Data Platform Engineering Manager

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Hybrid working options

Pension scheme 11% employer contrib

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC in Bristol (Harbourside) seeks a Data Platform Engineering Manager to drive the data platform strategy and governance, enabling scalable analytics, BI and data products across the organisation.

You will lead a high‑performing data team, partner with business and technical leaders, and shape transformational change in a fast-growing private investment platform. The role offers hybrid working options and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership experience in complex organisations.
• Proven track record of leading transformational change.
• Extensive experience delivering data capabilities that enable colleagues to access and use data effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Define the technical vision, strategy, and governance for the data platform in collaboration with the core team.
• Identify and drive opportunities to simplify and improve how the organisation works with data.
• Shape and develop a high-performing team of experienced data professionals.
• Partner with technical and business leaders to understand processes, data flows, challenges, and opportunities, and design solutions that deliver better outcomes.

Job description

## Data Platform Engineering ManagerApplylocations: Bristol (Harbourside)time type: Full timeposted on: Posted 6 Days Agotime left to apply: End Date: August 14, 2026 (4 days left to apply)job requisition id: R9010# Excited to grow your career?## **Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.**We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!About the role# About the Role Data is a critical asset for HL. To support business transformation and unlock value through BI, analytics, machine learning, and data products, we require a robust, scalable data platform. This role works across the organisation to understand business capabilities and evolve our platform and data foundations to meet current and future needs.### What You’ll Be Doing* Play a key role in a major organisation‐wide transformation.* Partner with technical and business leaders to understand processes, data flows, challenges, and opportunities, and design solutions that deliver better outcomes.* Define the technical vision, strategy, and governance for the data platform in collaboration with the core team.* Identify and drive opportunities to simplify and improve how the organisation works with data.* Shape and develop a high‐performing team of experienced data professionals.* Lead technical delivery, continuous improvement, and innovation.* Build a culture focused on purpose, excellence, and meaningful impact.### ### About You* Strong leadership experience in complex organisations.* Proven track record of leading transformational change.* Ability to partner effectively with multiple business areas and work with a one‐team mindset.* Extensive experience delivering data capabilities that enable colleagues to access and use data effectively.* Comfortable operating under pressure, managing competing priorities, and driving clarity and results.**Why us?**Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.**What's on offer?*** Discretionary annual bonus\\* and annual pay review* 25 days\\* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure* Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday\\*\\** Flexible working options available, including hybrid working* Enhanced parental leave* Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution* Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)* Private medical insurance\\** Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care* Health screening programme* Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP* Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions* Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities* Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches* Two paid volunteering days per year\\* dependant on role level\\*\\* only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year*Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.**This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.**Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.*### About UsHargreaves Lansdown is the UK's number one platform for private investors. Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence, and today, we are trusted with more than £120 billion by over 1.7 million clients.We are based in the heart of Bristol now with over 2,000 colleagues. We believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams and a great ethos. We're steered by our core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.For more information about careers at HL and to see all our vacancies, please visit our careers website.