Data Fabric Platform Manager

National Grid; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy provider in the UK seeks a Data Fabric Platform Manager based in Warwick. The role focuses on strategic leadership of NGET's data fabric, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while enhancing user experience with data products. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in hybrid cloud environments and a strong grasp of enterprise governance. This hybrid position allows for flexible working arrangements, with competitive pay and additional benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus of up to 30%

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Digital GP service access

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in a data platform or product organization.
• Proven ownership of hybrid cloud data platforms, especially on Azure.
• Experience with enterprise-wide data governance and federated models.

Responsibilities

• Lead the operation and strategy of the Data Fabric platform.
• Oversee the end-to-end product lifecycle from launch to optimization.
• Establish business continuity plans for data services.

Skills

Leadership in data platforms

Hybrid cloud data platforms

Data governance

ETL/ELT

Azure services

Tools

Azure PaaS

dbt

SQL

Job description

About us

At National Grid, our commitment to a cleaner, greener energy future is powered by the dedication and ingenuity of our people. Join our team as Data Fabric Platform Manager and be a part of something bigger-where your unique skills and passions can make a real difference. Together, we are superpowered.

National Grid is hiring a Data Fabric Manager on a permanent basis. This position can be based in Warwick or London. This role is designated as hybrid, with an expectation of 4-5 days per month in the office. Requirements may vary based on business needs and company policy.

About the role

As Data Fabric Platform Manager, you'll be accountable for the strategic leadership, operation and continual improvement of NGET's enterprise Data Fabric. You'll ensure the Fabric becomes the backbone of NGET's data strategy by providing trusted, governed, connected, high performing data products across Electricity Transmission.

You'll blend platform management (secure, scalable, reliable infrastructure; operational excellence) and product management (roadmap, adoption, user experience, value realisation). Key responsibilties are the following:

• Mature the Data Fabric to ensure it continue to be enterprise grade, reliable, performant and adopted at scale.
• Enable business owned Data Products through intuitive tooling, governance, modelling and dynamic security.
• Fulfil NGET's regulatory commitments, including Ofgem Data Best Practice
• Work with product line directors and the CIDO data team to increase adoption and simplify access to data for our internal and external stakeholders
• Connect the organisation's data-applications, stores, APIs, and domains-into a single, discoverable and secure fabric that accelerates insights and the application of AI.
• Lead multi disciplinary teams and suppliers to deliver modern data capability aligned to NGET's federated operating model and RIIO T3 ambitions.

The role is not only critical to enabling NGET's digital transformation, but also to allow NGET to meet new Ofgem and industry guidelines, providing deep cloud expertise that empowers product and platform teams while ensuring safety, security, compliance and operational excellence.

What you'll do

• Set and own the Data Fabric platform strategy and roadmap, aligned to NGET digital strategy, Data Mesh principles, Ofgem obligations, and RIIO T3 priorities.
• Lead the end to end operation of the Data Fabric platform, ensuring secure, scalable, reliable, and observable hybrid (SaaS + Azure) services.
• Drive platform innovation and continuous improvement, including automation, GenAI assisted data product delivery, and increased platform maturity.
• Oversee data and platform engineering standards, including connectors, integration patterns, and modern high code/low code/AI workbenches.
• Manage the full product lifecycle for the Data Fabric, from discovery and design through launch, adoption, optimisation, and retirement.
• Enable trusted, governed, and discoverable data products through strong governance, security, modelling, and operational practices.
• Establish and test business continuity and resilience plans to protect critical data services and platform availability.
• Lead business process improvement initiatives, leveraging automation and new technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Act as a senior stakeholder partner, influencing across technology, business, and regulatory groups to maximise platform adoption and value.
• Provide line management leadership, building high performing teams, supporting resourcing, and fostering strong employee engagement and ways of working

About you

• Senior leadership in a modern data platform or data product organisation, ideally in a regulated sector or large enterprise.
• Proven ownership of a hybrid cloud data platform, ideally involving SaaS control planes and Azure PaaS (AKS, APIM, ADLS2, Azure Functions, Key Vault).
• Experience with Data Mesh, federated models, domain driven design and enterprise-wide data governance.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT, dbt, SQL, Trino/Presto, and data modelling for analytics.
• Delivery of large scale data catalogue, metadata, lineage and data quality initiatives aligned to best practice.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and regulators and manage conflicting stakeholder needs.
• Experience delivering platforms with strong security posture (OPA/ABAC, Entra ID) and clear separation of internal and external data zones.
• Background in platform or product roles that combine engineering excellence with product value thinking.
• Able to define & communicate clear vision in complex, multi-domain technical landscapes.
• Comfortable balancing enterprise risk, operational reliability, and rapid product iteration.

What you'll get

• Competitive salary
• Bonus of up to 30% based on personal and company performance

Additional benefits:

• A competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
• Flexible benefits such as a cycle scheme, share incentive plan, technology schemes
• Access to apps such as digital GP service for round the clock access to GP video consultations and NHS repeat prescriptions, wellbeing app to support your health and fitness
• Access to Work + Family Space, providing support and resources for work and family life, including paid emergency childcare and eldercare

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 9th February. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid's recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion>

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

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