Head of Data Architecture, Engineering & Platforms

Bauer Media Group Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Flexible working

Bauer Academy access

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Bauer Media Group is seeking a Senior Director of Data Architecture, Engineering and Platforms to shape the data vision across its Audio, Publishing, Outdoor and central functions. You will lead architectural strategy, establish standards and drive scalable data platforms with senior technologists, aligning business and technical priorities.

Hybrid work from London with regular collaboration; travel within Europe will be required.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience across Data Architecture, Data Engineering and cloud data platforms at scale.
• Proven experience building and leading high-performing technical teams.
• Ability to influence senior business and technical stakeholders across a federated organisation.
• Comfortable operating through ambiguity and making complex decisions.
• Experience modernising complex data estates including migration and decommissioning.
• Strong understanding of data & analytics engineering, data quality and platform operations.
• Experience working across multiple business units and markets.

Responsibilities

• Defining and evolving the data architecture, technical strategy and transformation roadmap for the wider Bauer Media Group.
• Building and developing architecture, engineering and platform capability.
• Leading Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering teams.
• Establishing technical governance, data quality, lineage, observability, governance and architecture assurance.
• Leading data platform modernisation initiatives including migration, simplification and legacy decommissioning.
• Partnering with Enterprise Technology, Enterprise Architecture, AI teams and business stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership experience

Technical leadership

Stakeholder influence

Ambiguity management

Data estate modernization

Data & analytics engineering

Complex organisations

Job description

Bauer Media Group is seeking a Senior Director of Data Architecture, Engineering and Platforms to shape the data vision across its Audio, Publishing, Outdoor and central functions. You will lead architectural strategy, establish standards and drive scalable data platforms with senior technologists, aligning business and technical priorities.

Hybrid work from London with regular collaboration; travel within Europe will be required.