You will lead and execute the enterprise-wide data and AI strategy, transforming data into a suite of products that drive decision-making, automation, and enhanced customer experiences. Value will be delivered through three core engines: Analytics & Advanced Analytics (including insights, forecasting, and experimentation), AI/ML (leveraging traditional ML and GenAI with scalable MLOps and Responsible AI), and BI & Self-Serve (focused on governed metrics, semantic layers, and high adoption reporting). This role partners cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Finance, Enterprise IT, and Business Units to prioritise high-ROI use cases and measurable outcomes, while overseeing a global organisation across Data Platform, Analytics/BI, Data Science & ML, Data Governance, and Data Product Management. You will also manage a multimillion-pound budget across cloud infrastructure, vendors, and talent, fostering a FinOps culture to optimise the unit cost of insight and model deployment.
About Product Technology
Product & Technology plays a pivotal role in aligning the organization with its strategic objectives and enhancing shareholder value. Product & Technology is responsible for establishing unified standards and governance practices throughout the company. Additionally, we oversee the development and maintenance of core applications essential for the seamless operation of various functions across the organization. We are committed to driving and executing future roadmaps that are in line with the overall strategic direction of RWS.
With a global reach, Product & Technology provides support services to over 7500 end users worldwide. We take pride in managing the information security operation and safeguarding all our assets. Our core functions encompass Enterprise & Technical Architecture, Network & Voice, Infrastructure, Service Delivery, Service Operations, Data & Analytics, Security & Quality Compliance, Transformation, Application Development, Enterprise Platforms, With a dedicated team of over 500 staff, Product & Technology ensures a strong presence across all regions, enabling efficient and effective support to our global operations.
Key Responsibilities
Data Strategy & Operating Model
Data Platform & Architecture
Data Products
Data Quality
Analytics & AI Enablement
Analytics & Advanced Analytics
BI, Reporting & Self-Service
AI/ML & GenAI
Data Governance, Privacy & Risk
Organization, Talent & Ways of Working
Skills & Experience
Essential:
Extensive data leadership; track record delivering Data Mesh or decentralised data operating models at enterprise scale.
Strong product mindset applied to data as a product, with domain SLAs and documentation.
Depth in modern data platforms (Lakehouse/streaming, catalogue/lineage, privacy, governance).
Proven experience in senior leadership within a group/regional or global business
Ability to demonstrate a rich blend of analytical, creative, and strategic problem-solving talents
Take advantage of possible opportunities that can occur to advance the company
Possess a high degree of professional and personal integrity
Ability to lead effectively in a group setting and to move a group in a unified direction
Experience inspiring, leading and developing teams including cross-functional teams
Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise relationships across regions and business units.
Expertise in strategic and tactical planning, financial management, and leading a department
Outstanding customer and partner facing communication skills
Excellent negotiation, communication, and presentation skills
Desired:
Experience in localisation/language technology data (terminology, translation memory, content pipelines).
Familiarity with data privacy regulations and security best practices (e.g., GDPR).
Experience of or able to rapidly acquire ability to navigate complex global and matrix managed environments
Excellence in complex change management
Life at RWS - If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about growing the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood, then you’ll love life at RWS.
Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career.
In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.
RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.
RWS Values
Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as RWS.
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