp of data management and AI methodologies. Join a dynamic team focused on maximizing value for Wealth customers through innovative data strategies.

Qualifications

• Extensive domain knowledge of financial services required.
• Experience leading teams using data and analytics to influence decisions.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for Data & Analytics in Wealth businesses.
• Lead data delivery and strategy, embedding data-led decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Advanced analytics

AI methodologies

Data management

Cloud data engineering

Data warehousing

Data modeling

AI ethics

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Join us as a Head of Data & Analytics, Wealth Businesses

• This is an opportunity to explore your strategic leadership potential and bring an increased data-led focus and purpose to the bank.
• You’ll be responsible for setting the strategic direction for Data & Analytics (D&A) for the Wealth businesses, leveraging new capabilities delivered under the bank-wide data strategy to maximise opportunities and value for our Wealth customers.
• You’ll manage budgets, performance, team workflow, and delivery, working across the broader D&A area.

What you'll do

Day-to-day, you’ll set the Wealth franchise strategic direction for monetising data and leveraging new capabilities delivered under the data strategy. This involves coordinating franchises and functions to deliver data-driven insights and value from data assets, driving the bank to become more customer-centric by utilizing data about customer relationships to improve interactions across channels.

You’ll lead data delivery and strategy for the Wealth Businesses, embedding data-led decisions through engagement, engineered data, AI solutions, and self-serve tools. Additionally, you’ll lead, develop, and motivate your team to deliver excellent results for our customers.

You will also be responsible for:

• Implementing and maintaining data management protocols and business rules to ensure secure, compliant data management.
• Embedding the D&A team into partner businesses, operating models, and matrix structures.
• Designing the data strategy and aligning tracking systems for value delivery to partner businesses.

The skills you'll need

Extensive domain knowledge of financial services and experience leading teams using D&A to influence business and customer decisions are essential. You should have a strong understanding of regulatory requirements, business processes within financial services, private banking, and wealth management, as well as awareness of the wider commercial landscape.

Additional requirements include:

• Advanced analytics and AI methodologies expertise, with leadership experience in solving complex business problems using analytics.
• Knowledge of cloud data engineering platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Experience with data warehousing and data modeling.
• Proven ability to lead the end-to-end lifecycle of AI models, including MLOps practices.
• An understanding of AI ethics and the ability to communicate their importance.
• Knowledge of banking data architecture and designing data solutions for banking.