Head: Data Engineering

Job Summary

Accountable for shaping and advising on the IT functional operating model to introduce and scale enterprise data platforms—including the shared enterprise data warehouse, lakehouse, ingestion and transformation frameworks, and governed data products. Leads engineering teams while defining platform patterns, standards, and architectures that make trusted, high‑quality data available faster, more reliably, and more cost effectively. Ensures cross‑discipline integration (data, engineering, cloud, platforms, architecture, security) and alignment to enterprise strategy. Influences executive decision making through evidence based recommendations, setting direction for full stack, enterprise grade data pipelines, platforms, and reusable shared data assets consumed across the organisation.

Role Impact Statement

This role lifts the organisation’s speed, quality, and trust in enterprise data—enabling analytics, AI, risk reduction, and customer va...

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