Manager/Senior Manager - Data Management

Datatech Analytics; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Datatech Analytics is seeking a senior Data & AI leader to drive enterprise programmes from strategy to production in the Financial Services sector. You will advise C-suite stakeholders, shape AI roadmaps, and lead cross-disciplinary teams to deliver measurable business outcomes.

The role requires deep technical credibility across data platforms, ML/GenAI, and governance, with strong consulting and commercial experience to win new work.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of complex, multi-workstream Data/AI programmes.
• Experience taking AI/advanced analytics into production.
• Strong FS sector knowledge across banking, insurance, or capital markets.
• Technical credibility across data engineering, platforms, ML/Generative AI.
• Experience building and leading high-performing technical/consulting teams.
• Strong consulting and commercial experience, including BD.
• Experience engaging senior stakeholders and board-level governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex enterprise Data & AI programmes from strategy to production.
• Act as trusted advisor to senior and C-suite stakeholders.
• Shape AI strategies, investment cases, roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Lead teams of consultants, engineers and architects.
• Provide technical direction across data platforms, AI, GenAI, semantic architectures.
• Ensure AI solutions are secure, governed, reliable and production-ready.
• Navigate regulatory and risk requirements in Financial Services.
• Lead proposals, bids, and client pitches.
• Contribute to thought leadership and practice growth.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Client relationship management

Delivery leadership

Team leadership

Business development

Consulting expertise

Commercial acumen

Governance & risk

Tools

Databricks

Azure

AWS

GCP

Snowflake

Semantic layers

Data products

Agentic AI

Job description

This is a senior programme leadership role for someone who combines technical depth, consulting expertise and commercial acumen. The successful candidate will lead complex, multi-workstream Data & AI programmes for major Financial Services clients, owning client relationships, delivery, teams and commercial outcomes.

The role

The successful candidate will:

• Lead complex enterprise Data & AI programmes from strategy through to production.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior and C-suite stakeholders.
• Shape AI strategies, investment cases, roadmaps and measurable business outcomes.
• Lead teams of consultants, engineers and architects.
• Provide technical direction across data platforms, AI, GenAI, semantic architectures and agentic solutions.
• Ensure AI solutions are secure, governed, reliable and suitable for production.
• Navigate Financial Services regulatory and risk requirements.
• Lead proposals, RFPs, bids, client pitches and proposition development.
• Contribute to thought leadership and the growth of the Data & AI consulting practice.

Proven experience leading complex, multi-workstream Data or AI programmes.

Experience taking AI or advanced analytics solutions into production.

Strong Financial Services experience across banking, insurance or capital markets.

Technical credibility across data engineering, data platforms, ML or Generative AI.

Experience leading and developing high-performing technical/consulting teams.

Strong consulting and commercial experience, including business development and selling work.

Experience engaging senior stakeholders and presenting at governance/board level.

Desirable

Experience with Databricks, Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake, semantic layers, data products, agentic AI architectures and responsible AI in production would be highly beneficial.

A leading Consultancy is looking for experienced Data & AI leaders to join its Financial Services practice, working at the forefront of modern data, AI and enterprise transformation.