Head of Data
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About the Company
We're working exclusively with a well-known international consumer brand to find a Head of Data Engineering for a flagship data modernisation programme.
About the Role
Our client is rebuilding their data platform from the ground up, and they need the engineer who can lead it.
Responsibilities
- The full data engineering estate: Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Azure, design, build, operation and roadmap
- A high-performing team: Engineering Delivery Lead, Senior Data Engineers, QA Engineers
- The controlled retirement of legacy MSSQL warehouses, parallel running, reconciliation, cutover
- Engineering standards, CI/CD, automated testing, incident response, and the on-call model
Qualifications
- You are a builder-manager. Your last hands-on contribution was recent, not years ago
- Experienced leading a data platform migration on a real deadline
- Calm under pressure, dependable in incidents, comfortable briefing C-suite audiences without jargon
- Available for occasional out-of-hours escalation, this is a live platform across four trading markets
Required Skills
- The stack: Snowflake · dbt · Fivetran · Azure (Function Apps, Logic Apps, Service Bus) · Power BI
Preferred Skills
- Manchester City Centre, 3 days hybrid · Competitive base + 20% bonus + private medical, UK right to work required, no sponsorship
Pay range and compensation package
Competitive base + 20% bonus + private medical, UK right to work required, no sponsorship
Equal Opportunity Statement
Our client is committed to diversity and inclusivity.