Data Platform & AI Enablement Lead

Old Mutual Insure; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Insure is seeking a Data Engineering Manager to lead the data engineering function and deliver scalable data platforms that power analytics and AI. You will guide technical direction, manage a high-performing team, and partner with data science, architecture and business to enable data-driven decisions.

The role focuses on cloud data platforms, data governance and modern engineering practices across DevOps, CI/CD and security. Strong leadership and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data engineering or related tech.
• 3+ years leading data engineering teams.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms and pipelines.
• Strong cloud platform experience (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Strong SQL and Python skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing data engineering team.
• Define and execute the data engineering roadmap aligned to strategy.
• Oversee design and delivery of scalable data pipelines and platforms.
• Drive modern data engineering practices across cloud, CI/CD and data quality.
• Ensure platforms are secure, reliable and cost-effective.
• Partner with data science, analytics, architecture and business to enable AI use cases.
• Promote data governance, security, quality, metadata and lineage.
• Provide technical direction on architecture and technology selection.
• Manage delivery priorities, risks and stakeholder expectations.
• Drive continuous improvement and adoption of emerging data technologies.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

SQL

Python

Cloud architecture

DevOps / CI/CD

Data governance

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering / Data Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

dbt

Job description

Old Mutual Insure is seeking a Data Engineering Manager to lead the data engineering function and deliver scalable data platforms that power analytics and AI. You will guide technical direction, manage a high-performing team, and partner with data science, architecture and business to enable data-driven decisions.

The role focuses on cloud data platforms, data governance and modern engineering practices across DevOps, CI/CD and security. Strong leadership and stakeholder management are essential.