Tech Stack
Leadership
Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Data Engineering Manager
Location: London, England (Hybrid - 3 days onsite)
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 + bonus
We're partnering with a well-established organization undergoing a significant data transformation. They're looking for a senior leader to guide multiple engineering workstreams, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery while developing a high-performing team. Sponsorship is not available for this role.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop data engineering teams and managers
- Oversee multiple delivery streams with predictable, outcome-driven execution
- Act as a senior point of contact for stakeholders across tech and business
- Assure delivery quality, managing risk, velocity, and performance
- Drive continuous improvement across tooling, processes, and ways of working
- Manage third-party partners and hold them accountable for outcomes
- Support service transition into stable operational support models
Requirements
- Proven experience leading data engineering teams (including direct line management)
- Strong people leadership: coaching, development, performance management
- Demonstrated ownership of multi-squad or programme-level delivery
- Experience working with external vendors and ensuring quality delivery
- Solid understanding of modern cloud-based data platforms (hands-on familiarity with Azure preferred)
- Exposure to low-code platforms and workflow automation tooling
- Comfortable operating in enterprise cloud and DevOps environments (Azure)
- Experience with service transition, BAU ownership, or support models
- Skilled in stakeholder management at senior/exec level
- Ability to balance technical judgement with strategic leadership
- Track record of improving delivery capability or scaling functions
- Calm, structured leadership style in complex environments
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work in a hybrid model
- Be part of a significant data transformation journey
About the Company
We are partnering with a well-established organization that is undergoing a significant data transformation. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead and shape the future of their data engineering efforts.