Coventry Building Society seeks first chief data officer

The UK’s second-largest building society is seeking a chief data officer (CDO) to help modernise the business.

CBS has over 2,700 employees

Coventry Building Society, a 137-year-old savings and mortgage lender, wants its first CDO to deliver and embed “a new data capability” at the firm to drive new data products and services.

The lender says the new CDO will be working alongside a new leadership team to provide innovative products that appeal to its target customers.

Coventry has more than 2,700 employees and 1.8 million members and says the modernisation of many aspects of its business in the coming years will enable it to do more for the communities and causes it supports.

The lender has embarked on a tech modernisation project in recent years and selected Temenos’ T24 core banking system as part of its digital revamp in 2018.

It opted for a front-to-back revamp using T24, Temenos Channels, Financial Crime Mitigation and Temenos Payments Hub solutions.