VP, Data - Market Research

Harnham; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham is seeking a senior leader to drive its Data & AI agenda, uniting data strategy, analytics, and technology under a single vision. As VP of Data & Audience Intelligence, you’ll shape growth, product direction and customer insights across the organisation.

You’ll lead enterprise data initiatives, governance, and cross-functional transformation, partnering with senior stakeholders to maximise value from the data platform, semantic layer, Salesforce ecosystem, and AI capabilities.

Job description

Want to become the senior Data & AI leader in a growing technology business?

Excited by the challenge of bringing multiple functions together under a single strategy?

Looking for a role where you can influence growth, product direction and customer understanding?

A growing consumer insights and audience intelligence company is looking for a senior leader to drive its Data, AI and technology agenda. The business helps global brands understand consumer behaviour, purchasing habits and market trends, and has already invested heavily in its data platform, semantic layer, Salesforce ecosystem and AI capabilities. With a team of approximately 21 employees, the focus is now on unlocking maximum value from those foundations. This is a highly visible leadership position reporting into senior stakeholders across the business.

As VP of Data & Audience Intelligence, you'll lead enterprise data strategy, AI initiatives and cross-functional transformation. The role offers broad ownership, significant influence and the opportunity to shape how data drives commercial outcomes across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Data & AI Strategy
• Align Data, Analytics, Architecture and Technology functions
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled insights and decision-making
• Build a 360-degree customer view across the organisation
• Optimise the existing Data Platform, Semantic Layer and Salesforce ecosystem
• Partner with senior stakeholders to improve growth, pricing and customer outcomes
• Lead teams and establish strong governance, accountability and delivery

Working Model:

London, 3 days per week in office

Tech Stack:

Snowflake, Salesforce, Semantic Layer, AI/LLM tooling, Claude, Modern Data Platform