# S6, E4: Driven by Data Dilemmas. Career Crisis! w/ Lisa Allen, Director of Data, The Pensions Regulator

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Podcast: [Driven by Data: The Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/driven-by-data-the-podcast-1318403)
Published: 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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 community@orbitiongroup.com, 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.

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