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Senior Recruitment Consultant - Software Engineering @ Harnham

Head of Data Engineering



Up to £130,000 + 40% Bonus



Kent - Hybrid

Looking for your next big leadership move in data? I'm hiring for a Head of Data Engineering at a top-tier financial services group that's serious about becoming a data-first organisation. This is a high-impact leadership role with full ownership of data engineering strategy, delivery, team building, and technical direction.

You'll be leading the evolution of a world-class data function-building scalable ETL pipelines, shaping cloud-first architectures, and ensuring data quality and governance are at the core of everything the business delivers.

• Salary up to £130,000 + 40% bonus

• Flexible/remote-first culture (UK-based)

• Strategic visibility-reporting directly to the Chief Data Officer

• Autonomy to build and shape a modern data engineering function from the ground up

• Strong backing from senior leadership for data transformation across the business
  
  

You'll be responsible for leading and growing a high-performing team of Data Engineers and delivering a robust, scalable, and secure data infrastructure to meet current and future needs. This is a hands-off strategic leadership role, but you'll need to be technically credible and comfortable engaging on architecture, cloud platforms, and modern data tooling.

• Own and drive the data engineering roadmap

• Build and lead a multidisciplinary team delivering complex ETL and cloud data solutions

• Ensure alignment with data governance, security, and architecture standards

• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and adoption of modern technologies

• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure platform adoption across the enterprise

• Present at senior leadership forums and influence key decision-makers

• Promote a culture of excellence, curiosity, and operational discipline
  
  

• Proven leadership of data engineering teams within a complex organisation

• Expertise in ETL/ELT pipelines, data ingestion, processing and storage

• Strong experience with cloud data platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)

• Hands-on experience with SQL, Python, and modern data tooling

• A background in financial services or a regulated environment is highly desirable

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills-including presenting at senior committees

• Familiarity with regulatory data frameworks (e.g. BCBS239, IRB) a plus
  
  

You're commercially astute, technically credible, and passionate about delivering real value from data. You're just as comfortable building strategy as you are engaging your team or presenting to board-level stakeholders.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Data Infrastructure and Analytics

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