Head of Data Practitioner

Accountabilities: Own senior client relationships across data engagements, building trusted partnerships with CDOs, CTOs, CIOs, and other executive stakeholders. Lead the development of data strategies that connect business priorities and value-creation opportunities with target data capabilities, technology choices, operating models, and delivery roadmaps. Lead complex data transformation initiatives from initial diagnosis through implementation planning, including data-platform modernisation, data governance, data quality, data products, analytics, and AI enablement. Structure ambiguous data and business challenges by defining key questions, developing workplans, managing workstreams, and maintaining focus on the issues with the greatest impact. Develop compelling executive-level narratives that bring together analysis, stakeholder input, and specialist perspectives into clear recommendations and decisions. Bridge commercial, business, technology, and data perspectives to ensure recommendations reflect business priorities, technical realities, architectural considerations, delivery feasibility, and execution risks. Connect data initiatives to value-creation economics, including opportunity sizing, business cases, investment requirements, benefits, dependencies, and strategic trade-offs. Challenge assumptions, pressure-test recommendations, and identify where specialist expertise is required across data engineering, architecture, governance, analytics, AI, and transformation. Drive engagements beyond analysis by establishing prioritised actions, accountable delivery plans, and practical pathways from strategy to execution. Requirements Experience at a level comparable to a high-performing consulting Director, Associate Director, or Senior Consultant, with a proven record of leading complex data engagements and managing senior client relationships. Strong consulting capabilities, ideally gained within a leading strategy, digital, data, or transformation consultancy, or through comparable high-stakes advisory and transformation environments. Deep expertise in data strategy and transformation, with practical experience across modern data platforms, data architecture, governance, data quality, data products, analytics, or AI enablement. Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous business and data problems, develop hypotheses, lead rigorous analysis, manage teams, and turn findings into compelling executive-level narratives. Strong credibility with senior executives and functional leaders, including CDOs, CTOs, CIOs, CEOs, and leaders across data, technology, product, and transformation. Strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience sizing opportunities, developing business cases, quantifying benefits, assessing investment requirements, and evaluating strategic trade-offs. Experience leading complex data programmes or transformations, with sufficient technical depth to challenge decisions around architecture, platforms, governance, operating models, and delivery approaches. Hands-on leadership style, combining executive-level presence with the ability to guide analysis, challenge team thinking, and personally shape strategy and key deliverables. Practical, action-oriented approach with strong collaboration, communication, curiosity, and the ability to operate effectively in complex and ambiguous environments. Benefits Fully remote position, with the flexibility to work from anywhere in Europe. Opportunity to lead high-impact data strategy and transformation engagements with private equity investors and portfolio companies. Direct exposure to senior executives and decision-makers, including CDOs, CTOs, CIOs, and CEOs. Opportunity to shape data strategies and transformation programmes that connect technology investments to measurable business value. Broad exposure to modern data platforms, data architecture, governance, analytics, AI, and operating-model transformation. Collaborative, international working environment with multidisciplinary teams and complex client challenges. Opportunity to develop trusted senior client relationships and contribute to strategic advisory and value-creation initiatives. Scope to influence engagements from initial strategy and diagnosis through prioritisation and implementation planning.