Data Engagement Director

As Engagement Director, you will operate at the pinnacle of Capgemini’s Public Business Unit—a trusted leader shaping the future of data led public sector transformation. You will lead major client engagements, accountable for large scale programmes where data, analytics, and AI are central to improving decision making, operational efficiency, and citizen outcomes across critical national services. This is a senior leadership role with real national impact. You will partner directly with executive stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on data strategy, analytics transformation, and the responsible use of data and AI at scale.

If you are ready to make a lasting mark—delivering transformation at scale, growing the business, and building trusted relationships at the highest levels—this is your opportunity. Join us and help define what excellence looks like for the UK public sector.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time. For this role it is expected that you will work from the Worthing, London, Telford office 3 days per week.

Your role

• Client Engagement & Relationship Management: Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders, building trusted advisor relationships focussed on data led outcomes, insight driven decision making, and long term capability development, ensuring satisfaction across all touchpoints. This senior leadership role is responsible for driving company-wide impact by leading multiple teams and strategic initiatives, aligning strategies with organisational priorities and client value creation.
• Programme Delivery: Lead the delivery of complex, data centric transformation programmes, ensuring they meet client objectives, are delivered on time and within budget, and are aligned with Capgemini’s quality standards.
• Data and Analytics Strategy: Provide senior leadership on data strategy, analytics roadmaps, and governance, translating complex data challenges into actionable, value driven solutions aligned to priorities.
• Strategic Growth: Drive business development activities, across the practice and the wider public sector identifying and leading opportunities focused on data, analytics, AI, and insight led transformation, leading proposals and bids, and growing consulting revenues through both existing and new client relationships.
• Governance & Risk: Oversee engagement governance, proactively manage delivery, commercial, and data related risks. Champion ethical, responsible, and compliant use of data and AI, aligned to public sector expectations and regulatory requirements and ensure compliance with all regulatory and contractual obligations, particularly those relevant to public sector delivery.
• Leadership / People Management: The role requires a distinguished leader with a proven reputation for demonstrating advanced leadership dimensions and behaviours. The successful candidate will lead large, complex, cross-functional teams or major business functions, typically managing senior leaders and directors.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience

• Delivery Excellence: Your track record in leading complex, high-value engagements (£15m–£30m+ transformation programmes) underpinned by sound commercial judgement and proactive risk management. You are accountable for delivery outcomes, financial performance, and client confidence across multi year programmes.
• Data & Analytics Transformation Leadership: You have senior level leadership experience delivering large scale data and analytics transformation programmes, ideally within complex or regulated environments. This includes experience across data platforms, analytics, reporting, and insight, and may extend to advanced analytics, AI, and automation. You understand data not simply as a technology capability, but as a strategic asset—enabling better policy decisions, operational effectiveness, fraud detection, compliance, and citizen services at scale.
• Programme, Service & Operating Model Leadership: You will have significant experience in programme, service and/or transition management, leading complex, multi supplier environments where data platforms and analytics capabilities are core to business transformation. You are comfortable managing interdependencies between data, technology, policy, and operational change.
• Digital & Technology Acumen: You are a digital transformation leader with strong understanding of modern data architectures and analytics ecosystems, including data platforms, integration, cloud, governance, and insight delivery. You are fluent in both agile and waterfall delivery approaches and know how to balance pace, risk, and regulatory compliance in large public sector programmes.
• Sector Knowledge: You’re a true public sector insider, with deep expertise in operating models, regulatory landscapes, and the unique demands of organisations like HMRC. You anticipate change, navigate complexity, and bring insight that shapes strategy at the highest level.

Senior leadership experience delivering large scale data, analytics, or insight led transformation programmes. Strong commercial and P&L accountability at programme or account level. Experience leading complex engagements in public sector or highly regulated environments. Ability to engage credibly with executive and senior civil service stakeholders on data driven strategy.