Senior Data Operations Manager
Hybrid: 1–2 days per week in the office (North West)
Paying up to £80,000 + bens
Permanent
Experis are delighted to be partnering with a well-established and reputable organisation as they continue to mature and modernise their data capabilities. We are supporting them in the search for a Data Operations Manager as part of their leadership team, responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, and continual improvement of their enterprise data platforms.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong technical foundations and proven leadership experience in data engineering, data operations or data platform support. You’ll shape modern DataOps practices, lead a growing team, and play a pivotal part in the organisation’s data transformation journey.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Ensuring robust and reliable delivery of data products, tools, and services across the business.
* Overseeing pipeline and platform health, maintaining SLAs, and driving rapid issue resolution.
* Establishing proactive incident management processes, including monitoring, alerting, and root cause analysis.
* Leading, developing, and coaching a high-performing team of Data Operations Engineers.
* Driving modern DataOps capabilities aligned to the Group’s Data Strategy, including automation, observability, and engineering best practice.
* Acting as a technical authority on data operations, advising on monitoring, alerting, platform management, and operational standards.
Experience Required
* Leading or managing data engineering, support, or DataOps teams.
* Strong communicator, with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels.
* Strong SQL and/or Python, with an understanding of Data Warehouse and Data Lake architectures.
* Managing data platforms in cloud (AWS/Azure) or hybrid environments
* Modern data tooling such as Snowflake, DBT, Fivetran, Power BI, MuleSoft (desirable).
* Familiarity with work management tools such as JIRA and ServiceNow (desirable)
If you're interested in learning more, please reach out to Jacob Ferdinand at Jacob.ferdinand@experis.co.uk