Head of Data & AI

Trade Nation is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Head of Data & AI to lead our data and artificial intelligence strategy across the organisation. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role combines two interconnected mandates: enabling self-service access to data across the business and embedding AI into everyday operations.

As a multi-jurisdictional CFD and spread betting broker with regulated entities across the UK, Australia, the EU, the Bahamas and Seychelles, we are looking for a leader who can build on our existing data foundations, scale successful initiatives, simplify organically grown processes and drive measurable business impact through AI.

The role is weighted approximately 60% towards AI and 40% towards Data, leading a team of Data Analysts while partnering closely with Data Engineering, Compliance and senior business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive Trade Nation's AI strategy from opportunity identification through to deployment, adoption and value realisation
• Redesign business workflows around AI, focusing on practical outcomes rather than tool adoption.
• Build AI capability through training, prompt libraries, templates and a network of AI champions.
• Measure and report AI adoption, success metrics and lessons learned.
• Own the business-facing gold layer of the data warehouse, including metrics, definitions and quality standards.
• Develop and extend the semantic data model to ensure consistent, trusted access to business data.
• Champion data self-service, empowering teams to answer their own questions efficiently.
• Establish and maintain best practices for analytics engineering, including testing, version control, documentation and code reviews.
• Simplify and improve the quality of the data estate.
• Deliver proactive insights and recommendations to senior leadership.