Data Strategy & Advisory Leader - Retail Banking

As an experienced Retail Banking data delivery and sales leader, you will be expected to drive the commercial growth of our Data Practice in the Retail Banking domain, in close partnership with our Business Consulting Domain Leads. As part of this, you will drive client mapping, prospect identification, and pipeline development & management. You will also drive the shaping of data propositions to solve Retail Banking client data challenges and deliver sustainable outcomes.

In your role in developing the Retail Banking Data capability within Capco, you will:

Identify and research business development opportunities on new or existing clients and aid the development of client proposals and bids
Have a strong commercial focus, ability to develop client relationships, and direct sales opportunities
Shape and take to market propositions to solve Retail Banking client data challenges and deliver sustainable business outcomes
Build market networks and relationships, to enhance the market awareness of the UK Data Practice
Contribute to internally and externally-facing innovation practice in your field
Create a collaborative culture, driving talent development, and providing mentoring and coaching for those developing their careers in data
Be comfortable working across multiple projects and initiatives, driving the growth of new and existing data capabilities, engaging internal and external stakeholders
You will be adept at managing commercial growth targets in conjunction with client delivery, and will also mobilize, scale, and lead large mixed Capco / client teams and provide expert Retail Banking data advisory to deliver a diverse set of outcomes, such as:

Enabling Retail Banking digital transformation and data-driven decision-making underpinned by robust data capabilities
Defining and operationalizing Retail Banking data strategies
Uplifting client data literacy and culture through structured programmes
Designing and embedding data management frameworks, including through implementation of data management policies, standards, processes and operating procedures
Steering the deployment, implementation and rollout of new data management tooling
Your Skills and Experience

Most importantly, you'll have a passion for data. You will bring your track-record in driving data change to enable clients to achieve their business outcomes.

To qualify for the role, you will have most of the following:

8+ years of data consulting experience likely in a senior management or director position, with at least 5 years' experience in the Retail Banking industry
Demonstrable experience providing deep Retail Banking data advisory at C-suite and similar level
Extensive experience partnering with financial institutions to shape and operationalize data strategies at an Enterprise-level in an advisory capacity
A passion for providing high-quality data advisory that delivers lasting change
Experience in spearheading new business opportunities, including through structured account and domain planning and pipeline management
Highly effective communication, rapport-building and influencing skills, with an ability to consistently build lasting relationships at all levels
Deep and extensive understanding of Data Strategy, Data Management, and Data Analytics principles, and one or more of several common Data Management methodologies and capability models (e.g. DAMA DMBOK, DCAM, CDMC) and toolsets
Deep understanding of the end-to-end data ecosystem (e.g. Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Privacy & Security) and cross-capability interactions
Ability to develop working relationships with a wide variety of clients, from C-suite to technical resources, balancing conflicting priorities
Background managing business and technical teams to deliver projects of varying sizes, from incubating innovative products to delivering large scale transformations
Proven experience in programme execution, business analysis and change management – proven ability to shape, design, and manage the execution of data programmes
Experienced working in a multi-client environment that emphasises collaboration, and teamwork.
Experienced in recruiting and developing teams
Data at Capco

Capco's global Data Practice of 800+ practitioners are an established team of data strategists, analysts, scientists, architects, and engineers who help client teams harness the power of data to drive insight, optimise performance, and commercialise data opportunities. We enable financial institutions to become data-driven by helping transform their understanding, and use of data to derive value. We translate strategy into action – designing, implementing, and mobilising innovative data capabilities with a focus on efficiency and scalability, and partnering with leading vendors and industry bodies.

Collaboration, enthusiasm, and encouragement are key in ensuring we maintain our culture through working in an environment where clients become colleagues. We are looking for a candidate who will empower the team, drive high standards, grow the capability, and deliver customer focused outcomes.

Our clients and peers voted us as the A-Team Best Consultancy in Data Management for three years running, and we also won the Best Consultancy of the Year 2024 in the British Banking Awards.

Why Join Capco?

You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry.

We offer:


A work culture focused on innovation and creating lasting value for our clients and employees
Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise
A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients