Delivery Manager - Data Engineering

Harvey Nash
Manchester, United Kingdom
Today
£90,000 – £100,000 pa

Salary

£90,000 – £100,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
30 Apr 2026 (Today)

Benefits

Strong bonus and benefits package
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Delivery Manager - Data Engineering

Manchester (Hybrid)

We're working with a leading global investment firm looking to hire a Delivery Manager - Data Engineering to lead a team of Data, DataOps and MLOps engineers.

This is a great opportunity to take ownership of end-to-end data delivery, working on large-scale data platforms, ETL/ELT pipelines, and cloud-based solutions (AWS) supporting analytics, AI and business intelligence.

What you'll be doing:

  • Leading a team of Data Engineers and driving delivery across multiple projects.

  • Building and scaling data pipelines using Python/PySpark.

  • Owning data platform delivery, quality and governance.

  • Collaborating with stakeholders across engineering, analytics and business teams.

What we're looking for:

  • Strong people leadership experience (5+ team size)

  • Solid Data Engineering / DataOps background

  • Experience with AWS, Python/PySpark, ETL/ELT pipelines

  • Strong understanding of data platforms (Data Lake / Lakehouse / EDW)

Hybrid working (3 days in office) + strong bonus and benefits package.

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