Data Platform Director
Posted 14 days 10 hours ago by Wyatt Partners
With the Migration of legacy data onto GCP almost done, the challenge now is to define & deliver a path forward towards a GCP native environment, and the Data Platform Director will be responsible for this.
How do we now use & optimise the platform we have?
How do we integrate Data Ops tools?
How do we integrate reporting tools?
etc
Our client require an expert who can lead & deliver on Technical Strategy. Someone who has the knowledge & expertise to challenge the current Data Stack if necessary and advise on improvements & why.
The individual will lead a team of 100 persons locally, with another approx. 1000 outsourced.
Responsibilities- Define and deliver the strategy to move to a GCP-native data platform.
- Assess and optimise the existing data platform and tooling.
- Lead integration of Data Ops tools and reporting tools.
- Provide strategic challenges to the current Data Stack and justify improvements.
- Lead a team of 100 locally and approximately 1,000 outsourced resources.
The business currently has contracts with TCS, Cap Gemini, Accenture + a few other smaller firms. The Ideal candidate would have strong knowledge of outsourcing and would have experience of restructuring outsourcing contracts & processes in the past based on strategic best practice, and be able to bring this to bear at VMO2 and manage this piece.
Qualifications- Strong knowledge of outsourcing with proven experience restructuring outsourcing contracts & processes in line with strategic best practice.
- Experience leading outsourcing efforts at scale and applying best-practice approaches to a program or organization.
- Ability to lead large, distributed teams (local and outsourced) and deliver on technical strategy.