Head of Data Management

Tandem is proud to offer a workplace with diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds which leads to a unique company culture for our people and a better experience for our customers.
 
You will work closely with all parts of the Data Team, collaborating with wider technology teams and business stakeholders to tackle complex data challenges and turn the bank’s data opportunities into real, measurable impact. You’ll help Finance, Credit Risk, Product, Lending, and Servicing teams to ensure data is trusted, well‑governed, and strategically leveraged across the organisation.

• Strategy & Leadership - Define and execute a data management strategy covering governance, modelling, engineering, metadata, quality, retention, access, and ethics. Set operating model, roadmap, and influence senior stakeholders.
• Data Governance & Compliance – Establish and enforce policies for data quality, classification, security, privacy, retention, and ethical use. Implement metadata and cataloguing practices for discoverability.
• Data Change & Delivery – Lead data change delivery, prioritising requests, releases and change control for data platforms and semantic layers. Define development standards and CI/CD.
• Analytics Engineering & Data Modelling – Lead analytics engineering best practice: modular SQL/dbt models, tests, sources, exposures, and governed metrics; orchestrate pipelines with Mage.ai. Own conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Database Design, Indexing & Optimisation – Database design and performance: indexing strategies, partitioning, storage layout, query tuning, capacity planning and cost optimisation on SQL Server.
• People Leadership – Manage, coach and grow a team of 8+ across data governance, data modelling, analytics engineering, and data change. Establish career paths for team members using the SFIA9 standard backed by individual targets that further both their development and the goals of the back.

• A proven history working in data and/or data engineering
• Experience leading teams in data and/or engineering
• Data Management & Governance (DATM[6], IRMG[6]),
• Data Modelling (DTAN[5]),
• Analytics Engineering (DENG[6], DAAN[6]),
• Database Design & Administration (DBDS[5], DBAD[5]),
• Data Change & Delivery (PRMG[6], CHMG[6]),
• Methods & Quality (METL[5], QUMG[6]),
• Ethics & Compliance (AIDE[4], PEDP[6]),
• Consulting & Influence (CNSL[6])
  
  

A little welcome gift from us to you, we’ll plant a tree in the Tandem Grove and you can enter into our “Green Deal” below:

• Volunteer 14.25 hours a year for charity > receive a half day on a Friday
• Take part in a fundraising event > Tandem will match up to £200 a year
• Have renewable energy at home > receive an additional 1-day annual leave
• Drive an electric car > receive £500 towards a home charger
• Use public transport or have a low emissions/hybrid car > entry into a £200 prize draw
• Sign up to cycle to work scheme > receive £30 voucher for a cycling helmet

Apply now and let's pave the way to a greener world, together. Our approach to DE&I is reflected in our hiring process so please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments. We will close adverts once we have received enough applications so please apply asap if you’re interested in the role.

Sourcing Model

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Tandem is an equal opportunity employer and are committed to meeting our responsibilities under the Equality Act (2010). We respect the diverse experience and talents that every individual brings to our Company, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Please be aware that background checking (including credit, criminal records and CIFAS Internal Fraud Database Checks) form part of our recruitment process. We will adhere to our duties under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.