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Job Introduction
Compass Group Plc (Compass) is a £22.9 billion turnover, global organisation and the world’s leading provider of food and support services. With operations across seven key business areas (Foodservice; Support Services; Business & Industry; Healthcare & Seniors; Education; Sports & Leisure; and Defence, Offshore & Remote), Compass serves customers in offices and factories; schools and universities; hospitals and senior living communities; major sports and cultural venues; and remote mining camps and offshore platforms.
We are looking for a hands-on and collaborative Data Engineering leader with a strong technical background and significant management experience to lead our data engineering function as we provide data services that enable our use of data as a strategic asset for the business.
In this role, you will lead a diverse and talented team of data engineers to build data pipelines, products and services that support the various businesses across the Compass Group UK. You will bring with you a history of building, scaling and inspiring high performing teams that implement industry standards and best practices delivering data products that realise quantifiable value to the organization.
As the Data Engineering Lead, you will work with the wider Data Leadership Team to set the and implement data strategy along with defining and managing the technical engineering backlog using Agile Scrum processes.
We are an Informatica focused team, using a tech stack of primarily Informatica and Redshift, with other AWS services as needed. This role will also involve completing the scoping & discovery of the requirements of the business, identifying dependencies, and communicating those to all parties.
If you have a git repository or other projects, we would be excited to see it!
Key responsibilities:
- Create an environment that enables the members of the Data Engineering team to maximise their potential.
- Create and foster a culture of learning and development that also facilitates collaboration and growth for team members.
- Provide guidance and support through coaching and mentoring to enable members of the team to set and achieve their objectives.
- Foster the career growth of the team by seeking challenging, impactful work for all members of the team based on their unique skills, strengths, backgrounds and working styles. Give opportunities to work on next-level assignments that demonstrate readiness for promotion when appropriate.
- Empower and unblock the team to deliver impact by establishing efficient processes and operational cadences, leveraging appropriate asynchronous and synchronous methods, and holding the team accountable while cultivating a healthy team environment.
- Represent the engineering function team within the wider data community to showcase the value of the work being delivered.
- Own and support the team in the development of the vision for the Data Engineering Team in line with the vision for wider data strategy across business.
- Give quality feedback on designs written by team members, asking probing, insightful questions that solidify choices and surface erroneous assumptions and set the direction for technical development.
- Work with the wider team to prioritize data products deliver that meaningful, measurable impact and clarity on ROI.
- Own and managed the technical risk register to ensuring the effective management of risks to data products and services.
- Work closely with product managers sharing information to help keep relevant stakeholders informed and aligned as products released.
- Involve team in the discussion of “what to build” and not just the “how to build”, creating a sense of ownership for the end results
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in ETL or Data Engineering role, building and implementing data pipelines
- 3 – 5 years experience leading a technical team
- AWS Data Engineering Certification, AWS Solution Architect Associate Certification, or similar
- Experience building data structures and data warehouses, designing pipelines with event driven architecture, working in AWS, working with Informatica, Agile software development, writing efficient SQL queries, DevOps and CI/CD technologies and methodologies
- Previous experience working in a highly collaborative environment
- Highly self-motivated and directed with an attention to detail
- Experience managing tickets in Azure DevOps or similar
- Strong communication skills with the business & technical team
We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- Contributory pension scheme
- Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
- Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
- Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
- Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
- Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
- Receive Wow Points every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
- Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
- You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families