Data, transformation and governance - this role has it all! As Head of Enterprise Data Delivery at Amplius, you’ll shape how data is built, managed and delivered across the organisation. You’ll set clear direction and standards, making sure data is consistent, reliable and easy to use. By bringing structure to complex, fragmented data, you’ll help improve reporting and support better, more confident decision-making.
Salary: £80,000 (plus car allowance of £5,900) per year
Contract: Permanent, full time
Your week: 36.25 hours Monday – Friday 9am – 5.15pm
Location: Hybrid with a weekly presence in our Milton Keynes or Boston office
Snapshot of your role
* Take full end-to-end ownership of the enterprise data estate, including Data Platform, Data Products, and Data Governance, ensuring reliable delivery from source systems through to reporting and insight.
* Lead the modernisation of legacy data assets into a scalable cloud-based platform, defining the approach and ensuring successful migration, adoption, and long-term stability.
* Shape, structure, and maintain clear delivery plans with defined priorities, dependencies, ownership, and measurable outcomes that keep teams aligned and focused.
* Drive pace, momentum, and accountability across data teams, actively identifying risks, resolving blockers, and intervening where delivery is off track.
* Oversee the design and delivery of certified, reusable data products that support BI, KPI reporting, analytics, and operational decision-making.
* Embed modern data engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, environment separation, and operational readiness across all delivery workstreams.
* Ensure governance is embedded into day-to-day delivery, including data definitions, ownership, lineage, quality standards, and access controls.
* Act as a senior technical partner to engineering, architecture, BI, and transformation teams, challenging design decisions and ensuring scalable, production-ready solutions.
* Provide clear visibility to senior stakeholders on progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery timelines across all data initiatives.
What we’re looking for
* Proven experience leading data platform, data engineering, or enterprise data delivery teams
* Strong background delivering cloud data platforms (e.g. Azure, Databricks, Snowflake or similar)
* Hands-on experience with data pipelines, transformation, and data modelling at scale
* Experience modernising legacy data estates into cloud-based platforms
* Strong technical credibility with the ability to engage engineers, architects, and technical teams
* Understanding of how data products, semantic layers, and reporting structures are designed and delivered
* Experience embedding data governance, quality, and MDM into delivery practices
* Ability to operate in complex, fast-paced, ambiguous environments with competing priorities
* Strong leadership skills with a focus on accountability, delivery, and outcomes
* Clear communicator able to translate technical detail into business impact
* Practical, delivery-focused mindset with a bias for action and problem-solving
Please read the attached Job Description before applying so you get the full scope of the role.
You can read about our colleague benefits here - Amplius colleague benefits
This vacancy will close on 6 May. Following this, we will be in touch to arrange interviews.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in response to an overwhelming number of applications or a change in business priorities.
We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK. You must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.
If you have any questions, please contact the Amplius Talent Team and we’ll be happy to assist you.
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