Head of Data Engineering

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