Data Pipeline Manager

Valpak Limited; Stratford-upon-Avon; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working and flexi Friday early finish

Company annual bonus – up to 10%

Enhanced pension scheme with Aviva

Private medical insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised gym membership

Enhanced maternity pay

Annual volunteering day

25 days annual leave plus options to buy/sell days

Extra day off for your birthday

Access to savings platform

Discount platform

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

A leading environmental compliance provider seeks a Data Pipeline Manager in Stratford-upon-Avon. The role involves leading a team to build reliable data pipelines and ensuring data quality for enterprise reporting. Candidates should have management experience, excellent communication skills, and knowledge of ETL tools. Valpak offers a hybrid work environment, competitive salary, and various benefits, including a bonus of up to 10% and enhanced pension schemes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing teams and projects.
• Exceptional communication skills to interact with stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented and organized to maintain accuracy.
• Strong analytical skills to assess and solve problems.
• Experience with data management tools and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to build and maintain reliable data pipelines.
• Oversee the development of Talend-based data workflows.
• Ensure high data quality and availability across systems.
• Implement best practices in data integration and validation.
• Support business insights and application functionality.

Skills

Management experience

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Great attention to detail

Excellent organisational skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Experience using Microsoft packages, including Excel

Knowledge of ETL tools

SQL

Java

GitHub

Education

Degree level education or solid work experience in related field

Tools

Talend

Qlik

Job description

Data Pipeline Manager

Vacancy Type: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon (Hybrid)
Salary: Competitive + Up to 10% Bonus and Benefits

Why choose Valpak?

Valpak has created a friendly and supportive working environment that enables our team to perform to the best of their abilities, with flexible hours, hybrid working options, access to training and opportunities to get involved in various groups to nurture key interests.

With social value at the heart of our business ethos, employees can take a day on us to volunteer for an organisation of their choice, and our Charity Committee organises fundraising events for the employee nominated charity of the year.

Valpak endorses wellbeing and healthy lifestyles, offering subsidised gym membership, optional healthy living seminars and social events, encouraging cross team integration. Plus the “After Work” social group organises regular gatherings – an opportunity to get to know friendly faces. We have also completed our Thrive at Work Foundation Level, demonstrating our commitment to creating a workplace where staff can thrive, both personally and professionally.

Our team is passionate, friendly, approachable and dedicated to the business mission – to inspire businesses to do all they can to reduce their environmental impact. If you have an interest in sustainability and like the sound of all Valpak offers, we would love to hear from you!

How will I make a difference?

Valpak Limited is the UK’s leading provider of environmental compliance and data management services in the UK and internationally. Through working with major retailers and brand holders Valpak has developed a vast database known as Environmental Product Information Centre (EPIC) that holds one of the UK’s largest product and packaging data sets.

The Data Enrichment Manager will lead a team to ensure EPIC data is accurate and can be used to support Valpak and our clients with trend analysis and insight into packaging and products put on to the market. The Data Enrichment Manager will work to identify trends, improve accuracy and utilise the data to improve knowledge within the sector.

What will I be doing?

As the Data Pipeline Manager, you will lead a team responsible for building and maintaining scalable, reliable data pipelines that support enterprise reporting and analytics. You will oversee the development and optimisation of Talend-based data workflows, ensuring high data quality and availability across systems such as Qlik and our central databases. Collaborating with data stewards, analysts, and support teams, you will guide the implementation of best practices in data integration, transformation, and validation. This role is critical in ensuring the stability and performance of data operations that underpin business insights and application functionality.

What skills will I need?

• Management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Great attention to detail
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Experience using Microsoft packages, including Excel
• Knowledge of ETL tools and data pipelines, SQL, Java and GitHub is required
• Applicants should be educated to degree level or possess solid work experience in related field.

What benefits will I receive?

• Hybrid working and flexi Friday early finish
• Company annual bonus – up to 10%
• Enhanced pension scheme with Aviva (doubled up to 8%)
• Access to voluntary benefits such as private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme and subsidised gym membership
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Annual volunteering day
• 25 days annual leave and option to buy/sell additional days
• An extra day off for your birthday
• Access to a savings platform that includes discounts and money-off promotions from 800+ retailers
• Wellbeing initiatives

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