Data Development Operations Team Manager

Stonewater
Oxford, United Kingdom
Last week
£70,000 pa

Salary

£70,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Remote
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
22 May 2026 (Last week)

Data Development Operations Team Manager

Location:Remote

Salary:£70,000 per annum

Vacancy Type:Full Time

Expiry date:10 June, 2026

At Stonewater, data is at the heart of how we improve services, drive performance, and support our customers. We’re transforming our data capability to build a modern, scalable, and insight-led organisation - and we’re looking for aData DevOps Manager to help lead that journey.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll shape how data platforms are built, deployed, and operated across the business, ensuring reliability, security, and performance at every step.

AsData DevOps Manager, you’ll lead a specialist team delivering data pipelines, platforms, and BI solutions within an Agile environment. You’ll combine technical leadership with strategic thinking to ensure our data ecosystem is automated, efficient, and aligned to business needs.

You’ll work closely with Data Engineering, BI, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, trusted data solutions that support everything from operational reporting to executive decision-making.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Lead the development and operation of scalable data platforms and pipelines
  • Drive DevOps best practice across data engineering and BI environments
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for cloud-based data solutions
  • Ensure high availability, performance, and resilience of data systems
  • Deliver dashboards, reports, and analytics that enable business insight
  • Embed strong data governance, quality, and security standards
  • Monitor platform performance, cost, and reliability against agreed SLAs
  • Manage stakeholders and external suppliers to deliver data initiatives
  • Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Data DevOps team

What you’ll bring:

Technical expertise

  • Strong experience in Azure data platforms (e.g. Synapse, Data Factory, Data Lake, SQL)
  • Advanced SQL and experience managing enterprise data models
  • Proven experience with Power BI, including data modelling and optimisation
  • Expertise in data pipelines, automation, and DevOps practices (CI/CD, IaC)
  • Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and lifecycle management

Leadership & delivery

  • Experience leading technical teams in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
  • Strong programme and delivery management capability
  • Ability to balance priorities, manage risk, and deliver to deadlines
  • Experience managing budgets, suppliers, and SLAs

Communication & mindset

  • Confident engaging technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Resilient, adaptable, and focused on continuous improvement
  • A collaborative leader who brings teams together to deliver

Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

Discover Stonewater:

Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 40,000 homes, serving 93,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.

Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

We’re looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 900 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.

Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Stonewater, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

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