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Hiring: Head of Data & Integrations | Manchester | Major Modernisation Programme
I am partnering with a globally recognised, market-leading food and drink retailer to find a highly capable Head of Data & Integrations. This business is transforming into a truly customer-centric digital powerhouse, and they need a hands-on, delivery-first leader to drive their critical 9-month "Go Faster" modernisation programme.
This is a board-visible role where you will own the design, build, and operation of a modern data engineering and integration estate. The remit here is massive and the pace is fast—perfect for an engineering leader who thrives on delivering complex migrations on credible timelines.
đź’ˇ The Role & Remit
- Data Modernisation: Lead the technical workstream to replatform the data and reporting estate onto Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, and a modern Azure stack.
- Legacy Decommissioning: Manage the controlled, low-risk retirement of legacy MSSQL data warehouses.
- Integration Architecture: Own the integration landscape, driving the migration off a legacy Mulesoft estate onto Azure.
- Leadership: Directly line-manage two Senior Technical Leads, while overseeing a wider, high-performing team of Data Engineers and QA / Test Engineers.
- Incident Management: Act as the senior escalation point for major incidents, requiring resilience and flexibility for out-of-hours or weekend cover during critical change windows.
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🛠️ What We’re Looking For
- Experience: 8+ years in data and integration engineering, with at least 3+ years leading engineering teams of 5+ people through delivery.
- Track Record: Demonstrable, recent hands-on experience leading large-scale platform migrations on short timelines.
- Technical Credibility: Deep, current expertise across Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran (or equivalent ELT), SQL, and Azure data services (Function Apps, Logic Apps, Service Bus). You must be able to read, write, and review code, not just manage the people who do.
- Engineering Standards: Proven experience setting up and running a production-grade SDLC (Git, CI/CD, automated testing, release controls).
- Commercial Acumen: Strong understanding of cloud cost drivers, contract levers, and the ability to brief C-suite stakeholders clearly and without jargon.
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