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Data Engineering Manager
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The Role
Are you an experienced data leader who is passionate about building high-performing teams and delivering modern, scalable data solutions?
We're looking for a Data Engineering Manager to lead our Data Engineering function and play a key role in delivering our data strategy and transformation agenda. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of data across the business, driving innovation, enabling data-informed decision making, and ensuring our data platforms and pipelines are secure, reliable, and fit for the future.
Working closely with the Head of Data & Analytics, you'll provide both strategic direction and hands-on leadership, helping to build a data environment that empowers teams across the organisation to unlock value from data.
What We Want You To Do
- Lead and evolve the Data Engineering function, ensuring the right people, processes, platforms, and capabilities are in place to deliver business value.
- Own and deliver the Data Engineering roadmap, partnering with senior stakeholders to align priorities with organisational objectives and future growth.
- Drive the design, delivery, and optimisation of scalable, secure, and resilient data platforms, pipelines, and integrations that enable trusted, data-driven decision making.
- Provide technical and people leadership, establishing engineering standards and best practices while coaching and developing a high-performing team.
- Champion innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, enhancing automation, governance, and engineering maturity while fostering strong relationships across business and technology teams.
What Success In The Role Looks Like
- Successfully delivering the Data Engineering roadmap against strategic business objectives.
- Maintaining a resilient, secure, and scalable data platform that supports the growing needs of the organisation.
- Developing a highly engaged and high-performing Data Engineering team with clear succession and development plans.
- Improving data quality, governance, accessibility, and adoption across the business.
- Building effective partnerships with stakeholders and suppliers that deliver measurable business value.
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What You’ll Bring To The Role
- Proven leadership experience managing and developing Data Engineering or similar technical teams within complex business environments.
- Extensive experience designing, delivering, and supporting enterprise-scale data platforms, pipelines, and integration solutions, with a proven track record delivering successful data transformation initiatives.
- Strong technical expertise in Azure, Databricks, T-SQL, and modern cloud-based data technologies, with a solid understanding of data architecture, integration patterns, and governance principles.
- Demonstrated ability to develop technical roadmaps and translate strategic goals into delivery plans, while effectively managing stakeholders, third-party suppliers, and multiple data sources.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire, develop, and engage both technical and non-technical teams.
- Proven stakeholder management skills, building trusted relationships and influencing outcomes across all levels of the organisation.
- A strategic and commercially minded approach, able to translate business objectives into effective technical solutions and priorities.
- Highly organised and adaptable, with excellent planning, decision-making, and problem-solving skills in fast-paced and evolving environments.
Why Choose Clear Business?
Clear Business was established with the goal of simplifying our customers' lives and making our colleagues' experiences more rewarding.
As one of the top providers for small businesses in the UK, we offer a truly distinctive service by providing all essential services in one place: phone, broadband, mobile, water, gas, green electricity, payment services, and insurance.
We have ambitious growth plans, and we're committed to helping our people grow with us. You'll be given the support, flexibility, and opportunities you need to build a successful and rewarding career.
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In return for your hard work, you’ll get
- Competitive Salary, plus an annual bonus of up to 10%, rewarding your contribution and performance.
- Pension contributions and life assurance coverage.
- Generous discounts at numerous high street and online retailers.
- 25 days holiday, increasing to 28 days through length of service.
- Paid time off to celebrate your birthday every year.
- Buy up to 10 additional holidays and sell up to 5 days annually.
- Cycle to work and travel loans for people wanting a greener commute.
- Wellbeing support, including 24-hour GP access, mental health support, fitness programmes, and legal and financial advice.
- Paid time off for volunteering and charity matching for fundraising activities.
- Fantastic on-site amenities including a complimentary gym, free parking, and free breakfast.
- Plus a range of additional benefits and wellbeing initiatives designed to support you both inside and outside of work.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance
- Full-time, permanent position (37.5 hours per week).
- No weekend working and every bank holiday off, helping you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
- Hybrid working opportunities available following successful completion of your probation period and demonstration of consistent performance.
What Happens Next
If you’re looking for a new challenge with great benefits, then Clear Business is the place for you. To be part of our continued success, click ‘Apply’ today to take the next step in your career.
Across Clear Business, we’re passionate about creating an inclusive team and celebrating our diversity. We want talented people with great skills and matching values to join our teams.
All successful candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.
Please note that this vacancy may close early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications; however, we may retain your application on file for future opportunities.
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