Data Acquisition Lead

Thames Water is looking for a Data Acquisition Lead to manage the team responsible for ingesting and integrating data from core business systems into our Azure-based Enterprise Data Platform. You’ll lead a team of Data Engineers and Data Business Analysts, own the end‑to‑end acquisition process, and ensure high‑quality, reliable data pipelines that power analytics across the organisation.

What you’ll be doing as a Data Acquisition Lead

Lead and mentor a team of Data Engineers and Data BAs.

Own data ingestion pipelines from source systems into the Azure data lake.

Design and implement ETL/ELT processes using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and PySpark.

Work with Data Architects and Data Scientists to prioritise and deliver required datasets.

Solve complex data integration challenges, including APIs and unstructured data.

Maintain data standards, documentation, and data quality across all pipelines.