Howden Group Services Limited

Group Director of Data Platforms and Products page is loaded Group Director of Data Platforms and Products Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: September 5, 2025 (29 days left to apply) job requisition id R Who are we? Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 18,000 employees spanning over 100 countries. People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden. Group Director of Data Platforms and Products About The Role We're looking for a highly experienced and strategic Group Director of Data Platforms and Products to lead our data initiatives. This is a unique chance to build and shape our data platforms and products, driving innovation and enabling our organization to leverage data for growth and competitive advantage. Reporting directly to the Group Chief Data Officer, you'll play a pivotal role in defining and executing our data strategy in a dynamic, high-growth environment. Role Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Team Management: Lead and manage large, diverse data technology and platform teams, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This includes overseeing onshore, nearshore, and offshore resources of varying sizes. Data Platform & Product Vision: Develop and implement a comprehensive data strategy aligned with overarching business objectives. Design, oversee, and drive the development of modern data platforms and products, ensuring they are scalable, robust, and deliver tangible business value. Data Management, Governance & Quality: Take ultimate responsibility for data management, data governance, and data quality across the organization, ensuring data integrity, compliance, and trustworthiness. Develop and manage our data product pipeline and how products, features and Innovations are prioritised and delivered to make the biggest commercial impact in our business. Technical Acumen & Innovation: Demonstrate deep technical skill and hands-on experience with modern cloud-based data platforms and databases (e.g, Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake). You'll be expected to understand and deploy their best features to achieve optimal outcomes. AI Enablement: Play a crucial role in enabling AI and machine learning capabilities across the organization, transforming raw data into products that directly enable our data science models and insights as well as providing the platform and strategy for how our AI products are operationalised. System Integration & Operational Effectiveness: Understand how to integrate many disparate systems across different platforms to significantly enhance business operational effectiveness. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Communicate complex data concepts and the importance of data effectively to very senior stakeholders, demonstrating how data can unlock significant advantages for the business. You'll be a pragmatic and commercially minded advocate for data's strategic value. Thought Leadership: Bring an inquisitive perspective to the role, constantly looking at advances in technology, data, and AI to drive the best outcomes for the organization. Delivery Mindset: Maintain a clear focus on delivery and support the team in beat un class delivery discipline and balancing supply and demand. We believe in helping people grow and enjoy their work; this role must lead the team and empower them to be successful. Core Responsibilities for all Staff Achieve Results through Relationships with All Parties Deliver a personal performance that contributes towards Group and/or Company achieving their objectives. Achieve lasting relationships with all parties (internal clients, suppliers, third parties and other staff). Delivery of Service Consistently deliver an excellent and comprehensive service, on-time, within budget and to, or exceeding quality expectations. Conduct and Integrity Ensure all dealings are carried out with integrity and professionalism. Act in utmost good faith, in accordance with Group and/or Company policies and neverrisk the Company's or the Group's reputation. Reporting Monitor andreporton Business Units' issues. Provide relevant management information to senior management. Any other reasonable duties, as required. What do we offer in return? A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity - there is no one Howden type. Instead, we're looking for individuals who share the same values as us: Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond Reasonable adjustments We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working . If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it's the right fit for you, send us your application - if your profile fits the role's criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require. Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more. Permanent About Us Howden began in 1994, as just three people and a dog. Now there are 17,000 of us, and we're a leading global insurance group, managing $38bn of premiums for our clients. Our largest shareholder group is us - the people who work in the business - supported by three long-term, minority growth-equity partners who share our vision to build a business to last, one that will never be sold. The owner's mindset is something that's embedded in our culture; our people readily take ownership of their decisions, their actions, and their outputs. They're invested in every sense. And we all know that by working together to drive the business forward, everyone will benefit from the extraordinary results we can achieve.