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Bridging the gap between Data & AI/ML Talent with clients in the Financial Sector | Harrington Starr

Head of Data Management | Asset Manager in London | Up to 160,000 basic + Bonus | Hybrid

My Asset Management client in London are seeking a Head of Data Management to help shape their Data & AI strategy across the business. They are an established player with over 60Billion AUM and offices across the globe.

You will be leading a team of 12 in London who are focused in Governance, Market Data and Operations, whilst working closely with the AI and Data Engineering teams. This a hybrid role requiring 2/3 days in the Central London office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute the enterprise-wide data strategy aligned with AI and advanced analytics use cases.
• Partner with data science and business leaders to identify, enrich, and mobilize data assets for innovation.
• Promote enterprise-wide data discoverability and accessibility for ML/AI-driven insights.

Governance & Quality Control

• Design and implement data governance frameworks, policies, and quality standards.
• Oversee metadata, reference, and client/fund data management to support transparency and compliance.

Market Data Oversight

• Lead vendor management and integration for third-party market data (e.g., Bloomberg, MSCI, etc.).
• Align market data provisioning with front-office, research, and analytics requirements.
• Optimize licensing, budgeting, and compliance with vendor agreements.

Data Operations

• Direct daily data ingestion, transformation, validation, and reconciliation processes.
• Own security master data across all asset classes (equities, fixed income, alternatives, derivatives).
• Design and scale automated workflows ensuring accurate and timely delivery of mission-critical data.
• Shape a cloud-native, scalable data architecture to support analytics, AI, and reporting.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to maintain resilient, real-time data platforms.
• Enforce best practices for data storage, security, and access management.

Compliance & Risk

• Ensure global compliance with privacy and data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
• Implement frameworks for ethical AI, anonymization, access control, and data retention.
• Represent data strategy during audits and regulatory reviews.

Leadership & Culture

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional team across governance, operations, and engineering.
• Cultivate a data-first culture through education, alignment, and evangelism.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior leadership across investment, operations, compliance, and tech.

This is a huge opportunity and we are keen to begin interviews as soon as possible.

Apply today or get in touch with me for more info at sean.kennedy@harringtonstarr.com

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

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