Director of Data and AnalyticsLocation: London (with flexible UK office options) Contract: Permanent Salary: Competitive, with a comprehensive benefits packageAbout the RoleAn established UK financial services organisation is seeking a Director of Data and Analytics to define and lead its group wide data strategy. This senior leadership role will shape a modern data architecture, build a high?performing data function, and drive the adoption of advanced analytics and AI across the business. You will lead a large disparate team covering data engineering, analytics, and data science, and will play a pivotal role in embedding data literacy, strengthening governance, and enabling insight driven decisionmaking.Key ResponsibilitiesSet and deliver the organisation''s end to end data strategyLead the design of modern cloudbased data platforms and scalable architecturePartner with business and technology leaders to drive strategic insight initiativesBuild, mentor, and develop a high performing multidisciplinary data teamChampion enterprise wide data adoption and literacyStrengthen data governance, quality, and lifecycle managementEnsure resilient, well operated data services with strong controls and monitoringAbout YouProven leadership experience across data engineering, analytics and/or data scienceBackground in financial services or other regulated environmentsStrategic thinker with experience delivering enterprise grade data frameworksStrong communicator able to influence across sen