Senior Manager, Data Engineering

Role Responsibilites

• Develops and communicates a clear strategy, roadmap, and plan for NS data estate, ensuring a focus on creativity, innovation, and modernisation.
• Influences senior stakeholders across a range of complex issues from MD level and above.
• Leadership responsibility for people in platform engineering, science, architecture, product ownership & device management supporting their business outcomes & development in their roles.
• Able to navigate complex business issues, often across multiple stakeholder groups. Cutting through complexity to simplify the way we work and deliver benefits for our customers, our colleagues and our business
• Key role in the Data & AI leadership team
• Actively seek opportunities for the team to improve the delivery of outcomes across the whole of BT.
• Promote collaboration; lead by example by participating in internal networks, events and communities of practice.
• Operates as an SME within own field of expertise, developing, leading and advocating the implementation of the data governance strategy roadmap focusing on supporting our off-shore teams.
• Defines and directs processes that monitor data and AI governance policies and procedures to ensure data integrity, privacy and overall data quality.
• Acts as the primary subject matter expert on security and AI best practices, managing and identifying potential data risks and recommends changes to mitigate these risks and enhance security.
• Drives collaboration with key stakeholders to ensure acceptance and sponsorship of data governance policies.
• Leads the translation of business requirements into technical specifications, establishing and defining details, definitions, and requirements of applications, components, and enhancements across Motive, NDP and CDP.
• Mentors and coaches experienced professionals to develop current and future team capabilities and ensure performance.
• Leads the implementation of continuous improvement opportunities to improve the data governance team processes, such as the optimisation of documenting and implementing of data governance policies, standards, and procedures in existing and new data environments.
• Owns and delivers the platform roadmap, setting clear priorities, targets, and KPIs to drive platform performance and operational stability.
• Ensures operational stability and performance of Motive, NDP and CDP. Experience Layer (platforms and applications), maintaining uptime, integrity, and security.
• Acts as a point of contact for external tech vendors (Motive) working closely with the accountable Chapter Lead to manage vendor relationships and ensure alignment.
• Drives platform reusability, optimizing the use of platform components across squads to maximize efficiency and reduce duplication.

Essential Skills

• Story-telling with data: strong skills in building the case for change, drawing on data and analytical techniques where appropriate, and communicating this to business audiences
• Business acumen: Knowledgeable in business strategy and the drivers of organisational performance, including people drivers of performance and financial literacy (e.g. business KPIs, business cases)
• Customer focused: can bring expertise and strategic thinking to deliver outcomes for our customers.
  Financial acumen: ability to focus on business value.
• Domain expertise: relating to Network products, not limited to Wi-Fi standards, device management, industry measures & regulatory obligations
• Inclusive leadership: Leverages diverse and inclusive thinking to maximise the effectiveness and success of teams, policies, practices, and products.

Required Experience

• Transformation leadership [MANDATORY]
• Creating innovative data products [PREFERRED]
• Leadership and coaching [MANDATORY]
• Stakeholder management [MANDATORY]
• Customer Focus [MANDATORY]

The skills you’ll need

Data SecurityRegulatory ComplianceDevOpsData StorageData EngineeringData IntegrationData CommercialisationProgramming/ScriptingData QualityData MigrationCloud ComputingAgile MethodologiesData ManagementData AcquisitionData RiskTalent ManagementDecision MakingGrowth MindsetPerformance ManagementInclusive Leadership

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled.  As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business. 
 
Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband.  Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other. 
 
While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come.  This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.  
 
Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented.  BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.