Head of Data Engineering

Head of Data Engineering Asset Management Location: Manchester Working: 3 days onsite (Tues-Thurs) Salary: £130k + extensive package (TC circa £200k) The Role Leading multiple teams of Data, DataOps & MLOps Engineers within a global asset manager's European Data & Analytics function. You'll own the data engineering strategy, driving the build of AI-ready, cloud-native data platforms that power analytics, data science and business decision-making across the UK & Europe. This is a senior leadership role with a focus on strategy, delivery and team development (no hands-on work expected). Key Responsibilities Lead, scale and develop multiple data engineering teams Own and deliver large scale data platform and pipeline initiatives (ETL/ELT) Define and implement data architecture aligned to AI and analytics strategy Partner with senior stakeholders across business and technology Drive data quality, governance and engineering best practices Oversee planning, prioritisation and execution of data projects Key Requirements Proven leadership of multiple engineering teams Strong Data Engineering/DataOps background Experience in large, dataheavy environments Python/PySpark for endto-end pipelines Strong AWS experience (design & deployment) Deep knowledge of data modelling, warehousing & lakehouse concepts Strong stakeholder management and communication skills Agile delivery experience Get in touch for more details - (see below) McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.