Head of Strategy and AI (FS)

Head of Strategy and AI (FS)
London (on-site 3 days per week)

£90,000 to £150,000 - dependent on level

This is a senior leadership role at the centre of an organisation-wide shift towards insight-led decision-making and AI-enabled analytics. You will shape how analytics operates as a shared service, influencing strategy while remaining hands-on.

The Company
They are a data-driven organisation undergoing significant transformation across analytics, reporting, and decisioning. With a strong commercial focus, they are investing in modern data platforms, automation, and AI to improve how insight is generated and used. Analytics plays a critical role in supporting growth and executive decision-making.

The Role

• Lead a centralised Analytics and MI function
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on analytics delivery
• Move the function from reporting to actionable, commercial insight
• Embed AI tools and automation into analytics workflows
• Oversee scalable data, reporting, and governance foundations
• Line manage decisioning capability and oversee platform migration
• Influence senior stakeholders across Finance, Marketing, and leadership teams

Your Skills and Experience

• Strong leadership experience within analytics/strategy functions, ideally within financial services
• Clear examples of developing strategies off the back of data work
• Proven ability to turn data into clear commercial recommendations
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders, including C-suite
• Hands-on capability with SQL and ideally Python
• Practical exposure to AI tools within analytics environments

What They Offer

• Salary of £90,000 to £150,000
• Bonus
• Private health insurance
• Pension scheme
• 25 days holiday
• High visibility role with significant influence and progression