Head of Data Management

Job Title: Head of Data Management
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 09.00 - 17.00 36.25 hours per week
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 and up to 30% bonus and benefits
Location: Blackpool, one day a week in the office (Thursdays) and occasional quarterly travel to our Cardiff, London and Durham offices per business needs.

💚 Shaping the future of sustainable digital banking 💚

Launched in 2014 as one of the UK’s original challenger banks, Tandem is proudly headquartered in the Northwest, with over 500 people working across the UK. 

People join Tandem because they want to shape something meaningful. Here, you’ll use your skills to create products that empower people to make better financial choices and lower their environmental impact. We’re big enough to drive real change, small enough for every voice to be heard, and united by a shared purpose that inspires us to move forward - together. 

Recognised in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for 2024 and 2025, Tandem has also been named in The Sunday Times 100 Tech list for two consecutive years in 2025 and 2026 – a list of the fastest growing tech companies in Britain, reflective of our growing industry presence. Tandem was also awarded Investor in Customers’ Gold Standard based on customer and employee feedback and is a Certified™ Great Place to Work®. 

Tandem is growing fast and helping to shape the future of sustainable banking.

Your team: Collaborators in change

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.

 
Your Impact: Building a sustainable tomorrow

As a Head of Data Management at Tandem, your focus will be on:

• 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.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 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])
  
  

You will be working with the following technologies:

• AI – used for data acquisition and ELT orchestration
• Python – used for data acquisition, data publishing and analysis
• SQL – we use a mix of TimescaleDB and Microsoft SQL Server as our structured data storage
• dbt – is used for data transformation, lineage and metadata
• SharePoint/S3/SFTP – all used in our unstructured data processes
• GitHub/Concourse – used for code management and CI/CD

Rewards that reflect your value, what’s in it for you?
 
At Tandem, your hard work is rewarded in many ways, and we have an enhanced employee benefits package on offer from your very first day with us:

• 25 days annual leave plus 8 days Bank Holiday
• An additional day off for a ‘celebration day’ including, but not limited to, birthdays, weddings, religious holidays, graduations etc
• Buy or sell up to 5 days holiday a year
• Healthcare cash plan through Westfield Health
• Life Assurance at 3 x salary
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme and a free helmet
• Salary sacrifice Pension contribution*, 4% employee contributions matched with 4% Tandem contribution (*Subject to salary eligibility)
• Smart Tech scheme (buy goods with 0% interest)
• 10% discount on solar panels
• Tandem Hub for treats, cash back and discounts on UK retailers
• 2 days per year paid volunteering
• Free cereal, snacks and drinks in all offices
• Quarterly team social budgets

Our Green Deal: Your Impact Amplified

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

Ready to make your mark?

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

Recruitment at Tandem works primarily on a direct sourcing model and does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list. We are not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company. You can find our Applicant Privacy Policy on our Careers page.
 
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.