Data Engineering Lead – Up to £50,000 + Bonus + Exceptional Benefits (Civil Service Pension) + Hybrid (Stratford, London)

We're looking for a Data Engineering Lead who has acted as a dedicated lead/mentor to a small data engineering function with scope to scale. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development of enterprise-wide data solutions that provide clear visibility of performance, value delivery, and strategic outcomes.

Working with senior stakeholders across technology, finance, product, and portfolio teams, you'll transform complex and fragmented datasets into meaningful insights that enable better decision-making across the organisation.

If you have demonstrated the ability to lead a team within Data, please apply. Unfortunately, Senior Data Engineers with no prior experience leading a team will not be considered.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and build scalable data pipelines that integrate data from operational, financial, and project delivery platforms.
• Develop robust ETL/ELT processes and data models to support performance reporting, benefit tracking, and strategic analytics.
• Create and maintain executive-level dashboards using Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Tableau, or similar technologies.
• Build automated monitoring and alerting solutions to identify performance risks, trends, and opportunities.
• Establish a trusted, organisation-wide source of data to support prioritisation, planning, and investment decisions.
• Work closely with business, technology, finance, and portfolio stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Champion data governance, quality, security, and compliance best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting, analytics, and data engineering capabilities.