Head Of Data Deployment & Risk Management - VP Level

Tenth Revolution Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services recruitment firm is seeking a Head of Data Deployment & Risk Management at a VP level in Glasgow. This hybrid role involves developing frameworks to manage high volumes of data changes, ensuring integrity, and collaborating with internal stakeholders. Candidates should possess strong experience in change and risk management, as well as familiarity with AWS and Agile frameworks. The position offers competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Bonus

Benefits

Potential sponsorship

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Change & Risk Management within Financial Services.
• Proven ability to design service frameworks in complex, high-change environments.
• Knowledge of AWS cloud environments (certification preferred).
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile or similar delivery frameworks.
• A strategic mindset with a customer-first approach to internal service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement standards for how engineering teams deliver change across the data platform.
• Lead the creation of a 'how-to' guidebook for data platform changes.
• Design and embed a service transition framework to manage high volumes of change.
• Oversee change release and risk management.
• Collaborate with internal customers to gather feedback and improve service delivery.
• Manage a growing team.

Skills

Change Management

Risk Management

Service Design

AWS Knowledge

Agile Frameworks

Job description

Overview

Head of Data Deployment & Risk Management - VP Level
Location: Glasgow (Hybrid - 2 days/week in office)
Salary: 66,000 - 91,000 + Bonus + Benefits
Sponsorship Available

We're partnering with a global financial services leader to fill a strategic VP-level role that blends service design, change governance, and risk management across a high-volume data platform environment. This role focuses on designing a scalable service transition framework to ensure hundreds of monthly changes are delivered safely, efficiently, and with measurable value to internal engineering teams.

What You'll Be Doing

• Define and implement standards for how engineering teams deliver change across the data platform.
• Lead the creation of a "how-to" guidebook for data platform changes, ensuring consistency and safety.
• Design and embed a service transition framework to manage high volumes of change.
• Oversee change release and risk management, ensuring platform integrity and compliance.
• Collaborate with internal customers to gather feedback and continuously improve service delivery.
• Manage a growing team (starting with 2 experienced VPs, scaling to 8-10 over time).

What You'll Bring

• Strong experience in Change & Risk Management within Financial Services.
• Proven ability to design service frameworks in complex, high-change environments.
• Knowledge of AWS cloud environments (certification preferred).
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile or similar delivery frameworks.
• A strategic mindset with a customer-first approach to internal service delivery.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, or test automation strategy.
• Risk Management qualifications.
• A background in service design or transition planning.

Why This Role

• You'll shape how a major financial institution delivers change at scale.
• You'll work closely with senior leadership and influence enterprise-wide standards.
• You'll be measured by real impact - internal customer satisfaction and platform safety.
• You'll have the autonomy to build and lead a high-performing team.

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