Head of Data Engineering – Cloud & AI Leader

About the role

As Head of Data Engineering you will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for the UK&I Data Engineering team, driving cloud modernisation, strengthening governance and security, and accelerating AI adoption across a global organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and support data engineers, ensuring clear priorities and consistent delivery.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Support career development, succession planning, talent acquisition, and workforce planning.
• Foster knowledge sharing and engineering excellence across US and UK teams.
• Oversee delivery of data products, ingestion pipelines, reporting solutions, and customer‑facing capabilities.
• Lead cloud migration and modernisation initiatives leveraging Azure, Databricks, cloud‑native services, and modern data architectures.
• Ensure adherence to data governance, privacy, security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Product, Analytics, Architecture, Operations, and Business Leaders to deliver scalable technical solutions.

Required profile

• Proven experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering or related technology disciplines.
• Leadership experience managing technical teams and delivering large‑scale data platforms.
• Strong expertise in modern data engineering practices and cloud‑based solutions, preferably Azure.
• Deep understanding of data governance, privacy, security, compliance and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic initiatives and complex cross‑functional programs.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and organisational leadership skills.

Required skills

• Azure cloud services
• Databricks
• Cloud‑native services and modern data architectures
• Data governance, privacy, security and compliance
• Data engineering and analytics engineering platforms