Data Engineering Manager

Flagstone Group LTD; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm in London seeks a Data Platform or Engineering Manager to lead their team and drive strategic evolution. You will manage a diverse team, ensuring high standards of delivery while maintaining stakeholder relationships. The role offers a competitive bonus scheme, hybrid working, and generous benefits to support health and professional development.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Competitive bonus scheme

Flexible benefits budget

Around the World scheme

Mental wellbeing support

Personal development budget

Private health care

Life insurance

Matched pension contributions

25 days holiday

Enhanced Parental Leave

Qualifications

• Experience in leading data teams and managing stakeholders.
• Strong project management and delivery skills.
• Solid background in designing data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Data Platform team to ensure business success.
• Drive strategic evolution and operational effectiveness.
• Mentor the team to maintain high standards in deliveries.

Skills

Building a centre of excellence

Managing complex senior stakeholders

Agile project management

Designing scalable data solutions

Data Champion role

Job description

Overview

Flagstone is many things. An online savings platform, reinventing how individuals, businesses, and charities manage, protect, and grow their cash. A diverse group of people, bound by a collaborative spirit, and shared purpose. And lastly, a thriving, profitable business – where smart people do their best work.

Each definition shares a common thread: our unique culture. It’s our pride and joy. And our competitive advantage.

A feel for our culture:

To revolutionise the savings market, we need to be at our best. But high performance takes more than talent – it takes a culture of kindness, respect, and growth.

That’s why we’re building a diverse, inclusive community, where your voice is heard and valued. Where, with close support and room to develop, you can surpass even your own expectations. And be rewarded for it.

We may not change the world, but we can change the world of financial technology. And all it takes is a winning mix of drive, talent, and empathy. Our culture celebrates all three.

But enough about us. Let’s talk about you.

Does this sound like you?

A Data Platform or Engineering Manager looking for a new role within a fast paced scale up. Experienced in both leading and managing a centralised data team whilst working with key stakeholders to deliver huge value to a business.

What you’ll do:

You will lead our Data Platform team and be responsible for its overall success and value to the business. This involves driving the strategic evolution of the team and platform, ensuring they operate effectively to really empower our business with data. You will be responsible for managing and mentoring our team to build a centre of excellence and ensuring all work is delivered to the high technical and operational standards. This is a delivery focused managerial role with some hands-on engineering to support when needed.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience building a centre of excellence and a highly capable data platform/engineering team.
• A strong natural ability to manage a complex landscape of senior stakeholders and projects
• Excellent agile project management and delivery management skills
• Solid experience designing and building a variety of complex and scalable data solutions
• Passion to be a Data Champion and prominent figure within our data community.

How we reward you:

At Flagstone, the benefits extend beyond false gifts like “fruit and snacks”. Instead, we invest in your health, wealth, and professional development. Here’s a selection of our benefits:

• Hybrid working - Spend at least 1 day a week with your team in our collaborative London office
• Competitive bonus scheme - designed to reward and recognise high performance
• Flexible benefits budget - a pot to fund meaningful benefits for you, whether it\'s hormone or fertility testing, cancer screening, neuro-diversity coaching or something that matters for you.
• A range of salary sacrifice options to help you make tax efficient savings on electric cars, nursery schemes, home and tech goods.
• Around the World scheme - 3 months work from anywhere scheme
• Mental wellbeing support – Access therapy and mental health sessions through Spill
• Learning and development – £1,000 personal development budget to help you grow in your role.
• Private health care - Enjoy all the benefits AXA has to offer, including reduced gym memberships and medical history disregarded
• Medical cash plan - To help you with the costs of dental and optical expenses
• Life insurance and Income Protection- four times your annual salary for peace of mind
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%
• 25 days holiday - plus bank holidays, well-being days and volunteering days
• Enhanced Parental Leave – enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.

All are welcome.

At Flagstone, we’re assembling a diverse team that defies our industry’s norms. Think this role could suit you? We encourage you to apply, no matter your background.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.