# Director Technology - Data Platforms

Director Technology - Data Platforms London, UK We are looking for a senior data leader to join Simple Machines in London as part of our Global Data Practice leadership team. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role focused on helping shape the future direction of our data platform capability across the UK and Europe. The individual will play a key role in defining our propositions, strengthening our technical capability, and helping clients modernise their data ecosystems for an AI-native future. The role requires someone equally comfortable operating at executive, architectural, commercial, and delivery levels. We are looking for a leader who understands where enterprise data platforms are heading over the next five years, not where they were five years ago. Key Responsibilities: - Part of the Global Data Practice leadership team - Helping define and evolve Simple Machines’ data platform propositions, technical direction, and strategic positioning - Advising enterprise clients on modern data platform strategy, architecture, operating models, and AI readiness - Supporting organisations as they evolve from traditional centralised data platforms toward AI-native, real-time,

- **Id**: 780516
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/simplemachines-director-technology-data-platforms-2>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-05-20T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-05-20
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T01:30:06Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 172
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4775
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Analytics & BI Consulting, Data Engineering & Migration Services

## Company

- **Id**: 720743
- **Name**: Simplemachines
- **Domain**: simplemachines.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/simplemachines-2>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 13
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 148
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 126000
- **Max usd**: 237000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 71

## Technologies

- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **dbt** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Snowflake** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 171

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T00:41:34Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 36
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.822
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 172
- **Expected fill days**: 148
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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