Head of Data Engineering

Role:Head of Data Engineering

Location:Manchesterbased office Hybrid working

Package:90k OTE

PHMG is continuing to develop and mature its data capability focusing on modernising our data platform and enhancing the way we work. This creates further opportunities toleveragedata more effectively allowing us to better serve our customers and colleagues. As part of this continued development we are looking to strengthen our Data Engineering capability and maximise the value from the wealth of data held across the organisation.

To support this vision we are seeking a Head of Data pivotal role will lead an established Data Engineering teamsupportingtheir development while strengthening engineering practices technicalstandardsand ways of working across the function. The successful candidate will foster a culture of technical excellencecollaborationand continuous improvement.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced data engineering leader to help develop our data engineering community of practice define data standards across the organisation and be part of the team delivering and evolving PHMGs Data Strategy.

The role: What you will do:

• Lead manage and develop the Data Engineering teambuildingcapabilityresilienceand strong ways of working.
• Own PHMGs core data platform architecture datawarehouseand associated pipelines ensuring solutions are scalable reliablemaintainableand cost-effective.
• Own Data Engineering delivery ensuring work is appropriately designedprioritisedand delivered to agreed standards.
• Establish and embed strong engineering practices across source control CI/CD testing code review documentationmonitoringand error handling.
• Work closely with thewiderDatateamto translate the Data Strategy and business priorities into an effective engineering roadmap and delivery plan.
• Work closely with IT Infrastructure and other engineering teams on architecture integrationsmigrationsand platform decisions.
• Identifyand evaluate opportunities to improve the performancereliabilityand efficiency of PHMGs data capability including the use of emerging technologies.

This is an exciting role for an experienceddataengineering leaderwho has:

• Demonstrable experience leadingdevelopingand managing Data Engineering teams.
• A strongtrack recordof designing and delivering enterprise-scale data platformssolutionsand architectures.
• A thorough understanding of modern ETL/ELT practices and experience designing scalablereliableand maintainable data pipelines.
• Advanced working knowledge of SQL and Python.
• Experience working with modern cloud data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric Snowflake DatabricksRedshiftorBigQuery. Experience within the Microsoft data ecosystem would beadvantageous.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices including source control CI/CD automated testing code reviewmonitoringand observability.
• Strong experience of data modelling for reporting and analytics using tools and approaches such asdbtor equivalent.
• Strong understanding of data quality governancesecurityand data management best practices.
• Experience managing engineering delivery using agile ways of working.
• Strong communicationand stakeholder management skills with the ability to explain technical decisionsrisksand trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice tohaveexperience:

• Experience integrating data with operational systems including reverse ETL into platforms such as Salesforce.
• Understanding ofthe DataScience / Machine Learning lifecycle andMLOps.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code approaches and tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.

Why PHMG Tech:

The IT Development and Data functions within PHMG continue to evolve how we use technology and data to deliver value to the business. We want to build an open collaborative culture where people communicate honestly support each other and take pride in delivering good work.

About PHMG:

Established in 1998 PHMG has grown from a renowned Manchester-based business to the worlds leading audio branding agency working with 36000 clients in 54 countries across the globe. This expansive client list includes household names of thecalibreof SamsungAudiand Adidas as well as SMEs in every sector of the global market. We give each of them a stellar production that combines creative copy world-class voiceartistryand an exclusive Brand-Sound-Track strengthening their business identity in the most memorable emotive way.

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