Head of Data Engineering | Manchester (Hybrid) | Permanent
We're working exclusively with a well-known international consumer brand to find a Head of Data Engineering for a flagship data modernisation programme.
Our client is rebuilding their data platform from the ground up, and they need the engineer who can lead it.
The programme
board-visible modernisation replacing a fragmented legacy estate with a unified Snowflake / dbt / Fivetran / Azure stack across four markets.
What you'll own:
* The full data engineering estate: Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Azure, design, build, operation and roadmap
* A high-performing team: Engineering Delivery Lead, Senior Data Engineers, QA Engineers
* The controlled retirement of legacy MSSQL warehouses, parallel running, reconciliation, cutover
* Engineering standards, CI/CD, automated testing, incident response, and the on-call model
You are:
* A builder-manager. Your last hands-on contribution was recent, not years ago
* Experienced leading a data platform migration on a real deadline
* Calm under pressure, dependable in incidents, comfortable briefing C-suite audiences without jargon
* Available for occasional out-of-hours escalation, this is a live platform across four trading markets
The stack: Snowflake · dbt · Fivetran · Azure (Function Apps, Logic Apps, Service Bus) · Power BI
The basics: Manchester City Centre, 3 days hybrid · Competitive base + 20% bonus + private medical, UK right to work required, no sponsorship