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# Head of Data Engineering

- **Company:** MAG Manchester Airports Group
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £66,067.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Application Integration Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Computer Programming, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Cloud Services, Google Cloud, Data Storage Technologies, Machine Learning Operations, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5956079922

## About the Role

* Experience in data engineering or a related discipline, including a leadership position
 * Strong experience with medallion architecture and Databricks
 * Proficiency with ETL tools, such as Rivery, and ML-Ops frameworks
 * Strong programming skills in Python, Scala, or Java
 * Experience with cloud data platforms and services, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to bring clarity to complexity and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
 * Proven ability to anticipate problems, remove blockers, and resolve issues effectively

Preferred

 * Experience working in a SaaS environment
 * Exposure to machine learning and AI tooling

## Description

* Team Leadership: Lead, manage and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and innovation.
 * Strategic Ownership: Develop and execute the data engineering strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and long-term data ambitions.
 * Data Architecture: Design, oversee, and continually improve CAVU's data storage, processing, and integration architecture.
 * Pipeline Excellence: Ensure the delivery of scalable, high-quality data pipelines for ingestion, transformation and storage.
 * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with data science, analytics, product, and engineering teams to ensure data is accessible, discoverable, and meets CAVU standards.
 * Data Quality & Governance: Establish and champion best practices for data quality, governance, observability, and security.
 * Technology Evaluation: Stay ahead of data engineering trends and evaluate emerging tools to enhance the team's capabilities.
 * Resource Management: Ensure the efficient use of infrastructure, technology, and team resources.
 * Stakeholder Management: Anticipate issues, remove blockers, and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About You

You're a strategic and hands-on data leader with a passion for building scalable systems, high-performing teams, and exceptional data products. You're motivated by solving complex problems, enabling others to thrive, and shaping the future of data at CAVU.

You'll be comfortable operating as part of a senior leadership team, managing both teams and managers, and supporting a global data function.