Job Description
Data Engineering Lead - Value & Analytics
Location: London or Edinburgh
Working pattern: Hybrid working
Start date: ASAP
Employment type: Permanent
Salary: £38,000 - £46,000 (+ £3,300 London Weighting)
Level: Senior
The Opportunity
A leading international organisation specialising in education, cultural relations and global collaboration is looking for a Data Engineering Lead to join its Value Management function.
You will build the technical infrastructure that provides visibility of portfolio performance, strategic value and benefits realisation across a complex global organisation. Taking ownership of the data engineering and analytics capabilities behind the organisation's Value Dashboard, you will integrate financial, project and operational information into a consistent and automated view of performance.
Working with senior stakeholders across Digital and Technology, Finance, Portfolio Management and executive leadership, you will turn fragmented data into reliable evidence that supports investment, prioritisation and resource decisions.
The Role
You will provide the technical engine for the Value Management Office, designing and maintaining the pipelines, models and dashboards used to track portfolio performance, benefits realisation and strategic return on investment.
While portfolio and strategy teams define what value should be measured, you will own how the information is captured, integrated, automated and presented to leadership and board-level audiences.
Key Responsibilities
Design and implement automated data pipelines connecting operational, financial and project management systems, including Jira, Azure DevOps and SAP
Build and maintain executive dashboards using Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Tableau or similar tools
Visualise objectives, OKRs, KPIs, benefits and actual versus forecast return on investment
Develop scalable data models that connect portfolio activity and project outputs to strategic objectives
Create a trusted single source of truth for prioritisation, investment decisions and resource allocation
Engineer automated alerts and reporting to identify declining value or performance
Translate business-case and benefits metrics into reliable technical data models
Manage the analytics engineering lifecycle from ingestion and ETL or ELT through to front-end visualisation
Define technical standards for value-tracking tools, data models and performance analytics
Ensure leadership reporting is accurate, auditable, secure and compliant with governance requirements
Promote data transparency and access to trusted performance information
Connect information from fragmented business units and systems while maintaining consistent definitions and metadata
Work with Portfolio, Product and Finance teams to improve the quality and automation of value reporting
Design solutions that scale as organisational priorities, portfolio structures and reporting requirements change
Maintain documentation covering data lineage, models, interfaces, controls and reporting standards
Essential Experience
Strong experience in data modelling, solution design, metadata management, coding, testing and delivering data engineering solutions
Advanced Power BI and/or Microsoft Fabric experience creating executive-level dashboards
Experience with ETL or ELT tools, scripting, data warehouses and data lakes
Experience integrating fragmented data from operational, financial and project management systems
Experience supporting major digital transformation or change programmes across multiple technology domains
Strong cloud knowledge across Azure, AWS, SaaS, IaaS or PaaS environments
Understanding of cyber security, data governance and regulatory requirements
Strong business systems analysis skills and the ability to connect technical data to financial and strategic value
Ability to present complex data through intuitive dashboards for non-technical senior stakeholders
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Fluency in English
Desirable Experience
Experience within a Value Management Office, PMO or strategy-led data function
Experience in financial modelling, benefits realisation or commercial performance analytics
Previous line management experience
Experience within a large, international or highly complex organisation
Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Tableau, data engineering or related professional certification
Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering or a related discipline
Experience designing solutions in complex environments where data is distributed across multiple business units
Ability to lead technical discussions, challenge assumptions and recommend pragmatic engineering approaches
Important Information
Applicants must be a UK resident
Applicants must have the unrestricted right to work in the UK
No visa sponsorship is available for this role
This position is offered on a hybrid basis, with no fully remote option
A regular physical presence in the office is required for the success of the role
The exact hybrid working pattern may vary depending on the selected office location
Salt contact: Robert Sprigens -
The full job description will be discussed during a telephone call if the candidate is interested and considered suitable for the role.
Rates depend on experience and client requirements
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