Data Capability Leader

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The Data Capability Leader is a strategic and operational leader responsible for architecting and driving data capability within the Digital Solutions group. The Data Capability Leader will lead and evolve the data team within the firm's Digital Solutions organization, ensuring a team strategy that proactively aligns with business objectives and 18‑month rolling roadmaps. This leader will ensure the data function delivers high‑quality, innovative, and standard‑driven solutions that support business objectives in an Agile SAFe environment.

The leader will create an environment where data professionals thrive – combining technical excellence with a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and innovation. The Data leader will be responsible for planning and defining the information structure of the enterprise in collaboration with the Data Strategy team. They will lead the team to design the data master blueprints to meet the technical and business needs within the context of all enterprise architecture and the connections with information systems, technologies and business solutions.

They are responsible for defining and implementing an enterprise‑and‑business aligned data architecture strategy and delivering data design to meet those needs based on business and IT requirements. The ideal candidate will have deep experience building high‑performing data teams, managing both complex enterprise engineering and low‑code/no‑code solutions, and fostering a culture of technical excellence, agility and innovation. The role requires balancing hands‑on technical credibility with strong leadership and developing people’s skills.

The role demands visionary leadership, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, while building robust processes and accountability mechanisms that enable predictable, efficient, and high‑quality delivery across all digital initiatives. The Data Capability Leader is accountable for achieving success metrics, setting discipline expectations, and holding the team to the highest standards of quality and delivery.

• Create and execute a comprehensive talent strategy for the data discipline, ensuring optimal skill mix, clear roles, and progressive career paths to support enterprise delivery needs and proactively align with 18‑month rolling roadmaps.
• Provide significant technical expertise, experience and authority over firm Data, Information Architecture and data flow in all firm technology, including but not exclusive to SQL Databases, Microsoft, Mobile and Cloud Platforms.
• Support planning processes to understand business goals and align future development goals and strategies.
• Recruit, build, and inspire a diverse and high‑performing team of developers with the right capability mix for the firm’s evolving portfolio. This includes fostering career growth through mentoring and continuous learning.
• Build and maintain a balanced mix of skills across full‑stack, integration, cloud, and low‑code platforms.
• Build and maintain development competency frameworks and targeted training programs that drive excellence in Agile delivery and provide accelerated growth for early‑career and mid‑level developers.
• Cultivate a collaborative, learning‑oriented culture that values efficiency, innovation, and quality.
• Mentor and empower high‑performing teams.

• Define and execute the development strategy aligned with the firm’s Digital Solutions vision and SAFe framework.
• Ensure standardized Agile and SAFe practices across all developments, ensuring consistency in…