Head of Data Engineering

Head of Data Engineering

Asset Management
Location: Manchester
Working: 3 days onsite (Tues-Thurs)
Salary: £130k + extensive package (TC circa £200k)

The Role

Leading multiple teams of Data, DataOps & MLOps Engineers within a global asset manager's European Data & Analytics function. You'll own the data engineering strategy, driving the build of AI-ready, cloud-native data platforms that power analytics, data science and business decision-making across the UK & Europe.

This is a senior leadership role with a focus on strategy, delivery and team development (no hands-on work expected).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, scale and develop multiple data engineering teams
• Own and deliver largescale data platform and pipeline initiatives (ETL/ELT)
• Define and implement data architecture aligned to AI and analytics strategy
• Partner with senior stakeholders across business and technology
• Drive data quality, governance and engineering best practices
• Oversee planning, prioritisation and execution of data projects

Key Requirements

• Proven leadership of multiple engineering teams
• Strong Data Engineering / DataOps background
• Experience in large, dataheavy environmentsPython / PySpark for endto-end pipelines
• Strong AWS experience (design & deployment)
• Deep knowledge of data modelling, warehousing & lakehouse concepts
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  Agile delivery experience

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McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.