Manager, Data Engineering

About our Team:

• The Global Data and Analytics team provides centralized support for data and business intelligence capabilities throughout the SAGE enterprise
• We industrialize datasets into our global data warehouse
• We enable access to data using scalable business intelligence solutions
• We standardize and consolidate customer data to support marketing activities and analysis

Could you be our new Manager, Data Engineering? Do you?

• Have extensive experience in the Data Engineering practice including data warehousing, ETL/ELT, and broad business intelligence concepts
• Have extensive experience leading multiple Data Engineering teams
• Have a data-driven mindset with a passion for building a data first organization
• Lead a culture of transparency and agile ways of working
• Have an awareness of advanced analytic approaches to solving business problems
• Have experience of working and building globally distributed teams.

Your new role:

• Lead multiple teams to build enterprise scale data and analytic solutions.
• Manage direct reports to ensure that performance and goals are aligned with product and department goals and communicate company and strategic department objectives to the team.
• Accountable for recruiting and building a high performing team of internal and contract data engineers for approved SAGE investment initiatives to help realize the intended business benefits.
• Lead Data Engineering strategy on documentation, processes, and governance to better standardise the Data Engineering function within SAGE to continually improve data delivery.
• Provide Data Engineering expertise and direction in partnership with software engineers, product managers, and data scientists to build data architecture that drives insights.
• Experience delivering cloud-based data services (Azure strongly preferred).
• Experience using tools such as SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Spark, or comparable data integration tools.

Overview of benefits:

• 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays full-time/pro-rated for part-time roles
• 2 additional ’floating days’ of personal leave, in recognition that each of us has cultural, religious, or family commitments that fall at times when the company is not closed.
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Access to Sage books and journals
• Tuition scheme and support for pursuing professional qualifications
• Hybrid working arrangements - In office 20% of contracted hours. We work flexibly and most staff can choose to work from home for up to 80% of their contracted hours.

Other benefits, which may change include:

• Variety of snacks and beverages available in the office
• Home working allowance
• Travel insurance
• Healthy lifestyle reimbursement
• Access to the Company doctor
• Access to Company loans (season ticket loan, rental deposit loan, cycle loan)
• Anniversary trip

If you have a disability and you need any support during the application process, please contact humanresources@sagepub.co.uk. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

A cover letter is important to us, this offers the hiring manager valuable insights into how your skill set aligns with the role, what unique contributions you can bring to the team and why you are interested in this position. Therefore, when applying for this role online, please upload your cover letter and CV as one document.

Applications without a cover letter may regrettably not be reviewed.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Sage we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that is representative of all sections of society and to sustaining a culture that celebrates difference, encourages authenticity, and creates a deep sense of belonging. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief as creating value through diversity is what makes us strong. As a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.