Head of Data Engineering

Context One of the world''s most recognised food and beverage brands is making the largest single investment in its data function in company history. Aiming to build a single trusted source of truth that powers confident commercial decision-making across every market it operates in. The Head of Data Engineering is one of the three most critical hires on the programme. You will lead the data engineering workstream end to end, working directly with the Global Director of Data and Systems and delivering against a fixed nine-month timeline with full board-level visibility. The Stack Snowflake - medallion architecture already in production dbt - transformation layer Fivetran - replacing Legacy Mulesoft Azure cloud platform Legacy Microsoft SQL - staged migration via SQL mirroring Source systems: Oracle Symphony, Deliverect, CommerceTools, Workday, Manhattan, and multiple SaaS providers What You Will Be Doing Leading the data engineering workstream end to end across a 25-role transformation programme Managing and developing a team of data engineers (contractors and FTE) Accelerating data migration off Legacy SQL into Snowflake via the medallion architecture Building scalable ELT pipelines using dbt and Fivetran Reporting directly into the Global Director of Data and Systems Presenting regularly to CIO and CEO-level stakeholders Building it and owning it afterwards What We Need Hands-on coding experience this is a builder role, not a slide deck architect position Real line ..... full job details .....