Peaple Talent
Data Engineering Manager
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Data Engineering Manager | Bristol (once a week) | £90,000 - £100,000
Peaple Talent is partnering with a leading international healthcare organisation undergoing a major enterprise-wide data transformation. As the business continues to invest in modern data capabilities, they are looking for a Data Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team and play a critical role in shaping the future of their data platform.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation transitioning to a modern Databricks Lakehouse architecture. You'll also be pivotal in the move to a federated data platform.
We're looking for an experienced Data Engineering leader who enjoys combining technical leadership with people management, driving engineering excellence while delivering strategic data initiatives that have real business impact.
What You'll Bring
- Proven experience leading Data Engineering teams in a management or technical leadership capacity
- Strong experience delivering modern data platforms, including SQL Data Warehouses and Azure Databricks
- Experience building scalable, reliable cloud-based data products
- Track record of leading platform modernisation or large-scale data transformation programmes
- Strong understanding of data engineering best practices, platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence
- Experience managing engineering delivery, prioritisation, and quality across multiple workstreams
- Ability to coach, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate effectively across both technical and business audiences
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Nice to Have
- Experience implementing or supporting a federated data platform or Data Mesh architecture
- Strong knowledge of Azure cloud technologies and the Microsoft data ecosystem
- Experience with Databricks Lakehouse architecture
- Exposure to DataOps, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code
- Experience defining engineering standards, governance, and platform strategy
- Background working within large, multi-site or international organisations
- Experience balancing strategic platform investment with business delivery priorities
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Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Remote-first working with occasional travel (typically once or twice per month)
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Green Car salary sacrifice scheme
- Flexible benefits package
- Employee discounts and cashback platform
- Ongoing learning and professional development
- Clear career progression opportunities
- Opportunity to work on a major enterprise data transformation programme with long-term strategic impact
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