Data Engagement Director
6 days ago
Worthing
As Engagement Director, you will operate at Capgemini’s Public Sector leadership, shaping data-led transformation across national services. You will lead major client engagements, accountable for large-scale programmes where data, analytics, and AI drive better decision making, operational efficiency, and citizen outcomes. This senior leadership role partners with executive stakeholders, advising on data strategy, analytics transformation, and responsible use of data and AI at scale. This is a senior leadership role with national impact. You will help define excellence for the UK public sector by delivering transformation at scale, growing the business, and building trusted relationships at the highest levels. Hybrid working includes a blend of company offices, client sites, and home, with expectation to work from Worthing, London, or Telford offices 3 days per week. Pre-employment checks will include identity, nationality or immigration status, employment history, and an unspent criminal record check (Disclosure and Barring Service). Client Engagement & Relationship Management: Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders, building trusted advisor relationships focused on data-led outcomes, insight-driven decision making, and long-term capability development, ensuring satisfaction across all touchpoints. This senior leadership role drives 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 align 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 across the practice and wider public sector, identifying and leading opportunities focused on data, analytics, AI, and insight-led transformation; lead proposals and bids and grow consulting revenues through 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; ensure compliance with regulatory and contractual obligations relevant to public sector delivery. Leadership / People Management: Demonstrate advanced leadership with experience leading large, complex, cross-functional teams or major business functions, typically managing senior leaders and directors. • Delivery Excellence: Track record in leading complex, high-value engagements (£15m–£30m+ transformation programmes) with strong commercial judgment and proactive risk management. Responsible for delivery outcomes, financial performance, and client confidence across multi-year programmes., • Data & Analytics Transformation Leadership: Senior-level experience delivering large-scale data and analytics transformation programmes, in complex or regulated environments, including data platforms, analytics, reporting, and insight; may extend to advanced analytics, AI, and automation. Data is viewed as a strategic asset enabling policy decisions, operational effectiveness, fraud detection, compliance, and citizen services at scale., • Programme, Service & Operating Model Leadership: Significant experience in programme, service, and/or transition management, leading complex, multi-supplier environments where data platforms and analytics capabilities are core to transformation; comfortable managing interdependencies between data, technology, policy, and operational change., • Digital & Technology Acumen: Digital transformation leader with strong understanding of modern data architectures and analytics ecosystems, including data platforms, integration, cloud, governance, and insight delivery; fluent in agile and waterfall delivery approaches and able to balance pace, risk, and regulatory compliance in large public sector programmes., • Sector Knowledge: Deep public sector expertise in operating models, regulatory landscapes, and the demands of organisations like HMRC; anticipates change, navigates complexity, and provides strategic insight 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 the public sector or highly regulated environments., • Ability to engage credibly with executive and senior civil service stakeholders on data-driven strategy., • Experience leading public sector engagements, ideally in large government departments., • Strong understanding of government procurement processes and frameworks., • Eligible for UK Security Clearance. We are a Disability Confident Employer. Capgemini is proud to be under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our inclusive recruitment process, we will offer an interview to all candidates who declare a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please opt in during the application process. To be appointed, it is a requirement to obtain security clearance. For SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last five years, along with other criteria and requirements. Throughout the recruitment process, you may be asked about your security clearance eligibility, including country of residence and nationality. Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons. Your wellbeing – You would be joining an accredited Great Place to Work for Wellbeing in 2024. We support staff wellbeing with mental health champions and wellbeing apps to help maintain a healthy and productive workforce. Impactful Experiences – You will reimagine what’s possible by creating value for leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future, working with diverse clients to deliver real impact across the UK. Capgemini offers opportunities to grow clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, inclusive future. We empower free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts to reimagine what’s possible, learn from each other, and shape your future by leveraging technology to innovate and grow our clients’ businesses. Capgemini is a global AI-powered business and technology transformation partner. We deliver end-to-end services across strategy, technology, design, engineering and operations with nearly 60 years of heritage and more than 420,000 colleagues in 50+ countries. 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