DAMA UK Learning Series. Career Lab: Progressing your data career

Career Lab: Progressing Your Data Career is a practical, interactive workshop designed to help data professionals clarify their career direction, strengthen their professional profile and understand how to stand out in today’s data job market. Participants will explore how they want to be perceived, what employers are looking for, and how to use AI thoughtfully to support—not replace—their own career development.

Learning outcomes:

• Define how you want to be perceived as a data professional
• A framework for a strong professional brand / profile (CV and/or LinkedIn)
• Understand what the market looks for
• Ai prompts that will support you (not do it for you!)

Mark Townsend is Head of Client Services at KDR Talent Solutions, and has operated exclusively in the Data, Analytics and AI domain for 16 years, he runs a community-led content outlet called Inside Data, which explores the culture, trust and outcomes behind successful data teams providing market insights and value-added content. Mark has advised organisations from start-up to global household names on talent related issues from attraction through to retention, team structure and role architectures and is passionate about giving back to the community he has served for over a decade. In recent times, Mark and KDR have become proactive sponsors of DAMA UK, where Mark mentors members on career and hiring topics and has appeared, hosted and moderated a number of webinars and in person panels.