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# Director - Data Management & Visualisation - Media Agency

- **Company:** Analytics, Insight, Media Agency
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Data Analysis, Data Governance, Data Systems, Python (Programming Language), Power BI, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Data Management, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://silver-drum.com/jobs/director-data-management-visualisation-media-agency/

## About the Role

* Proven experience leading data governance, BI or data management programmes within a media agency (ideally) consultancy or digital environment
 * Strong stakeholder management with the ability to communicate confidently with both technical and non-technical audiences
 * Experience translating business requirements into data and reporting solutions
 * Previous leadership experience managing both direct reports and offshore or distributed teams
 * Knowledge of taxonomy management, governance frameworks and data quality processes
 * Experience with Power BI or similar visualisation platforms (Tableau etc.)
 * Understanding of media data, reporting infrastructure and analytics environments
 * Exposure to SQL, Python or APIs would be advantageous but isn't the core focus of the role

## Description

This is a high-profile Director opportunity within one of the world's leading media agencies, leading data governance and visualisation across a complex EMEA client. Rather than being hands-on in dashboards every day, you'll be the strategic bridge between senior stakeholders and technical delivery teams, ensuring data solutions are scalable, accurate and commercially valuable

Why this role?

 * Lead data management and visualisation across a major multinational consumer brand spanning multiple EMEA markets
 * Highly visible client-facing role partnering with senior stakeholders to translate business challenges into scalable data solutions
 * Manage a Senior Manager plus an offshore team, while working alongside a dedicated engineering function responsible for data pipelines
 * Drive data governance, taxonomy, quality standards and reporting best practice across a complex regional ecosystem
 * Play a key role in improving processes, automation and AI-enabled initiatives that enhance analytics delivery
 * Join a well-established, collaborative analytics and data function with genuine strategic influence across the client account

The role

 * Act as the senior client lead across data governance, reporting and BI initiatives
 * Gather and translate business requirements into practical, scalable data solutions
 * Oversee the delivery of dashboards, reporting and governance frameworks while ensuring high quality outputs
 * Champion governance, taxonomy management and data quality standards across multiple teams and markets
 * Work closely with media, operations, engineering and analytics teams to ensure consistent data processes and compliance
 * Lead project delivery, documentation, QA and continuous improvement initiatives across the account


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