Senior Data & AI Programme Leader – Financial Services

Datatech Analytics; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Datatech Analytics is seeking a senior Data & AI leader to steer enterprise programmes for Financial Services clients, spanning strategy to production. You will own client relationships, delivery, teams and commercial outcomes, while shaping AI roadmaps and measurable business value.

You will guide data platforms, AI, GenAI, and semantic architectures, ensuring security, governance and production readiness, in a hybrid UK setting across major financial hubs.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 growth of the Data & AI consulting practice.

Skills

Data & AI leadership

Programme leadership

Client relationship management

AI/ML production deployment

Team leadership

Tools

Databricks

Azure

AWS

GCP

Snowflake

Job description

Datatech Analytics is seeking a senior Data & AI leader to steer enterprise programmes for Financial Services clients, spanning strategy to production. You will own client relationships, delivery, teams and commercial outcomes, while shaping AI roadmaps and measurable business value.

You will guide data platforms, AI, GenAI, and semantic architectures, ensuring security, governance and production readiness, in a hybrid UK setting across major financial hubs.