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 environments
- Python / 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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