Head of Data - Preston A Head of Data / Head of Business Intelligence to lead the design, development, and enhancement of the data infrastructure and pipelines is required by a leading company based in Preston. The role offers Hybrid working, so 2 - 3 days in the office a week. You must have the following: Proven experience as Head of Data / Head of Business Intelligence with some management experience Experience handling large datasets, complex data pipelines, big data processing frameworks and technologies Experience with data modelling, Databricks, data integration ETL processes and designing efficient data structures Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala Data warehousing concepts and dimensional modelling experience Any data engineering skills in Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric would be a bonus This new role involves building & managing a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to ensure robust, scalable, and aligned data solutions for delivering high-quality care. The ideal candidate will lead the design and execution of cloud-based based scalable data storage solutions, oversee ETL pipeline development and optimisation, establish and manage data schemas and dictionaries, develop data integration solutions, and lead data cleansing, validation, and enrichment processes. Duties include: Working closely with analysts and software engineers to turn your business needs into solid data engineering solutions. You'll also be creating comprehensive reports to share your findings. You'll be on the lookout for performance bottlenecks and working to optimise data processing and query performance. This will help make sure your data pipeline is scalable and ready to handle big loads. You'll also be setting up monitoring frameworks to keep an eye on how your data pipeline is doing. Be responsible for making sure that your data meets scalability and availability targets. This will involve performance tuning and other measures to keep your data running smoothly. Taking care of data security, including access controls and encryption. You'll make sure that all sensitive data is protected and safe. You'll be ensuring that all data handling complies with relevant data protection and privacy regulations & documenting data engineering processes and configurations to keep a detailed knowledge base. Leading collaborations with stakeholders to align data services with business requirements. My client is looking to pay up to £85,000 Flexible working (2 - 3 days per week in the office). To apply, press apply now or send your CV to Keywords: Head of Data Engineering / Azure Databricks / ETL / Python / data modelling Flexible working - Preston - Blackpool - Manchester - Warrington - Liverpool - Bolton - Blackburn Circle Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Earn yourself a referral bonus if you refer somebody else who fills the role! We also offer an iPad if you refer a new client to us and we recruit for them. Follow us on Facebook - Circle Recruitment, Twitter - @Circle_Rec and LinkedIn - Circle Recruitment.