Manager - Data Engineering [T500-25694]

About Ferguson:

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Job Summary:

The Data Engineering Manager is a working manager responsible for overseeing delivery execution for the development team while remaining actively engaged in technical work. This role manages task delegation, delivery progress, & team coordination while maintaining regular communication with US counterparts during overlap hours. The Manager ensures work is executed efficiently, technical standards are maintained, & team members are supported through coaching & problem-solving, while also contributing directly to development efforts when needed.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Skills & Qualifications:

• Own delivery execution for the Ferguson Global Power BI development team. Lead initiatives to document reporting lineage, dataset dependencies, & metric definitions.
• Receive & translate incoming work requests into structured technical tasks & assign work across the team. Lead internal team ceremonies including standups, planning, & work tracking
• Manage delivery timelines, progress tracking, & quality assurance for reporting & semantic model development. Hold team members accountable for quality, deadlines, & technical standards.
• Review deliverables prior to release to ensure compliance with technical, performance, & design standards. prior to release to US teams. Maintain regular communication with US counterparts during overlap hours.
• Contribute to development efforts through hands-on Power BI, SQL, & DAX work as needed. Provide technical coaching & unblock developers when challenges arise.
• Ensure consistency in modeling practices, report design standards, & performance optimization techniques. Support advanced development & troubleshooting activities while fostering continuous improvement
• Establish standards & governance for building AI-ready datasets that enable natural language querying & AI-driven analytics across the organization.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled analytics & capabilities by aligning semantic model design with Enterprise AI strategy.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or equivalent experience.
• Expert-level Power BI development experience with strong SQL & DAX expertise.
• 8+ years of experience developing modern data platforms such as Databricks and querying data using Databricks SQL.
• Understanding Lakehouse architecture concepts with hands on development of bronze, silver, and gold data layers.
• Experience integrating Databricks data with Power BI semantic models (Import and Direct Query).
• Familiarity with distributed data processing concepts and performance considerations for large-scale datasets.
• Strong experience with Python or R for predictive analytics & advanced analysis.
• Proven experience mentoring developers & leading technical delivery teams.
• Strong organizational & delivery management skills.
• Ability to balance leadership responsibilities with hands-on development work.
• High accountability mindset for execution quality & team performance.
• Understanding of AI-enabled analytics platforms such as Azure OpenAI or Databricks and their dependency on well-structured semantic data models.