Description
JOB TITLE: Platform Data Lead - Homes
LOCATION: Leeds or Halifax
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll lead the data management agenda for one of the largest mortgage data estates in Europe, playing a pivotal role in transforming how data is governed, managed and used to unlock real business value for customers.
Sitting within the Homes Platform, you’ll work at the intersection of technology, data and the mortgage business, providing clear leadership for platform data. You’ll act as the key point of connection between the Homes Platform, central data teams and senior business partners, ensuring strong alignment to enterprise standards while shaping solutions that genuinely work for the business.
You’ll set and own a clear, actionable data strategy for the Homes Platform, building understanding and buy‑in across technology and business leaders. You’ll be a visible leader, representing Homes into central data forums and influencing how enterprise data capabilities are shaped and adopted. You’ll stay on top of data issues and risks across the platform, providing clarity, maintaining strong resolution plans and driving issues through to closure.
You’ll lead Data Side of Change activity, ensuring data impacts are identified early and quality is designed in before change lands. Just as importantly, you’ll tell a compelling data story, clearly articulating where the platform is on its data journey, what’s improving, and where focus is needed next.
Why join us?
We’re transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and technology to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.
Essential skills
1. 3+ years’ experienceleading data management and data utilisation practices within a large, complex organisation.
2. 3+ years’ experiencebridging data, technology and business, translating data concepts into outcomes that matter to senior stakeholders.
3. 3+ years’ experienceoperating within enterprise data governance frameworks, including compliance with central standards and regulatory expectations.
4. Proven experienceprioritising data initiatives, managing risks and dependencies, and driving delivery across multiple teams and stakeholders.
Desirable skills
5. Experience working withlarge, complex financial services or mortgage data estates.
6. Experience contributing to or leadingdata transformation programmes, including modern data platforms and cloud‑based data solutions.
7. Working knowledge ofGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)data management capabilities.
8. A demonstrated passion for improvingdata literacy and capabilityacross teams, not just delivering data solutions.
We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.
This is a place for you
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.
We offer a wide‑ranging benefits package, including:
9. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
10. An annual performance‑related bonus
11. Share schemes including free shares
12. Benefits you can tailor to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
13. 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
14. A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more!
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.