As the Data Pipeline Manager, you will lead a team responsible for building and maintaining scalable, reliable data pipelines that support enterprise reporting and analytics.
You will oversee the development and optimisation of Talend-based data workflows, ensuring high data quality and availability across systems such as Qlik and our central databases.
Collaborating with data stewards, analysts, and support teams, you will guide the implementation of best practices in data integration, transformation, and validation.
This role is critical in ensuring the stability and performance of data operations that underpin business insights and application functionality.
The Valpak Data Insights (VDI) department regularly receive data files from their customers systems with regards to Product and transactional data.
This data is transformed and loaded into our database using an inhouse built application.
VDI will be migrating to the Qlik Talend ETL software on the customer files to load data into our databases.

Management experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Great attention to detail
Excellent organisational skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Experience using Microsoft packages, including Excel
Knowledge of ETL tools and data pipelines, SQL, Java and GitHub is required
Applicants should be educated to degree level or possess solid work experience in related field.

Dual Location / Hybrid worker Status
Participation in our annual Incentive Plan (VIP)
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, volunteering day and your birthday off!
Option to buy and sell up to 9 days annual leave
Access to voluntary benefits including private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, and subsidised gym membership
Automatic inclusion in Life Assurance, Critical Illness and Disability Income protection schemes
Pension scheme up to 8% employer contribution
Access to reward & discount platform
Wellbeing initiatives

Data Pipeline Manager

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