Job Description

MANAGER, DATA ENGINEERING(b13)

*Job Description*
Role overview

As a Manager — Data Engineering, you will lead a cross-functional delivery team in building and maintaining the framework and platform capabilities that drive our data pipelines and analytics solutions. You will take design ownership of individual projects, run day-to-day team activities, and contribute to community-of-practice enablement and onboarding programs. Your team will work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to identify and mitigate data challenges and to create data assets that drive measurable business value.
Primary responsibilities

*Team leadership & delivery*
- Lead and manage a team of data engineers, providing technical guidance and mentorship to ensure their growth and development
- Take design leadership over individual projects — own architecture decisions end-to-end, not just contribute
- Take charge of day-to-day team activities including scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, and backlog management




- Oversee the development and operation of up-to-date data engineering solutions, including data ingestion, processing, integration, and governance
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business needs and develop solutions that meet those needs

*Community of practice contribution*
- Develop and maintain shared frameworks for data engineering; contributions should reflect design for broader organisational scope, not just the immediate team
- Contribute to the onboarding of new data engineers, analysts, product owners, and other team members joining the project
- Contribute to community-of-practice enablement programs — including internal upskilling and certification, training frameworks, and knowledge-sharing initiatives
- Act as a data owner and functional subject matter expert for assigned areas, supporting data product certification and lineage maturity

*Platform & operations*
- Ensure platform stability and operational SLAs; drive reduction in operati

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