Group Data in Liverpool

At Rathbones, we help people invest their money well, so they can live well. That means more than financial returns – it’s about helping people feel confident in their decisions and supported in their future. We don’t just manage money, we guide people through life’s big moments, helping them stay on track and focus on what matters most.

We’re proud to be one of the UK’s leading wealth managers, with over £109bn in assets under management and 20+ offices across the UK and Channel Islands. We’re a FTSE 250 company with national reach and a local feel – and we’re growing.

About the Role

Accountable for defining and leading the organisation's Data Strategy and modern data architecture—leveraging cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, scalable data platforms, and advanced analytics and AI capabilities—to ensure robust, secure and high-quality data foundations. The role builds and develops a high-performing data team, motivating a 30-person data organisation and strengthening data skills across the wider business. It champions a data-driven culture by supporting and training staff in data systems and reporting, and by working closely with business functions to embed data literacy, modern engineering practices and the effective use of insights, analytics and emerging technologies.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Set the overall data strategy, establishing a clear direction for how the organisation uses data, analytics and AI, supported by a modern Data Lake and unified data platform.
• Partner with technology and business leaders to deliver strategic initiatives that enhance the data platform and enable better decisions, client outcomes and operational effectiveness.
• Drive enterprise adoption of data and insight, ensuring teams across the business can use data confidently for decision making, automation and continuous improvement.
• Build and develop a high performing data organisation, raising engineering, analytics and data science capability through structured skill development and coaching.
• Improve data integration and reduce duplication, using standard patterns and consistent processes to ensure reliable, scalable and efficient data delivery.
• Strengthen governance, ownership and data quality, ensuring data is trusted, compliant and managed throughout its lifecycle.
• Ensure stable and well operated data services, maintaining robust pipelines, monitoring, controls and continuous improvement of the data environment.

About you

• Demonstrable experience as a leader in the areas of data analytics, data science and data engineering.
• Masters or bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in one of the following: Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Science, Economics, Engineering or Statistics.
• Strategic mindset with demonstrated experience in implementing data frameworks and driving continuous improvement.
• Expert communication skills and ability to influence leadership.
• Experienced leader with focus on coaching and mentoring cross functional team members.
• Knowledge of driving data innovation in a financial service environment.
• Strong teamwork skills in order to collaborate and build strong relationships with colleagues and internal clients to support development and implementation of business solutions.
• Project management skills plans, organizes, motivates, and controls resources to achieve specified project goals and objectives while respecting defined constraints.
• Decision making skills: Solicits and objectively considers input from appropriate sources; Considers implications of actions on other areas, people, and processes when deciding.
• Agility: Adapts approaches that are appropriate for each situation, Accepts and adapts to new situations.

Our offer to you

We want everyone at Rathbones to fulfil their potential, in an environment where you are proud to work and feel like you belong. We offer a comprehensive remuneration package, which we review regularly, and benefits include:

• A company pension - 9% non-contributory or 10% if you contribute 5%
• Private medical insurance – Individual on joining, family after 1 year’s service
• Life assurance - 8 x salary
• Income protection – 75 % salary
• Company share scheme
• Discretionary bonus
• Flexible holidays – purchase up to 5 additional days
• Green Car Scheme
• Family friendly policies – enhanced family leave for parents & carers
• Study support – study days and funding for courses and qualifications
• Season travel ticket loans
• Volunteering days
• Gym discounts
• Other voluntary benefits you can choose to suit you

Our employees can choose to take part in various social groups and communities to support their wellbeing, growth, development and sense of community. These include: Sports & Social Committees, such as cricket, football, netball, running, yoga, quiz nights, charity bake sales and much more. Inclusion Networks that help us drive change within the organisation such as Gender Balance, Multicultural, Abilities Count, Pride, Social Mobility, Generations, Menopause and Armed Forces. The NextGen IM Network, which brings together a community of trainees from across the UK, who are all at the early stages of their careers and offers development opportunities, exposure across the business as well as peer support and connection.

Life at Rathbones

We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that motivates, develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all. We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values.

We’re a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer under the UK Government scheme. This means we’ve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities. Find out more about the Government Scheme online. If you feel there are any reasonable adjustments that would make the process easier for you and help you to perform at your best whether that is due to disability, neurodiversity or other protected characteristic, just let us know by emailing us.

Mission

We believe in playing the long game. That means building consistent results, earning trust and doing the right thing — for our clients, our colleagues and the communities we’re part of. Our values shape how we work:

• We aim high
• We get it done
• We show we care
• We do the right thing

These aren’t just words on a wall. They guide how we treat each other, how we make decisions and how we build relationships that last.

We will close this advert once we have received enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out.