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# VP, Data

- **Company:** Funding Circle
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Integrity, Data Transformation, Data Processing, Snowflake, Data Strategy
- **Published:** July 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0335a0c01dea401c

## About the Role

We are seeking an established Data Executive who thrives on solving complex technical and organisational challenges in a high-growth environment.

 * Able to create a compelling vision for all matters data and to engage across organisational domains to secure support and commitment to that vision - driving innovation and technology and culture change
 * Demonstrated success directing multi-disciplinary data functions (engineering, platform, and product) in scaled businesses. You possess the confidence and operational maturity to lead from day one.
 * Expertise in modern cloud data stacks, platform architecture, and modernising legacy infrastructures (specifically AWS and Snowflake environments)
 * A strong background in developing and executing enterprise data strategies, leading large-scale modernisation initiatives, and establishing robust governance frameworks
 * Exceptional capability to articulate technical concepts into clear, commercial language that aligns diverse groups of technical and business stakeholders
 * Prior experience in credit, lending, or regulated financial environments where data directly impacts risk, underwriting, and operations is advantageous

## Description

London (Hybrid) | 2 days in the office | Competitive Salary + Benefits

Reporting to our CTO, the VP Data leads an enterprise-wide mandate shaping how data powers our organisation. Directing a team of specialists across Data Engineering, Data Platform, and Data Product Management, you'll define and deliver the next phase of our data modernisation, ensuring the data foundations are in place to support our AI-native ambitions and leading our data transformation project.

We've heavily invested in our data capability in recent years; establishing clear direction and putting a strong team in place. Now, the shift is all about execution, adoption, and scaling impact.

You'll build on this momentum by expanding our enterprise data foundations, defining, building and adopting critical domain-aligned data products, and embedding effective data governance across the business. Sitting at the heart of our tech agenda, your work will directly accelerate product development, operational automation, and smarter commercial decisions.

 * Driving business value through leading our data transformation and implementing snowflake to power business-wide scaling
 * Defining, building and implementing critical data products and delivering sustainable change to how we manage and process data
 * Implement Funding Circle's group-wide Data Strategy ensuring alignment with the broader Group Strategy and Technology Strategy
 * Establish reliable data standards and working methodologies that guarantee long-term data integrity
 * Refine our overall data roadmap, converting technology investments into measurable business efficiencies
 * Build and maintain strong relationships at Senior and Executive levels across Funding Circle to understand and shape their planning to take full advantage of our data


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