Senior Data & AI Practice Lead

ANDigital; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + flexible Bank Holid

Pension contributions

Health cover (Aviva)

Flexibenefit allowance

Life assurance

Job summary

AND Digital seeks a Data Principal to lead the local Data & AI Practice in Leeds, guiding client engagements and expanding capability across the team. You will collaborate with the global practice and regional leadership, driving value through modern data platforms and AI solutions.

You will shape architectures, oversee complex enterprise data programs, and mentor teams, balancing delivery with practice development in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• We require a senior, client‑facing leader who delivers high‑quality work with real business value.

Responsibilities

• We will ask you to lead our local Data & AI Practice and help expand our data capability.
• We will expect you to support local club leadership and balance client leadership with practice growth.
• We will expect you to work closely with our global data practice team, local leadership, and your practice team.
• We will ask you to drive growth and create value for our clients by deepening client partnerships.
• We will expect you to lead teams and navigate complex enterprise-scale data challenges.
• We will ask you to translate complex data concepts into business value for clients.
• We will expect you to manage multi-vendor environments with a focus on long‑term partnership.
• We will ask you to design scalable architectures and systems that deliver value to businesses and users.
• We will expect you to champion quality assurance and performance tuning for robust, reliable data programs.
• We will ask you to stay current with industry standards and best practices.
• We will expect you to build collaborative relationships with technology partners to deliver for clients.
• We will ask you to provide technical guidance across the full data product lifecycle.
• We will expect you to help shape and deliver modern AI solutions within our data platforms.
• We will ask you to work hands‑on with data solutions when needed.

Skills

Ambiguity handling

Collaborative problem solving

Craftsmanship

Clear communication

Pragmatic adaptability

Knowledge sharing

Low-ego collaboration

Data leadership experience

Tools

AI

AWS

Azure

Databricks

ETL

Fabric

Python

RAG

SQL

Serverless

Snowflake

LLM

MLOps

Job description

AND Digital seeks a Data Principal to lead the local Data & AI Practice in Leeds, guiding client engagements and expanding capability across the team. You will collaborate with the global practice and regional leadership, driving value through modern data platforms and AI solutions.

You will shape architectures, oversee complex enterprise data programs, and mentor teams, balancing delivery with practice development in a fast-paced environment.