Platform Lead: Data & Cloud Modernisation (Hybrid UK)

Nigel Frank; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Nigel Frank in London seeks an experienced Data Platform Lead to drive a modern data and integration platform within a hybrid work environment. The role combines deep technical leadership with governance, automation and cloud-agnostic strategies.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage platform delivery, and align capabilities with business objectives, while ensuring security, compliance and SLAs in an enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Lead end-to-end platform delivery, operations, governance and service management.
• Define and execute platform strategy, road-maps and modernisation initiatives.
• Engage with stakeholders and senior leadership to align platform capabilities with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams across Data, Cloud, DevOps, and Engineering.
• Drive Agile delivery practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to SLAs, KPIs, security standards and compliance requirements.
• Engage with stakeholders and senior leadership to align platform capabilities with business objectives.
• Lead end-to-end platform delivery, operations, governance and service management.

Skills

Cloud-native technologies

Containerisation

Agile environments

Stakeholder management

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Snowflake

Confluent Kafka

Job description

Nigel Frank in London seeks an experienced Data Platform Lead to drive a modern data and integration platform within a hybrid work environment. The role combines deep technical leadership with governance, automation and cloud-agnostic strategies.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage platform delivery, and align capabilities with business objectives, while ensuring security, compliance and SLAs in an enterprise setting.