Accountable for shaping and advising on the IT functional operating model to introduce and scale enterprise data platforms—including the shared enterprise data warehouse, lakehouse, ingestion and transformation frameworks, and governed data products
Job Summary
Accountable for shaping and advising on the IT functional operating model to introduce and scale enterprise data platforms—including the shared enterprise data warehouse, lakehouse, ingestion and transformation frameworks, and governed data products.
Leads engineering teams while defining platform patterns, standards, and architectures that make trusted, high-quality data available faster, more reliably, and more cost effectively.
This role lifts the organisation’s speed, quality, and trust in enterprise data—enabling analytics, AI, risk reduction, and customer value through durable, scalable data platforms and world‑class engineering capability.
Matching Summary
Accountable for shaping and advising on the IT functional operating model to introduce and scale enterprise data platforms—including the shared enterprise data warehouse, lakehouse, ingestion and transformation frameworks, and governed data products.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
enterprise data platforms
data warehousing
batch and streaming data pipelines
cloud platforms
DataOps observability lifecycle management
regulated environments
Nice-to-have
customer first mindset
strategic influence
ownership and judgement
inclusive leadership
learning agility
Key Requirements
12-15+ years in data engineering
5+ years leading engineering teams
NQF Level 8 qualification/Postgraduate degree
Master's or PhD preferred
Cloud or data engineering certifications advantageous