Vallum Associates
Data Lead
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This role is for a Data Lead on a 6-month contract, offering a pay rate of "competitive" and based in a hybrid work environment. Key skills required include Azure data stack, data engineering, and ERP experience, particularly with SAP S/4HANA.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
June 16, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Data Engineering #Data Management #SAP #ADF (Azure Data Factory) #Data Migration #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Alation #Leadership #Microsoft Power BI #Azure #Migration #BI (Business Intelligence) #Scala #ADLS (Azure Data Lake Storage) #Data Lake #Data Quality
Role description
The role:
This role provides a unique opportunity to lead a critical data transformation workstream for a global food manufacturing leader, driving data readiness across enterprise platforms while leading a hybrid onsite-offshore analytics pod leveraging modern Azure-based data technologies.
Your responsibilities:
The Onsite Data Lead will play a critical role in driving Customer’s data transformation programme by anchoring an analytics data pod (onsite + offshore delivery model) supporting in-flight business-critical initiatives.
Impact Summary:
• Lead end-to-end delivery of a business-critical data workstream already in execution, accelerating outcomes rather than starting from scratch
• Enable data readiness for operations, testing, cutover, and go-live across multiple enterprise platforms
• Orchestrate integration across ERP (SAP S/4HANA), planning, MES and supply chain systems, ensuring unified and consistent data
• Drive data lake, analytics, and reporting capabilities using Azure / Power BI ecosystem
• Act as the single point of leadership onsite, coordinating with senior stakeholders and leading a 4-member offshore pod.
Key responsibilities include:
• Lead and accelerate an existing data workstream, ensuring continuity and delivery pace
• Define and drive the data readiness roadmap for testing, rehearsal, cutover, and operations
• Identify and manage data objects across domains (master, transactional, production, supply chain)
• Coordinate data collection, cleansing, structuring and validation across multiple systems
• Ensure data consistency across platforms (SAP, MES, planning, etc.)
• Work with business stakeholders (finance, supply chain, plant ops) and SMEs
• Lead and govern offshore team delivery (Technical Lead, BA, Developers)
• Track and manage data quality, completeness, risks and dependencies
Your Profile:
• Strong experience in Data Engineering / Data Management / Data Migration programs
• Proven leadership in data delivery within large transformation programmes
• Hands-on experience with Azure data stack (ADLS Gen2, ADF / Fabric, SQL, Power BI)
• Exposure to ERP & manufacturing ecosystems (SAP S/4HANA, MES, Planning systems)
• Strong understanding of:
• Data structures (master, transactional, operational data)
• Data quality, governance, and lifecycle
• Experience managing onsite–offshore delivery models
• Ability to engage business + IT stakeholders across functions
• Strong programme execution, problem-solving, and escalation management
The role:
This role provides a unique opportunity to lead a critical data transformation workstream for a global food manufacturing leader, driving data readiness across enterprise platforms while leading a hybrid onsite-offshore analytics pod leveraging modern Azure-based data technologies.
Your responsibilities:
The Onsite Data Lead will play a critical role in driving Customer’s data transformation programme by anchoring an analytics data pod (onsite + offshore delivery model) supporting in-flight business-critical initiatives.
Impact Summary:
• Lead end-to-end delivery of a business-critical data workstream already in execution, accelerating outcomes rather than starting from scratch
• Enable data readiness for operations, testing, cutover, and go-live across multiple enterprise platforms
• Orchestrate integration across ERP (SAP S/4HANA), planning, MES and supply chain systems, ensuring unified and consistent data
• Drive data lake, analytics, and reporting capabilities using Azure / Power BI ecosystem
• Act as the single point of leadership onsite, coordinating with senior stakeholders and leading a 4-member offshore pod.
Key responsibilities include:
• Lead and accelerate an existing data workstream, ensuring continuity and delivery pace
• Define and drive the data readiness roadmap for testing, rehearsal, cutover, and operations
• Identify and manage data objects across domains (master, transactional, production, supply chain)
• Coordinate data collection, cleansing, structuring and validation across multiple systems
• Ensure data consistency across platforms (SAP, MES, planning, etc.)
• Work with business stakeholders (finance, supply chain, plant ops) and SMEs
• Lead and govern offshore team delivery (Technical Lead, BA, Developers)
• Track and manage data quality, completeness, risks and dependencies
Your Profile:
• Strong experience in Data Engineering / Data Management / Data Migration programs
• Proven leadership in data delivery within large transformation programmes
• Hands-on experience with Azure data stack (ADLS Gen2, ADF / Fabric, SQL, Power BI)
• Exposure to ERP & manufacturing ecosystems (SAP S/4HANA, MES, Planning systems)
• Strong understanding of:
• Data structures (master, transactional, operational data)
• Data quality, governance, and lifecycle
• Experience managing onsite–offshore delivery models
• Ability to engage business + IT stakeholders across functions
• Strong programme execution, problem-solving, and escalation management
