Head of Data Engineering
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Job description
Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers, while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability. At Heathrow, you can be part of this - providing solutions that make every journey better for millions each year. That means ensuring we meet the changing needs of the passengers, colleagues and partners who use our airport to work, travel, trade, shop, eat, explore and connect. Our Solutions team covers project management, process improvement, business change, technology, cyber defence, masterplanning, infrastructure and procurement. It brings together people with the skills to deliver prestigious and often large-scale projects, from transforming terminals to making big reductions in our carbon emissions.
Every day will test your skills and give you the opportunity to make your mark. You might be working with the technology and data that power our city within a city, driving vital commercial agreements with everyone from retailers to airlines, or improving the unique infrastructure that includes everything from 200 buildings to 250 HV substations. It's a collaborative environment, where you can rely on the support of the experts around you as you take on projects you'll both take pride in and feel passionate about.
In this pivotal senior leadership role, you'll shape and deliver the engineering vision behind our data products, pipelines, and platforms. You'll build a high-performing team, drive DataOps maturity, and ensure our data ecosystem is reliable, scalable, secure, and ready for advanced analytics and AI.
You'll collaborate closely with leaders across Data Products, Data Governance, AI & Data Science, IT Architecture, and IT Platforms to create real business value - from airport operations to passenger experience.
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Enterprise-scale data engineering
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Automation, optimisation, and operational excellence across data pipelines
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Data architecture, integration, and governance enforcement
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High-performing engineering teams and continuous improvement culture
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Supplier, vendor, and financial management for data engineering services
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Proven leadership in complex, regulated enterprise environments
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Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and modern cloud-native data engineering
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Strong DataOps/MLOps delivery experience
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Excellent stakeholder management up to Exec level
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Data architecture expertise & experience managing multimillion-pound budgets, Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow . Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Leadership?
Benefits & conditions
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we'll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we'll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you'll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
