Head of Data Engineering

I'm currently looking for a Head of Data Engineering to join a global organisation going through a Data and AI modernisation journey. This is a data engineering leadership role, not a general engineering management role. They want a practitioner who has built modern data platforms. This is a hands‑on, practical leadership role. You should know how to use modern data technologies to design scalable solutions that deliver real business outcomes. This is a brand new role within this organisation and a great opportunity for someone to shape this data platform.

Job Oveview/Technical Spec

• Own the design, build and optimisation of ingestion, transformation and data provisioning on our Snowflake-centric platform.
• Hands‑on experience leading Snowflake platform implementation, ideally in an asset management/Professional services setting.
• Implement a medallion architecture, with clear standards for promoting data from raw to curated to consumption-ready layers.
• Lead, Inspire and mentor data engineers across the UK and India, and set the standards for delivery.
• Ideally Asset Management/Professional Services background
• Partner with Data Product, Analytics and AI teams to implement semantic models
• Technical Skills - Snowflake, including Snowpipe, Streams and Tasks, Dynamic Tables and Snowpark
• Advanced SQL and Python Data transformation frameworks such as dbt