Director of Data Engineering
Director of Data Engineering
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Job Description
Role: Director of Data Engineering
Reports to: Chief Technology Officer
Location: London hybrid 3 days in office
Business Unit: Technology
Purpose of this role
The Director of Data Engineering will be a transformative leader responsible for defining and executing Travelexs enterprisewide data strategy. This role combines building and implementing a modern data lakehouse architecture with developing sophisticated analytics and visualization platforms that translate complex data into actionable business intelligence across all regions.
As the architect of our global data ecosystem youll drive the modernization of our infrastructure while building a worldclass team that delivers predictive insights realtime dashboards and automated reporting solutions. The position will play a crucial role in transforming Travelexs technical capabilities and business operations through advanced data solutions combining strategic vision with handson technical leadership to drive Travelexs digital evolution.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Define and execute enterprisewide data strategy while building highperforming data teams across engineering analytics and data science
Lead the design and implementation of modern data lakehouse architecture including data catalogue governance frameworks and analytics capabilities
Drive organizationwide adoption of datadriven decision making and selfservice analytics
Partner with product teams to leverage data capabilities for product development while driving operational efficiency through automation
Collaborate with the executive leadership to align data initiatives with business priorities and establishing datadriven OKRs aligned with companys strategic initiatives
Technical Leadership
Architect scalable data lakehouse platform supporting both analytical and operational use cases
Define technical roadmap and guide selection of key data technologies across ingestion processing storage and analytics
Design and implement robust data pipelines for realtime and batch processing
Establish data standards access control policies and compliance frameworks following DevSecOps practices
Requirements
10 years of data leadership experience with 5 years in senior leadership building modern data platforms at scale
Experience with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipeline implementation
Familiar with modern data lakehouse architecture and handson experience with:
Cloud platforms (AWS Redshift DynamoDB Kinesis or similar tools)
Data processing orchestration and analytics frameworks (DBT Airflow or similar tools)
OLAP databases and analytics tools
Data catalogue and quality management tools
Eventdriven architectures and API design
Building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for diverse data sources
ML pipelines and MLOps practices
Track record of leading digital transformation initiatives and modernizing legacy systems
Financial services sector experience and management of geographically distributed team beneficial but not required
Why Travelex
To remain the worlds leading foreign exchange specialist we are focused on making our customers lives simpler more engaging and hassle free while they travel or move money abroad. We promise to give them the freedom and peace of mind to explore the world their way enabling them to travel confidently because they know they have us to lean on.
Customer centricity and digital are at the heart of our business strategy. Our commitment to innovation has never been greater with the development of a number of digitalfirst greenfield products and services. And with the Travelexs resources deep industry experience and leading brand we are inventing the future of FX crossborder ecommerce and international payments. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion colour national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
