Data Ecosystem Tech Lead – Delivery & Strategy

Retail; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sainsbury's seeks a Technology Manager - Data Ecosystem to lead the data engineering function, overseeing data pipelines, governance, and collaborations with offshore partners. You will drive data strategy, ensure secure and efficient data products, and deliver value for money across contracts.

You will partner with Data Science, Analytics, and BI teams to meet analytical and ML requirements, while ensuring compliance with governance standards and technology principles.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data engineering services across multiple teams and vendors.
• Ability to ensure data quality and governance across data pipelines and platforms.
• Experience coaching offshore data engineering teams and managing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Drive data strategy aligned with business objectives for data products and platforms.
• Lead offshore Data Engineering teams and coordinate with Data Scientists, Analysts and BI teams.
• Ensure delivery assurance, data quality, risk management and value delivery across contracts.
• Manage budget for data platforms and oversee supplier management and third-party deliveries.
• Communicate complex data engineering concepts to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Data governance

Offshore team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Data pipelines

Tools

DBT

Airflow

Kafka

Snowflake

Job description

Sainsbury's seeks a Technology Manager - Data Ecosystem to lead the data engineering function, overseeing data pipelines, governance, and collaborations with offshore partners. You will drive data strategy, ensure secure and efficient data products, and deliver value for money across contracts.

You will partner with Data Science, Analytics, and BI teams to meet analytical and ML requirements, while ensuring compliance with governance standards and technology principles.