Data Engineering Manager

Sanderson; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Extended benefits package

Job summary

Sanderson is seeking an experienced Data Engineering Manager in the United Kingdom to lead the evolution of a large-scale Snowflake-based data platform. You will drive the technical roadmap, enable multidisciplinary teams, and ensure platform capabilities deliver measurable business value.

The role requires strong leadership, deep cloud data engineering expertise, and the ability to engage senior stakeholders across technology and business functions.

Qualifications

• Strong Snowflake expertise and cloud platform experience.
• Proven leadership and stakeholder management.
• Ability to translate platform capabilities into business value.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical roadmap for the Snowflake data platform.
• Lead and develop a cross-functional platform engineering team.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align platform capabilities with objectives.
• Enable engineering teams to build scalable, business-facing data products.
• Champion platform adoption, technical enablement, and operational excellence.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Snowflake

Cloud data platforms

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Salary: £90,000 - £110,000 + Bonus, Private health care and an extend benefits package

We're partnering with a leading Financial Services organisation undertaking a significant transformation of its data and analytics capabilities. They are seeking an experiencedData Engineering Manager to lead the strategic direction, enablement, and adoption of a modern cloud-based data platform. (Snowflake)

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who combines strong technical credibility with the ability to engage senior business stakeholders and translate platform capabilities into tangible business value.

The Role:

As Data Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for the evolution and enablement of a large-scale data platform environment, ensuring engineering teams have the tools, capabilities, and support required to deliver business-facing data products.

Working across both technology and business functions, you will shape platform strategy, lead a multidisciplinary team, and drive adoption of data capabilities that deliver measurable outcomes.

• Define and drive the technical roadmap for the organisation's snowflake data platform.
• Lead and develop a cross-functional platform engineering team.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align platform capabilities with organisational objectives.
• Enable engineering teams to build scalable, business-facing data products.
• Champion platform adoption, technical enablement, and operational excellence.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Data Engineering Manager - What We're Looking For

• Strong expertise in Snowflake and experience within modern cloud environments. Ideally AWS but Azure, GCP also considered.
• Deep understanding of modern data engineering and platform concepts, with the credibility to influence technical direction and support engineering teams.
• Proven experience engaging a broad range of business and technology stakeholders.
• A track record of driving technical enablement and business value.
• Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills.

Data Engineering Manager - The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to influence the future direction of a critical data platform, lead a talented team, and help shape how data products are delivered across a complex and evolving organisation. Success will be measured by the business outcomes enabled through the platform rather than technology delivery alone.

If you're a technically credible leader who enjoys connecting technology strategy with genuine business impact, we'd love to hear from you.