Arielle Rolland.

Global insurance client · Data Product Strategy Quality Lead

• Provided strategic leadership to validate alignment between strategy, client expectations, and industry best practices.

Banking technology client · Strategic Data Product Acceleration Lead (Jan 2026 → present, 60%)

• Leading a team of 5 onshore and offshore FTE to identify high-value use cases with clearly defined Data Product and platform requirements, guiding a 3-year data transformation roadmap.
• Oversee the development of a Data Products catalogue aligned to prioritised use cases, based on value and cost drivers.
• Oversee assessment of AI agents required to accelerate the Data Product development lifecycle and identify the technical foundation for deployment.
• Oversee enhancement of the current Information Model, guided by the BIAN data model, to support scalable data architecture.

Global pharmaceutical client · Data Governance & Taxonomy Lead (Jan 2025 → present, 40%)

• Defined and executed a long-term data governance strategy, securing executive alignment and embedding governance into operations.
• Led and line-managed a team of three data governance specialists, driving collaboration with the platform team to implement and configure governance tooling.
• Led the rollout of standardised access, ownership, and data quality practices. Implemented data contracts to automate governance on Azure Databricks.
• Established a trusted taxonomy team and delivered 25 reusable core data products supporting a resource allocation simulator and a supply chain control tower dashboard.
• Onboarded business KPI owners and allocated 6 data owners / stewards across the portfolio to ensure accountability of the data.
• Integrated metadata into the Marketplace and Databricks to enhance discoverability and classification.
• Rolled out a scalable Data Quality Issue Resolution Process, embedding data stewards.

Aviation client · GenAI Strategy Advisor

• Spearheaded process reinvention initiatives utilising GenAI to assess value, risk, and cost across legal and HR sectors.
• Conducted comprehensive market assessments followed by launching a proof of concept for a selected GenAI solution. Reduced response time for routine HR and legal queries and removed dependence on two outsourced lawyers.

Nordic banking client · Data Product Strategy Specialist

• Co-led a team of five consultants on an enterprise-wide data product maturity assessment. Defined a 2-year strategy and roadmap for data product implementation.
• Defined a comprehensive data product strategy covering technology enablement, data modelling principles, clear ownership and operating model, and data lifecycle.
• Built a supporting capability map and developed a Data Marketplace strategy, including build-vs-buy analysis and a detailed execution plan to enable scalable, federated data product delivery.

FTSE 100 bank · Functional Delivery Lead

• Large data transformation implementing a data mesh architecture with a series of core data products to support the operational backbone within the bank, while migrating to cloud.
• Led scoping and traceability across the delivery lifecycle of 37+ data products.
• Recruited and line-managed 4 junior Business Analysts. Oversaw 12 senior Data Analysts in refining and designing requirements.
• Drove implementation of a new "One Team" delivery operating model to accelerate ways of working and remove inefficiencies, applying SAFe.
• Led engagement with senior platform leads across various technological domains to establish consensus on time, effort, and cost required to enable programme delivery.
• Expanded scope into Cost & Investment Management, generating $2M in new business.

UK telecoms client · ML & AI Product Manager

• Supported a large-scale data transformation programme to migrate analytics assets to the cloud, shifting from IT-led delivery to a product-focused approach.
• Served as Product Owner for two cross-functional teams (Feature Store, ML Compute), each of five members. Oversaw backlog prioritisation, sprint planning, and deployment.
• Managed catalogue inventory of 500+ data products ready for migration.
• Co-defined and co-designed the solution. Accelerated delivery by 3 months.
• Delivered measurable cost savings through 66% feature reduction, 40% fewer outbound integrations, and 10% less data ingestion by decommissioning idle assets.

UK telecoms operator · Customer Journey Analytics Product Owner

• Designed a Customer Journey Analytics solution supporting 80+ use cases across six business groups.
• Led end-to-end delivery: requirements gathering, integration blueprint, interface agreements, data modelling, and BI platform enablement for visualisation.
• Expanded role to marketing reporting by conducting fit-gap analysis of operational marketing reporting capabilities and supporting tools.

UK broadcast client · Business Analyst

• Supported the "One Campaign" initiative, reimagining targeted advertising across broadcast TV.
• Assessed and defined the impact of content management tools across the end-to-end campaign lifecycle.

Public sector broadcaster · Project Analyst

• Evaluated profitability and feasibility of dynamic ad targeting for broadcast TV.
• Assessed regulatory implications, conducted vendor evaluations, developed channel rollout plan.
• Translated complex technical requirements into an implementation plan to support a go / no-go decision.