Head of Data Engineering

About the role

Role: Head of Data Engineering Location: Manchester based office – Hybrid working Package: £90k OTE PHMG is continuing to develop and mature its data capability, focusing on modernising our data platform and enhancing the way we work. This creates further opportunities to leverage data more effectively, allowing us to better serve our customers and colleagues. As part of this continued development, we are looking to strengthen our Data Engineering capability and maximise the value from the wealth of data held across the organisation. To support this vision, we are seeking a Head of Data Engineering.

What you’ll do

• Lead, manage and develop the Data Engineering team, building capability, resilience and strong ways of working.
• Own PHMG's core data platform, architecture, data warehouse and associated pipelines, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, maintainable and cost-effective.
• Own Data Engineering delivery, ensuring work is appropriately designed, prioritised and delivered to agreed standards.
• Establish and embed strong engineering practices across source control, CI/CD, testing, code review, documentation, monitoring and error handling.
• Work closely with the wider Data team to translate the Data Strategy and business priorities into an effective engineering roadmap and delivery plan.
• Work closely with IT, Infrastructure and other engineering teams on architecture, integrations, migrations and platform decisions.
• Identify and evaluate opportunities to improve the performance, reliability and efficiency of PHMG's data capability, including the use of emerging technologies.