Strategic Data Engineering Lead for Portfolio Growth

Capgemini; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini is seeking a Data Engineering Strategy Lead to shape and direct the engineering strategy for the Data & Intelligence Portfolio. The role spans identifying opportunities, defining capabilities, and delivering a structured roadmap while leading across data engineering, architecture, AI-enabled engineering, DevOps, and cloud-first delivery.

You will mentor senior engineers, drive continuous improvement, and partner with delivery managers and chief engineers to balance demand with

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading data engineering and architecture teams.
• Proven ability to define strategic roadmaps for portfolios and drive delivery.
• Experience with data governance, data quality, and analytics.
• Proven capability to influence senior stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Shape opportunities for growth across the Data & Intelligence Portfolio.
• Translate demand into a clear portfolio roadmap, skills plan and investment priorities.
• Lead engineering capability development across permanent, contractor, graduate and partner talent.
• Provide technical leadership across data engineering, architecture, testing, analytics, operations, automation, and cloud-first delivery.
• Mentor engineers and support succession planning for critical leadership roles.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Data engineering

Data architecture

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Cloud technologies

DevOps practices

AI engineering

Job description

Capgemini is seeking a Data Engineering Strategy Lead to shape and direct the engineering strategy for the Data & Intelligence Portfolio. The role spans identifying opportunities, defining capabilities, and delivering a structured roadmap while leading across data engineering, architecture, AI-enabled engineering, DevOps, and cloud-first delivery.

You will mentor senior engineers, drive continuous improvement, and partner with delivery managers and chief engineers to balance demand with