VP, Data - Funding Circle

We’re on a mission to back the UK’s small businesses like no one else

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we’re here to help them win. We’ve built a platform that uses clever data to get them the funding they need in minutes, not weeks.

At Funding Circle, we have the restless energy of a fintech start-up with the stability of a public company. It’s a unique mix that gives Circlers the autonomy to take ownership and the scale to make an impact that truly counts.

We’re a high-performing team that chooses to lift each other up. We challenge, we champion, and we have each other’s backs - because we know that when we stand together, we move faster and build better.

The impact is real: Last year alone, the businesses on our platform generated £7.2bn for the UK economy Come and join a mission that matters!

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The role

London (Hybrid) | 2 days in the office | Competitive Salary + Benefits

Reporting to our CTO, the VP Data leads an enterprise-wide mandate shaping how data powers our organisation. Directing a team of specialists across Data Engineering, Data Platform, and Data Product Management, you’ll define and deliver the next phase of our data modernisation, ensuring the data foundations are in place to support our AI-native ambitions and leading our data transformation project.

We’ve heavily invested in our data capability in recent years; establishing clear direction and putting a strong team in place. Now, the shift is all about execution, adoption, and scaling impact.

You’ll build on this momentum by expanding our enterprise data foundations, defining, building and adopting critical domain-aligned data products, and embedding effective data governance across the business. Sitting at the heart of our tech agenda, your work will directly accelerate product development, operational automation, and smarter commercial decisions.

Driving business value through leading our data transformation and implementing snowflake to power business-wide scaling

Defining, building and implementing critical data products and delivering sustainable change to how we manage and process data

Implement Funding Circle’s group-wide Data Strategy ensuring alignment with the broader Group Strategy and Technology Strategy

Establish reliable data standards and working methodologies that guarantee long-term data integrity

Refine our overall data roadmap, converting technology investments into measurable business efficiencies

Build and maintain strong relationships at Senior and Executive levels across Funding Circle to understand and shape their planning to take full advantage of our data

What we’re looking for

We are seeking an established Data Executive who thrives on solving complex technical and organisational challenges in a high-growth environment.