TRIA
Data Engineering Manager
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Head of Data
Southwest London - on site (5 days)
up to £90k + Bens
TRIA are supporting a fast-growing sport & hospitality group, comprising professional football, community programmes & premium hospitality as they hire their first Head of Data. The group is experiencing significant growth and investing in its technology, data and guest experience. In this role, you will lead the build of a modern data capability from the ground up.
If you enjoy making decisions, introducing tooling, setting engineering standards, and rolling up your sleeves, this opportunity could be for you.
As the organisation’s first Head of Data, you will:
- Build a new data environment, from tooling, governance, and engineering practices
- Introduce modern data engineering tooling, pipelines, and modelling
- Deliver hands-on engineering work (75% of the role)
- Establish data security and governance frameworks
- Line manage a small team
- Manage relationships with 3rd-party vendors and technical partners
- Champion data adoption and literacy across the business
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You’ll report directly into the Technology Director and work closely with senior stakeholders to define priorities and deliver high-value outcomes.
This is a blank canvas role - ideal for someone who loves building, shaping, and taking ownership.
What You’ll Be Working On
- Designing and owning a centralised business data lake/warehouse
- Introducing best-practice ETL/ELT pipelines across multiple operational systems
- Implementing data security, auditing, and GDPR compliance
- Driving data availability for reporting, analytics, and operational decision-making
- Creating scalable, reliable, well-structured data models
- Supporting self-service analytics across the business
You’ll also be the person who finally brings clarity, structure, and trust to business data that is currently fragmented and under-utilised.
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We are looking for someone who is:
- A strong, confident character who can influence, challenge, and make decisions
- Technically excellent - particularly in data engineering and platform building
- Experienced defining or rebuilding data environments in SME or scale-up settings
- Comfortable introducing new tooling, tech, and ways of working
- Hands-on and pragmatic - this is not a purely strategic role
- Experienced leading or line managing at least one engineer/analyst
This role requires you to be on site 5 days a week. If you cannot commit to this, please do not apply.
If your experience matches and you would like to be considered, then please apply with an up-to-date CV.
Unfortunately, sponsorship cannot be offered for this role.
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