Job description

A leading pioneer in Islamic Finance and Shari'a-compliant banking is building its data capability around digital transformation and data-driven decision-making, and this Group Data Head role leads that effort end to end. You will develop and execute the Group-wide Data Strategy, Data Management, and Analytics roadmap, working closely with senior stakeholders across Technology, Risk, Compliance, and business functions. Data Governance, Data Quality, and Data Management frameworks, policies, and standards need establishing and strengthening across the organisation. Advanced analytics, AI, and machine learning get adopted under this role's leadership to generate actionable business insights that drive revenue growth, cost reduction, and better customer experience. Technologies, vendors, budgets, and strategic initiatives across data and analytics all fall under direct oversight. Predictive analytics, NLP, and machine learning techniques get applied across structured and unstructured data, translating business requirements into effective analytics and data solutions in partnership with business leaders. Data monetisation initiatives get driven, with measurable KPIs established for data and analytics investments. Access, privacy, security, and regulatory compliance for data need ensuring across the entire organisation, alongside enterprise-wide data quality improvements. A genuinely data-driven culture gets built, including data literacy and adoption initiatives, while high-performing data, analytics, and governance teams get led and developed. Senior leadership and governance committees rely on this role to keep data strategy aligned with corporate strategy and regulatory requirements.