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S6, E4: Driven by Data Dilemmas. Career Crisis! w/ Lisa Allen, Director of Data, The Pensions Regulator
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- Driven by Data: The Podcast
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- Feb 10, 2026
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Summary
Today on the Driven by Data Dilemmas Show, host Catherine Dowden-King is joined by Lisa Allen, Director of Data, The Pensions Regulator. In this episode, they discuss three key stories surrounding a career crisis. They discuss how someone can come into the data world as entry-level talent, someone re-adjusting their role in the data space, and the challenges being seen in the data engineer market. Lisa offers her advice on entering the market and how to be a competitive candidate, and words of caution to her fellow leaders. Remember, you can send your own dilemmas to [email protected], and Catherine will gladly read them to our expert guests to answer and provide their own insight on. Driven by Data Dilemmas is the spin-off show from the Driven by Data Podcast! Catherine Dowden-King is joined by some of our best-loved senior leaders in the data, analytics and AI space to ask them to share their experiences, advice and thoughts on data dilemmas.