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# Head of Data

- **Company:** Source Recruitment Specialists Ltd
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Power BI, Enterprise Data Management, Microsoft Fabric, Core Data
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.source.gg/jobs/19665/head-of-data

## About the Role

The ideal candidate brings proven data architecture and engineering leadership within a regulated, multi-entity environment. Hands-on expertise with ETL pipelines, BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Microsoft Fabric), and enterprise data modelling is essential. Strong stakeholder management skills and experience integrating data from newly acquired businesses will ensure success.

## Description

You will design and oversee scalable data warehouse and lake architectures, manage app integrations, and deliver actionable BI dashboards. Key responsibilities include driving data governance, ensuring data protection compliance, and building the core data foundation for the Group's AI ambitions. Additionally, you will champion a company-wide data literacy program.


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