[Hiring] Data & AI Strategy Portfolio Lead @Weir

Role Description

You’ll play a key role in solving real-world challenges. Using your expertise, you will help deliver results that matter, whether through technology, planning, innovation, or collaboration. You’ll work with purpose, learn continuously, and contribute to a more sustainable future.

What You'll Do

• Portfolio Ownership & Roadmap Delivery: Own the enterprise Data & AI BAU portfolio and prioritisation cycles, maintaining a rolling roadmap aligned with enterprise objectives and S4+ programme constraints. Lead demand intake, triage, and prioritisation processes, ensuring transparent decision-making and preventing duplication or divergence from target data standards and architecture.
• Delivery Accountability: Take accountability for Data, Analytics, and AI delivery outcomes. Establish outcome-focused governance, including objectives, acceptance criteria, and definitions of success. Monitor delivery performance, dependencies, and risks, escalating issues that may impact programme milestones or enterprise standards.
• AI Enablement & Adoption: Lead the adoption of AI across BAU activities by managing an AI use-case pipeline supported by value hypotheses, adoption plans, and benefit tracking. Make pragmatic decisions on whether initiatives should continue, evolve, or stop based on measurable value, risk, sustainability, and alignment to the future-state vision.
• Governance & Partner Management: Oversee Data & AI governance and external partner performance to ensure adherence to enterprise standards, governance requirements, and risk appetite. Balance business value delivery against the potential for technical debt and future rework.
• Transformation Alignment & BAU Absorption: Maintain business-as-usual momentum throughout the S4+ transformation programme while preparing BAU teams to adopt and sustain the new data foundations post-go-live. Collaborate closely with programme leaders to align standards, controls, and operating practices.
• Safety First: Demonstrate a commitment to Weir’s zero-harm culture and actively support the development of world-class safety behaviours and practices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and delivering Data, Analytics, or AI portfolios in a BAU environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across complex, matrixed organisations.
• Deep expertise in portfolio prioritisation, roadmap management, and balancing value delivery against technical debt.
• Comprehensive understanding of enterprise data platforms, analytics ecosystems, AI adoption approaches, and governance frameworks.

Requirements

• Technical background in data architecture, software development, or transformation delivery.
• Experience delivering Data & AI programmes within multinational organisations.
• Experience supporting organisational change associated with automation and AI adoption.
• Knowledge of portfolio management methodologies or value realisation frameworks.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and rewards package.
• Career development opportunities and ongoing learning support.
• Access to global inclusion networks and communities.
• Regional and team-specific benefits.
• Sharebuilder scheme.
• Health and wellness support for you and your family.
• Opportunities to collaborate with global teams and experts.
• Study assistance and professional development support.