Data Engineering Manager

Job Description

• Lead the full Datahub migration lifecycle: initiation (charter, resourcing), planning (scope, cost, schedule), execution (build, test, data validation), cutover, and post‑migration support.
• Develop and maintain the integrated migration plan, RAID log, and status dashboards; track milestones and dependencies across Client, incumbent vendor and source system teams.
• Drive governance e.g. steering committee, working groups; prepare materials and secure decisions from sponsors and stakeholders.
• Coordinate environment readiness, IDMC data pipelines and ETL/ELT jobs; ensure migration runbooks and rollback plans are in place.
• Oversee cutover rehearsals and go‑live; lead issue triage and stabilisation to meet agreed SLAs.
• Manage vendors and delivery teams; clarify scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria; ensure timely and high‑quality delivery.
• Ensure compliance with Client data governance and cybersecurity requirements (e.g., IM8) and approved data‑sharing patterns where applicable.
• Identify and manage risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies; implement mitigation and contingency plans.
• Prepare clear updates, minutes, submissions and papers; communicate progress and variances to sponsors and management.
• Define and track migration KPIs (e.g., data quality, success rate, defect leakage, schedule adherence).