Database Strategy Execution Lead - #2195009

Title: Database Strategy Execution Lead

Location: Sheffield. UK (Hybrid)

Duration: Contract

Job Description:

As Database Platform Strategy & Execution Lead, you’ll work closely with the Head of Database Platform to convert strategy into measurable delivery. You’ll provide technical challenge, coordinate execution across teams and help establish the capabilities, governance and operating model needed to scale the platform

Responsibilities

• Translate the Database Platform strategy into prioritised roadmaps, milestones, funding requirements and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate delivery across engineering, architecture, product, risk, operations and business stakeholders.
• Track progress across strategic initiatives, managing dependencies, risks, decisions and escalations.
• Prepare concise recommendations, updates and decision papers for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Support delivery of the on-premises DBaaS roadmap, including services based on MongoDB and SQL Server.
• Apply DBaaS operating, consumption and control models to new distributed SQL products.
• Help shape the architecture, product model and industrialised consumption of distributed SQL services.
• Define capability plans across platform engineering, product management, architecture, automation, reliability and service operations.
• Promote consistent engineering standards for newly onboarded database products, including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD/CT pipelines, Automated testing, Secure engineering, SDLC and deployment controls, Reliability, recoverability and service management
• Identify technical and organisational gaps and coordinate practical solutions across the function.

Experience Essential:

• Experience leading technology strategy execution, platform delivery or transformation at scale.
• Experience working as a strategic adviser, execution lead or chief-of-staff-style partner to a senior technology leader.
• Experience with databases systems, one or many of the following: Oracle, Mongodb, Postgres, MS SQL Server.
• Experience delivering or operating database platforms through DBaaS, IaaS or similar shared-service models.
• Working knowledge of relational, NoSQL and distributed SQL technologies.
• Understanding of database performance, capacity, availability, resilience, recoverability and security.
• Experience coordinating engineering, architecture, product, risk and operations teams.
• Practical understanding of platform engineering, automation, DevOps, SRE, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Ability to assess technical options, identify delivery risks and present clear recommendations.

Desirable

• Experience with distributed SQL.
• Experience with microservices, API development and application systems design.
• Experience establishing or maturing technology capabilities, operating models or platform services.
• Typically, 10 or more years of relevant experience, including senior technology or transformation responsibilities.