Head of Data & AI

We make some of the worlds hardest materials: synthetic diamond and tungsten carbide. Our products are found anywhere from surgical tools and semiconductors to the machinery that helps build and maintain infrastructure.

Behind that sits a business that runs on data and increasingly on AI.

As our new Head of Data and AI youll lead the next stage of that journey reporting directly to the Head of IT and Digital Transformation and shaping how data analytics and AI create value across the organisation.

This is a global role supporting 24/7 manufacturing operations across six factories so the data and AI you deliver has to work around the clock.  

Youll own our data platform our analytics and AI products and the cloud compute that powers them.

Leading a high-performing team of four youll set the direction for how E6 turns data into better decisions whether thats optimising manufacturing processes on the shop floor accelerating innovation in R&D or improving efficiency across corporate support functions.

This is a hands-on leadership role. Youll shape strategy and still care about how the pipelines run.

• Own the E6 data and AI strategy end to end from a single source of truth through to AI products that people actually use day to day.
• Lead and grow a team of four across data engineering analytics and AI setting priorities and building capability.
• Run our cloud compute estate globally. Youll own capacity cost performance and security for the platforms our data and AI workloads depend on with the resilience that 24/7 manufacturing demands.
• Deliver governed real-time data foundations across all six factories: trusted datasets shared definitions master data and quality controls that reporting and AI can rely on.
• Take AI from pilot to embedded with clear use cases measurable value and guardrails for responsible use.
• Set and enforce data governance ethics and privacy standards in line with our Data Trust and Integrity framework and relevant regulation.
• Work with senior stakeholders across E6 and De Beers to make the case for investment and show the return.

Qualifications :

Weve mapped this role to the Government Digital and Data (DDaT) Capability Framework so expectations are clear. Youll bring:

• Data and AI leadership (expert): a track record of setting data vision and direction and being the strategic authority people turn to.
• Data governance and ethics (practitioner): youve built the standards not just followed them.
• Data engineering and platforms (practitioner): you understand pipelines APIs and how to build for scale and can hold your own with the engineers.
• Machine learning and applied AI (practitioner): you know where models add value and where they dont.
• Cloud compute (practitioner): hands-on ownership of cloud infrastructure (Azure and Databricks) covering cost capacity resilience and security.
• Stakeholder leadership (expert): you can convince a CFO of the value and explain the same thing to a plant manager.
• People leadership: youve led and developed technical teams ideally across multiple sites or time zones.

Additional Information :

Right to work

All applicants must be able to provide documentation verifying their eligibility to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not provided for this role.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time