Data Integration Manager

Title: Data and Integration Manager

Location: Surrey (hybrid) - 2 days / week

Salary: £47,000 - £69,000 per annum

Full time: Permanent

Benefits: 30 days + 8 bank holidays + university closure days | 15% Employer Contribution pension scheme | Many more

Essential skills:

• Strong experience with integration technologies and practice (APIs, ETL, messaging)
• Ability to think strategically about systems and data without a formal architectural background
• A track record of delivering improvements, not just maintaining systems
• Experience managing / Leading a team - ability to challenge, and energise a technical team

This isn’t a “keep the lights on” role.

This is a career-defining opportunity to take ownership of a critical function at a renowned UK university and transform how data and integrations power the organisation.

What we're looking for?

This role suits someone who combines technical credibility with leadership drive.

You might be:

• A Senior/Lead Data Engineer or Integration Specialist ready to step up
• An Integration Architect who still enjoys being close to delivery
• A Hands-on Manager who has led teams through change

About the role

The university is currently going through MS Fabric transition to modernise their current Data platform.This role has a clear mandate to modernise enterprise integration and data platforms, with senior sponsorship and funding already in place. Reporting to a senior digital leader, you’ll take ownership of strategy, architecture, and standards, while leading a capable technical team and working closely with stakeholders across the organisation.

Right now, integration is the biggest priority on the CIO’s agenda. It touches every system, every department, and every major initiative, from finance and HR to student services.

They need someone who can step in, take control, and build something better.

Desirable Skills:

• Microsoft‐centric integration tooling (e.g. ADF, SSIS, Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management)
• Modern data lakehouse platforms (e.g. Microsoft Fabric, Spark, Delta Lake, or equivalent)
• Reference data design, reusable integration patterns, or automated testing in integration environments
• Large, complex, or public‐sector style organisations

Why join?

• High visibility role with direct impact across the university
• Backed by senior leadership as a top strategic priority
• Opportunity to shape architecture, tooling, and ways of working
• A team that is skilled, motivated, and ready for change
• Real scope to leave a lasting legacy

If you’re looking for a role where you can own the outcome, drive real change, and build something modern from the ground up, this is it.

Apply now or reach out to Yafet Okubet on y.okubet@gravitasgroup.com to discuss further.