Head Of Data Engineering

Secure Trust Bank; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Matched pension

28 days leave + birthday off

Wellbeing hour

Cycle2Work

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Volunteer days

Charity fundraising

Flexible environment

Professional development

Career progression

Job summary

Secure Trust Bank PLC in Solihull is seeking a Head of Data Engineering to lead a modern, enterprise-wide data platform initiative. You will drive a high-performing team, advance a scalable Azure Databricks platform, and deliver trusted data products to support regulatory, analytics and business needs.

The role partners with senior stakeholders to evolve the data strategy, ensure governance, security and resilience, and enable data-driven decision making across Finance, Risk and Operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing Data Engineering teams within a complex organisation.
• Experience embedding data governance, quality, lineage, security and auditability into engineering solutions.
• Ability to translate data and technology strategy into tangible business value, customer outcomes and commercial impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and inspire the Data Engineering function, fostering a high-performing team culture and engineering excellence.
• Drive the delivery, adoption and continuous enhancement of the Azure Databricks Enterprise Data Platform.
• Establish a sustainable in-house data engineering capability, ensuring effective knowledge transfer from strategic partners.
• Develop scalable and reusable data ingestion, transformation and CI/CD frameworks to support efficient platform delivery.
• Deliver trusted, governed data products through a modern medallion architecture, ensuring high standards of quality, security and resilience.
• Collaborate with Architecture and Data Governance teams to embed robust data models, lineage, ownership and control frameworks.
• Partner with business leaders across Finance, Credit Risk, Operations and Savings to deliver data solutions that support strategic and regulatory objectives.
• Prioritise engineering activity across business change, regulatory commitments and operational demands, providing clear visibility of risks and dependencies.
• Build team capability through coaching, mentoring, structured development and Databricks-focused training and accreditation.
• Manage technology partners, platform performance and service delivery, while supporting the retirement of legacy data solutions and reporting processes.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data governance

Supplier management

Tools

Azure Databricks

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Job Role: Head of Data Engineering

Salary: £76,000 - £95,000 pa

Location: Solihull

Hours: 35 hours per week

About the company

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, but we can’t achieve our customer focused strategy without the right people in our team.

At Secure Trust Bank, we know that people are our biggest Asset, which is why a career with us is not just a job. It’s the chance to be part of something bigger, to add real value to the Bank and help us constantly improve. We believe in giving our staff autonomy, with initiative and exceptional performance recognised through a variety of individual and team awards and incentives. All our employees have a tangible impact on the Group’s core values, and we are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic, proactive and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.

Why Join Us?

• A competitive salary and benefits package including discretionary bonus
• Matched pension contributions
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off, on us!
• A monthlywellbeinghour to spend doing whatever makes you happy
• A wide range of flexible benefits from Cycle2Work to private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Paid volunteering days and matched charity fundraising
• A collaborative and flexible working environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• A chance to make a real impact in a regulated, purpose-driven organisation.

What you`ll be doing

Data has the power to transform how we serve our customers, make decisions and shape the future of our business. At Secure Trust Bank, we're investing in a modern, enterprise-wide data platform and are looking for an exceptional Head of Data Engineering to lead this journey. This is a unique opportunity to build and develop a high-performing team, drive the evolution of our Azure Databricks platform, and create trusted, accessible data products that deliver real value across the Bank. Working with senior stakeholders from across the business, you'll play a key role in turning our Enterprise Data Strategy into reality, helping to create a strong, governed data foundation that supports everything from regulatory reporting and operational excellence to advanced analytics and future AI capabilities.

• Lead, develop and inspire the Data Engineering function, fostering a high-performing team culture and engineering excellence.
• Drive the delivery, adoption and continuous enhancement of the Azure Databricks Enterprise Data Platform.
• Establish a sustainable in-house data engineering capability, ensuring effective knowledge transfer from strategic partners.
• Develop scalable and reusable data ingestion, transformation and CI/CD frameworks to support efficient platform delivery.
• Deliver trusted, governed data products through a modern medallion architecture, ensuring high standards of quality, security and resilience.
• Collaborate with Architecture and Data Governance teams to embed robust data models, lineage, ownership and control frameworks.
• Partner with business leaders across Finance, Credit Risk, Operations and Savings to deliver data solutions that support strategic and regulatory objectives.
• Prioritise engineering activity across business change, regulatory commitments and operational demands, providing clear visibility of risks and dependencies.
• Build team capability through coaching, mentoring, structured development and Databricks-focused training and accreditation.
• Manage technology partners, platform performance and service delivery, while supporting the retirement of legacy data solutions and reporting processes.

What we`re looking for

• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing Data Engineering teams within a complex organisation.
• Strong expertise in Azure Databricks, cloud data platforms and modern lakehouse architectures.
• Deep understanding of data engineering best practices, including ETL/ELT, data pipelines, orchestration and data product delivery.
• Experience embedding data governance, quality, lineage, security and auditability into engineering solutions.
• Ability to translate data and technology strategy into tangible business value, customer outcomes and commercial impact.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and leading the transition from partner-led delivery to internal ownership and capability.
• A track record of delivering results in a regulated environment, balancing strategic change, operational priorities and resource constraints.

Everyone is different. Everyone is valued

As part of our vision to become the most trusted specialist lender in the UK,we’ve been helping customers and businesses fulfil their ambitions since 1952. Inthat time, we’ve learned that we’re more than the sum of our parts. We’re a strong Group because of our peoplebeing ourstrength; specialist, expert, ambitious and also diverse. Allofour people are differentand this is something we celebrate.

Every one of our employees brings unique talent, ability and perspective to their role.

That’s why Secure Trust Bank Group nurtures differences. We understand that we perform better because we’re not cast from the same mould. We actively embrace andsupportdiversity, work with leading industry bodies andpromoteinitiatives that reinforce our philosophy of giving you the freedom to be who you are.

We’re an award-winning bank providing savings accounts andlending servicesto overone million customers. We’re Secure Trust Bank Group. We embrace difference.