Data Manager

Data Manager
Hybrid | £70 - 80k | UK - choice of five office locations

We're hiring a Data Manager to take ownership of the technical delivery of our enterprise data estate, spanning Data Platform, Data Products and Data Governance.

This is a hands-on management role suited to someone who has previously led small data teams (typically 2-6 people) and wants to deepen their technical leadership while growing their people-management responsibilities. You'll remain close to architecture and engineering decisions while ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across the data life cycle.

You'll manage a team of 6 data professionals across Data Engineering, Data Products and Data Governance, with responsibility for:

• End-to-end delivery of enterprise data solutions, from ingestion and modelling through to governed, production-ready data products
• Leading and developing a team of engineers and data specialists, setting clear technical direction and delivery expectations
• Planning and managing workloads, milestones and dependencies across multiple data initiatives
• Acting as a technical escalation point for data engineering, modelling, and platform design decisions
• Driving engineering best practices across pipelines, orchestration, testing, documentation and release management
• Ensuring our Azure-based data platform (including Databricks and associated services) is scalable, resilient and cost-effective
• Embedding data governance by design, including lineage, metadata management, master data and audit readiness
• Working closely with BI, IT, Architecture, Innovation and Transformation teams to align data delivery with business outcomes

We're looking for a technically credible data leader who enjoys delivery ownership and team leadership. You'll likely bring:

• Previous experience leading data teams of 2-6 people, either as a Data Manager, Lead Engineer or Senior Data Engineer with line-management responsibility
• Strong hands-on background in modern data engineering and cloud platforms (Azure experience strongly preferred)
• Good working knowledge of data modelling, orchestration, data quality and governance concepts
• The ability to balance technical depth with pragmatic delivery decisions
• Experience setting standards, reviewing designs and supporting engineers through complex problems
• Confidence communicating with architects, engineers and non-technical stakeholders
• Ambition to progress your career into broader data leadership over time

• A technically influential Data Manager role with real ownership of enterprise data delivery
• Opportunity to lead and shape a growing data team and platform
• A clear progression path into more senior data leadership roles
• Hybrid working, with flexibility across five UK office locations
• Competitive package around £70-80k