GCP Data Team Lead

Data Manager (GCP/BigQuery)

Location: Manchester or Midlands (Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite)

Type: Full-time | Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking a Data Manager to take ownership of a team delivering solutions within a high-scale, highly regulated environment.

This role is primarily focused on leadership, delivery oversight, and stakeholder engagement rather than hands-on development. You will be responsible for ensuring the team delivers high-quality solutions that meet strict regulatory requirements while maintaining strong standards of design, performance, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a cross-functional, geographically distributed data team
• Own the end-to-end delivery of regulatory reporting solutions
• Ensure outputs meet governance standards and regulatory requirements
• Act as the primary interface between technology, finance, and compliance stakeholders
• Drive team performance through mentoring, coaching, and development
• Manage risks, dependencies, and delivery timelines
• Identify and implement improvements to processes, ways of working, and delivery efficiency
• Provide regular updates to leadership and escalate risks where necessary

Requirements

Leadership and Delivery

• Proven experience leading and developing data or engineering teams
• Strong track record of owning delivery in fast-paced environments
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to prioritise effectively and manage competing demands

Technical Understanding

• Strong understanding of GCP and BigQuery environments
• Solid knowledge of SQL and commercial database development
• Awareness of cloud-based architectures and data/reporting systems

(This is not a hands-on role, but requires sufficient technical depth to guide teams and review solutions.)

Desirable Experience

• Experience within regulated environments such as gambling, finance, or similar
• Exposure to high-throughput or large-scale data platforms
• Familiarity with API integrations (REST or SOAP)
• Experience supporting the use of AI tools within delivery teams

Why Join

• Lead delivery of business-critical regulatory systems
• Work within a large-scale, performance-driven environment
• Play a key role in shaping team delivery and best practices
• Hybrid working model (2 days onsite per week) with strong long-term career progression

Apply

If you are a leadership-focused data professional who enjoys driving delivery and improving team performance in complex environments, we would like to hear from you.