Data Services Manager, Must live within 2 hours of London and be able to come in for ad-hoc meetings when required. Primarily home based though. Role 90% management and 10% technical and you will manage a team of 6. Salary £ 80000 - 85000 + good benefits.

Expanding financial services client are looking for a Data Services Manager to join their team. The role will suit a candidate who has been a manager for a couple of years and is looking to further develop their management career. Guiding a team of 6 you will be responsible for supporting the day to day operations of the data function, with a focus on leading and mentoring data engineers to deliver high quality, scaleable data solutions. Working across the business with multiple stakeholders you will design and continually improve data solutions

A critical aspect of this role is Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Management practices, ensuring the business meet regulatory obligations and manage risk. You must have therefore worked in a regulated environment, ideally financial services.

Accountabilities include -

• Technical leadership - provide technical leadership for the high performing data engineering and BI function.
• Team leadership - manage the team and act as deputy to the Senior Data Services Manager.
• Delivery of Solutions - deliver data, analytic and reporting solutions.
• Data Governance and Data Quality
• Work prioritisation and allocation
• Agile Delivery
• Risk and compliance
• Technical debt management

Experience required -

• Strong experience as a hands-on data engineer
• Worked you way into a lead data role and then into a management (mentoring, coaching, team development etc)
• Very strong technical skills that will include - SQL, SSIS, SSRS, SAS, Power BI, Power Platform, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Databricks
• A good understanding of dimensional modelling techniques, including Kimball's Business Development Lifecycle
• Ability to design hybrid data solutions across on-prem and cloud data sources
• Expert with data engineering tools and automation techniques

This is a great chance to join an expanding business in a key role. You are likely to have been in a hands-n data engineering role for over 10 years and more recently managed or led a data engineering team (c 2 years management experience required).

This position is home based but you need to live within 2 hours of London so you can go to the office for ad hoc meetings when required. Salary is £ 80000 - 85000 + excellent benefits. If you have the experience listed above please send your CV for a full brief.