Data Squad Lead
Asda
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job Description:
Your responsibilities will include:
- Spearhead the successful implementation of Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, resulting in a 20% improvement in delivery times.
- Introduce and track appropriate Agile delivery metrics such as velocity, cycle time, and burndown charts, providing real-time visibility into progress.
- Develop and execute a data engineering roadmap, aligning technology investments with strategic business objectives.
- Establish and maintain best practices for data ingestion, processing, and storage, ensuring data quality and integrity.
- Implement automated testing and validation processes, reducing data pipeline errors by 15%.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define data requirements and deliver solutions to support business analytics and reporting initiatives.
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to enhance data engineering capabilities, supporting a 10% increase in efficiency.
- Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide coaching to team members to drive professional growth and career development.
- Play a key role in hiring and onboarding new team members, contributing to the growth and development of the department.
About You:
- Have a background in data development or engineering
- Have a good understanding of Microsoft Azure tooling, preferably with hands on experience
- Knowledge of Python advantageous
- Experienced in Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean
- Experience of managing teams to deliver quickly and accurately
- Experience with using Agile tools to inform and provide feedback
- Ability to think out of the box with a can-do attitude to get things done efficiently
- Excellent communication skills with ability to articulate technical concepts in plain English
- You will be proactive, resilient with strong leadership skills and an excellent team player
Extra Info:
- Work Where it Works: Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to chose where you’ll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team.
- You will also get an excellent benefits package including;-
- Discretionary company bonus
- £5,700 company car or car allowance
- Company pension up to 7% matched
- 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.
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