Role overview
As Director of Data, ML & AI Engineering, you will lead the design, delivery, and evolution of Collinson’s enterprise data and AI engineering platforms. Reporting to the VP of Platform Ecosystem, you will shape the technical foundations that empower analytics, data science, and AI capabilities across the organisation.
You will ensure Collinson’s data, ML, and AI platforms are reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient, enabling teams to move from insight to production with speed and confidence. This role blends strategic vision with operational excellence, acting as a catalyst for innovation across the business.
What we're looking for
We’re looking for someone who brings:
- Senior leadership experience across data, platform, ML, and/or AI engineering in enterprise or federated environments
- Deep understanding of modern cloud-native data platforms, large-scale distributed systems, and emerging data technologies
- Proven experience delivering and evolving enterprise-scale data and AI platforms from inception to production
- Hands-on knowledge of ML/AI operationalisation, including pipelines, lifecycle management, and experimentation frameworks
- Demonstrated capability managing cost, risk, security, and compliance at scale
- Strong people leadership and team development experience, promoting inclusion, clarity, and accountability
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business impact with senior stakeholders
- A collaborative, adaptive leadership style that encourages openness, trust, and curiosity
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and career journeys who are passionate about building the platforms that power analytics and AI at scale.
Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.
We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Take Action, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.
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If you need any extra support throughout the interview process, then please email us at [email protected]