Data Director - Multiple Teams

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead health-sector data strategy and modernisation engagements, positioning Azure-based solutions to solve clients' most complex clinical and operational data challenges.

• Guide sales and technical pre-sales activities for Azure andMicrosoftFabric data modernisation solutions, shaping opportunities and defining requirements with health clients.

• Architect end-to-end data platform solutions, integrating Azure Data Lake Storage, Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.

• Design and assure solutions that meet the stringent security, privacy, and regulatory demands of healthcare (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, and relevant health data standards).

• Advise clients on EHR/PAS data integration and the secondary use of clinical data for research, population health, and analytics.

• Oversee delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary programmes, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and compliant.

• Build and manage senior client relationships across C-suite, clinical leadership, and technical stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on health data transformation.

• Stay current on emergingAzure and Fabric capabilities, health data trends, and AI/ML adoption, proactivelyidentifyingopportunities for innovation.

As a Director in PwC, you will be expectedtoalso:

• Guide business development activities toidentifyopportunities on new/existing clients

• Develop market awareness of PwC’s technology brand and service offerings

• Continue to develop industry relationships and your PwC brand

• Lead, train, coach and supervise a small team of technical resources

• Lead the development of your own and team’s technical acumen

• Lead a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Partners

• Lead thefinancial managementof clients

• Cultivate strong working relationships with senior business,technologyand changemanagement stakeholders, in the capacity of a trusted advisor on Data matters

• Establish strategic alliances, and lead joint ventures with key IT suppliers and businesspartners

• Communicate the practical implications of architectural decisions, issues and plans toexecutive, business, technicaldeliveryand IT management stakeholders

Your Profile

Essential

• 15+ years' experience designing, delivering, and leading large-scale enterprise data platforms and transformation programmes.

• Significant, demonstrable experience delivering data programmes within the health / healthcare sector.

• Hands-onexpertisein Microsoft Azure data services: Azure Data Lake Storage, Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Databricks, and related modern data ecosystem tools.

• Strong background in healthcare data governance, security, and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).

• Proven experience with EHR/PAS data architectures and the secondary use of clinical data for research or analytics.

• Experience engaging and influencing senior business, clinical, and technology stakeholders, including C-level executives.

• Proven leadership in developing, mentoring, and managing teams in a fast-paced, client-facingsetting.

• Proventrack recordof successfully delivering complex projects within a consulting orprofessional services environment

• Experience leading and inspiring teams of technical consultants onshore,nearshoreandoffshore

• Experience with large-scale Data strategy development across the health industry

Desirable 

• Emerging hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric.

• Familiarity with AI/ML integration, data democratisation, and modernlakehousepatterns applied to health data.