Head of Data Engineering

Who you are

• If you are a highly communicative leader who wants to stay close to key decision-making, mentor talent, and drive commercial success, this role is for you
• Advanced SQL skills at both a production-grade and analytical level within a commercial environment
• Proven experience extracting, transforming, and loading data across disparate environments
• Hands-on experience developing data views within major BI tools (e.g., Looker, PowerBI, Tableau, MicroStrategy)
• Experience leading or managing high-functioning technical talent, with a passion for helping team members reach their potential
• Deep knowledge of Data Engineering best practices and modern consumption-layer design
• Pragmatic, curious, self-driven, and commercially minded with a track record of delivering measurable impact
• Python skills
• Worked with dbt previously
• LookML skills
• Knowledge of Software development best practices
• Worked in a digital healthcare environment

What the job involves

• We are seeking a Head of Data Engineering to join our high-functioning Data & Analytics team (comprising Data Engineers, Analytical Business Partners, and Data Scientists)
• In this high-impact leadership role, you will take end-to-end accountability, from data ingestion to metric reporting, to deliver business-critical insights across the organisation
• Managing two Data Engineers, you will sit at the heartbeat of Numan, balancing hands-on technical contribution with strategic thought leadership
• You will serve as the go-to expert for data warehouse design, data modelling best practices, and tool selection
• Owning and refining the long-term Data Engineering Strategy, aligning it with company objectives and modern technology advances
• Producing and communicating ambitious quarterly roadmaps, lead the Data QBR process, and establish clear OKRs for yourself and your team
• Partnering with Lead Engineers, Data Team Heads, regulatory professionals, and external partners (vendors, Google) to ensure alignment and compliance for stakeholders and patients
• Developing our agentic analytics framework to enable reliable, self-service analytics at scale
• Collaborate with the Infrastructure team to uphold robust engineering standards and operational workflows
• Manage orchestration processes for data engineering effectively
• Integrate and launch new data sources as Numan expands its offering and market footprint
• Manage relationships with key vendors to maximize value and utility across our toolset
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations on new tooling
• Ensure ETL and live reporting processes reliably deliver accurate, timely downstream KPIs
• Establish process monitoring systems so the team is "first to know" when issues arise
• Implement metric alerting to track metric shifts, data staleness, and overall data integrity
• Act as the company-wide consumption champion, promoting data literacy so every employee can leverage data effectively
• Build a culture of learning through discoverable documentation, training, helpdesk support, newsletters, and "lunch and learns."
• Manage data access controls and security privileges across the entire tech stack

Benefits

• Share options
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 the longer you stay with Numan)
• Health insurance with Vitality
• Enhanced maternity and parental leave
• Nursery benefit provided by YellowNest
• Employee assistance programme (access to therapy, financial planning and discounts)
• Generous pension (includes both employee and employer contributions)
• Flexible working options, including a dog-friendly office in Farringdon
• Personal training and development budget via Learnerbly
• Wellhub membership, giving you access to over 2,000 locations in the UK
• Free office snacks including breakfast items, soft drinks, tea and coffee
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Discount on Numan products for your friends and family
• Paid volunteering days
• An additional 2 weeks off once you reach your 5th anniversary with Numan