Director, Market Data Enablement & Automation Strategy

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 17-Jun-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

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The Head of Marketing Data Enablement & Visualization Strategy is responsible for leading a team of data professionals across multiple functional areas and domains. As a leader, this role is accountable for implementing the strategic direction for the group-specifically driving the development and activation of marketing data products, Microsoft Fabric and AI‑enabled capabilities, and client data optimization. As a people leader, the Head of Market Data Enablement & Visualization manages a highly engaged workforce and supports team members in their career progression through coaching and feedback.

They work in close collaboration with business stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high‑quality data and visualization solutions, while connecting data engineering (in partnership with Digital), Mar Tech, and analytics workflows to enable scalable insights across the organization.

What you'll do:

* Lead talent strategy for the area of responsibility in alignment with functional strategies, ensuring the team has the skills required to deliver modern data products, visualization capabilities, and AI‑enabled solutions that create business value and improved experiences.

* Utilize data products, marketing data pipelines, and Fabric/AI‑enabled capabilities to identify business opportunities, optimize client data, and solve complex marketing and enterprise‑wide data challenges.

* Ensure the execution of best‑in‑class data enablement and visualization practices across the firm, including scalable dashboarding standards, unified reporting frameworks, and high‑quality data activation.

* Align to and operationalize enterprise data strategies by partnering with Digital, data engineering, Mar Tech, and analytics teams to optimize system health, modernize data infrastructure, and ensure consistent, governed data flows.

* Partner with senior leaders and executives across the firm to embed data products, insight visualization, and AI driven decision support into business processes and strategic decisions.

* Influence business areas on how to effectively leverage data, visualizations, and marketing data products to inform, evaluate, and optimize their objectives.

* Create and maintain strategies and programs that enable the firm's marketing data needs-such as client data optimization, governed data assets, visualization standards, and cross‑platform data activation within Mar Tech and analytics environments.

* Define strategy, establish, and prioritize objectives for data enablement, visualization, and AI driven insight delivery across the function, ensuring alignment with enterprise marketing and digital strategies.

* Evangelize data enablement and visualization strategies across the firm by championing the power of connected data, intuitive dashboards, and AI augmented insights to empower decision makers at all levels.

* Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Analytics, Information Systems, Marketing, Computer Science, or a related field.

* 15+ years of experience in data, analytics, marketing technology, or…