Data Engineering Manager - Customer Data Platform

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's Tech means becoming part of an inclusive and driven team that is passionate about creating innovative solutions. As an Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading and coaching talented engineering teams, driving the delivery of impactful solutions that drive efficiency and enhance performance across the business. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will have the opportunity to shape a world-class engineering function and contribute to the development of cutting-edge processes and technologies. At Sainsbury's, we value collaboration, diversity, and inclusivity, and offer a supportive and inspiring environment where you can make a purposeful contribution. Join us to be a part of an organisation that fosters technical excellence and embraces the power of diversity to shape the technology landscape of a leading UK retailer.

About the team

The Customer Data Platform team is building data pipelines by ingesting data into our Snowflake Data Warehouse from various sources in our organisation to create unified views of the customer. By connecting customer SCV, customer consent, marketing, transactions, products, customer interactions, commerce, sales, and stock data into unified profiles, marketers can create target audience segments and activate them across multiple channels using our customer data platforms.

As a Data Engineering Manager in this team, you will lead a team of Data Engineers, guiding them to deliver high-quality solutions that align with best practices and business objectives. You will be responsible for fostering a collaborative and innovative engineering culture, setting clear goals, and providing leadership to support team growth and development. Additionally, you will partner with Product Managers, Architects, and other stakeholders to prioritise work, define technical strategies, and ensure the successful delivery of scalable and maintainable data platforms and tools. Your leadership will help streamline engineering processes and enable teams to focus on delivering impactful, data-driven solutions.

What you'll do

• You will play a vital role in leading and enabling the delivery of solutions that create value, drive efficiency, and increase performance for the business. 
• You will line manage and guide a multi-skilled engineering team, ensuring they have the necessary resources and skills to deliver end-to-end technical solutions for products. 
• Your responsibilities include mentoring and coaching your team members, recruiting diverse and talented individuals, and promoting a culture of collaboration, learning, and respect. 
• You will work closely with Product Managers and Engineers to define the vision and technical direction of the products, as well as manage multiple deliveries and take end-to-end ownership of your products, including change management and service management. 
• Driving the development of new features, promoting best engineering practises, and advocating for agile / lean delivery methodologies are also essential aspects of your role. 
• Additionally, you will manage initiative-level budgets, ensure adherence to processes and standards, and demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours that contribute to a culture of excellence and inclusivity.

Who you are

• You have strong technical skills in data engineering, including SQL, Python, Cloud platforms and services, and IaC, CI/CD practices and tools, ML Ops (nice to have) 
• You have experience with Snowflake, dbt, Data Modelling and ETL tools
• You understand marketing goals, campaigns, and KPIs to align data engineering efforts with business objectives
• You worked with marketing teams to understand their needs and translate them into data engineering solutions
• You have familiarity with marketing technologies and platforms to ensure data integration and interoperability. 
• You are a passionate and experienced leader with a deep understanding of engineering practises and a talent for coaching and developing teams. 
• With a hands-on approach, you lead by example and inspire your colleagues, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. 
• Your technical expertise combined with your ability to prioritise and manage multiple deliveries, enables you to drive the successful development and delivery of large-scale platforms. 
• You excel in making well-informed technical decisions and implementing best practises, while also managing Capex and Opex responsibilities. 
•  With your strong leadership and communication skills, you build strong relationships at all levels and contribute to the inclusive and diverse culture that Sainsbury's Tech values.