Job Title: Head of Data / Director of Data Location: Porton Down, Salisbury OR Portsdown West, Fareham – hybrid with occasional travel to site SC Required Job Description: Define Dstl’s data purpose, vision, strategy, and associated policies, leading implementation in line with MOD data strategy. Establish and futureproof data systems, ensuring agile delivery with long-term strategic vision for complex and uncertain data environments. Manage assurance of Dstl’s data holdings, ensuring compliance with regulatory, statutory, departmental, and contractual requirements. Design and lead the data governance function, providing policy, assurance, specialist training, and technical support to upskill the organisation. Build and maintain external partnerships with government, academia, and industry to embed data best practices and enhance organisational capability. Represent Dstl as the local data domain owner, advising stakeholders and reporting assurance products to MOD CIO via Dstl CIO. Key Skills: leadership, governance, assurance, influencing, communication, storytelling, strategic-thinking, systems-thinking, collaboration, networking, coaching, DAMA, analytical, problem-solving