Data Engineering Manager

The Data Engineering Manager role builds and operates the data platform at Rentokil Initial, focusing on driving value from data and empowering both internal teams and customers. This role involves leading a team, architecting data models, ensuring data quality, and ensuring self-service BI is available to reduce data consumption across the organization. The company emphasizes innovation and a diverse, inclusive work environment.

Requirements

• Prior experience of scaling/growing technology teams
• Technical leadership experience, architecting, designing and leading a team through complex software delivery projects
• Good understanding and track record of delivering complex data solutions using Agile methods
• Excellent communication skills, capable of talking to people across IT and business, as well as to stakeholders at various levels of the company
• Advanced experience in designing and creating data models
• Strong with SQL for data interrogation and transformation
• Experience with deploying solutions in Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), ideally GCP
• Overall business intelligence knowledge
• Experience using ETL tools to deliver data integration
• Willingness to self-study and learn new skills
• Hands-on experience of modern software CI/CD techniques to automate the build and deployment of data solutions
• Use of source code version control (e.g. Git, Bitbucket)
• Strong prioritisation and communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• Hybrid working
• Rentokil Initial Reward Scheme
• 23 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in service benefit
• Healthcare
• Free parking