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Head of Data Consultant
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Europe
Experience
Lead / principal · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
A Head of Data Practitioner role at Crosslake Technologies, leading data engagements for private equity investors and portfolio company leadership teams to turn data opportunities into measurable business outcomes. The role owns senior client relationships and leads work from strategic diagnosis through to practical delivery.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Europe
What you'll do
- Own client relationships on data engagements, establishing trusted partnerships with senior business and technology leaders and acting as a credible advisor to CDOs, CTOs and executive teams.
- Lead the development of data strategies that align business priorities, value-creation opportunities, target data capabilities, technology choices, operating model and delivery roadmap.
- Lead complex data transformations from diagnosis through to implementation planning, including data platform modernisation, data governance, data quality, data product and analytics initiatives.
- Bring structure to ambiguous data challenges, defining the key questions, building the workplan, managing workstreams and keeping the team focused on the issues that matter most to the client.
- Develop compelling executive-level narratives that synthesise analysis, client input and specialist perspectives into practical recommendations and clear decisions.
- Translate effectively between commercial and technical audiences, ensuring recommendations reflect business priorities, data realities, architecture implications, delivery feasibility and execution risk.
- Link data initiatives to value creation economics, including opportunity sizing, business cases, investment requirements, benefits, trade-offs and dependencies.
- Challenge assumptions, pressure-test recommendations and identify where deeper expertise is needed across data engineering, architecture, governance, analytics, AI or transformation.
- Drive engagements beyond analysis towards prioritised actions, accountable delivery plans and a pragmatic path from recommendation to execution.
What we're looking for
- Experience operating at a level comparable to a high-performing consulting Director, Associate Director or Senior Consultant, with a track record of leading complex data engagements and senior client relationships.
- A strong consulting toolkit, ideally developed in a leading strategy, digital, data or transformation consultancy, or through comparable experience in high-stakes advisory or transformation environments.
- Deep expertise in data strategy and data transformation, with practical experience across areas such as modern data platforms, data architecture, governance, quality, data products, analytics or AI enablement.
- Proven ability to take ambiguous business and data problems, impose structure, develop hypotheses, lead rigorous analysis, manage teams and translate findings into a clear executive storyline.
- Credibility with senior executives and functional leaders, including CDOs, CTOs, CIOs, CEOs and leaders across data, technology, product and transformation.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including the ability to size opportunities, build business cases, quantify benefits, understand investment needs and evaluate strategic trade-offs.
- Experience leading complex data programmes or transformations, with sufficient technical depth to challenge decisions on data architecture, platforms, governance, operating models and delivery approaches.
- A hands-on leadership style: senior enough to build confidence with executives, while close enough to the work to guide analysis, challenge team thinking and personally shape the strategy and storyline.
- A practical, action-oriented mindset aligned with Crosslake's values of service, curiosity, credibility, commitment and creativity.
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About Crosslake Technologies LLC
Crosslake helps private equity investors and portfolio company leaders drive value creation through technology. Its experienced practitioners combine expert judgment with proven frameworks, tech-enabled solutions and objective data to help organizations navigate critical technology decisions across diligence, transformation, growth, cybersecurity, AI and operational execution.
Mission
Helping private equity investors and portfolio company leaders drive value creation through technology.
Key facts
- Focused on helping private equity investors and portfolio company leaders drive value creation through technology
- Works across diligence, transformation, growth, cybersecurity, AI and operational execution
What they value
- Service
- Curiosity
- Credibility
- Commitment
- Creativity