Cavu
Hybrid
Permanent
For airports. For partners. For passengers. For people.
We are Cavu - a travel-tech and hospitality company built to make journeys smoother, more rewarding and more human.
From our platform that helps airports unlock more value across the passenger journey, to our airport lounges and hospitality experiences people love, everything we do is designed to make travel better - for passengers and the businesses that serve them.
That takes people with fresh ideas, different perspectives and the confidence to challenge what already exists. At Cavu, you’ll have the space to think, the support to grow and the freedom to be yourself.
Whether you’re working from one of our offices, at home, in our lounges or on the road, you’ll be empowered to create, innovate and help shape better travel experiences.
Know the way. Together, we can reach new heights.
What’s the role?
CAVU is well into an exciting digital and data transformation journey. With the acquisition of new brands, the expansion of our product portfolio, and a commitment to best-in-class technology, data has become fundamental to how we operate and grow.
As we continue to strengthen our centralised data capability across marketing analytics, digital analytics, and commercial analytics, we’re now looking for a Head of Data Engineering to join our Data leadership team.
This role will shape, strengthen, and scale our centralised data engineering function, ensuring our platforms, pipelines, and architecture are robust, forward-thinking, and fit for the future. You’ll bring deep expertise across modern data engineering practices, strong technical solution-design capability, particularly with Databricks, and the leadership experience to empower a high-performing global engineering team.
You’re a strategic and hands-on data leader with a passion for building scalable systems, high-performing teams, and exceptional data products. You’re motivated by solving complex problems, enabling others to thrive, and shaping the future of data at CAVU.
You’ll be comfortable operating as part of a senior leadership team, managing both teams and managers, and supporting a global data function.
We’re building something brilliant at CAVU: a diverse team of people who reflect the global customer base that we serve. We’re proudly part of MAG and together we’re on a mission to be number one in our industries, and that takes talent in all its forms. With so many exciting roles across our businesses, there’s space for your unique strengths to shine.
Whether this is your first role or your next big step, we want to hear from you, even if you don’t think you tick every box. What matters most is what you bring.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you need any adjustments to support your application or interview, just let us know. We’re committed to helping you perform at your best.
At MAG and CAVU, every journey matters. Our Colleague Communities play a big part in that: Women’s Network, Embrace (Race & Ethnicity), Fly with Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mind Matters (Mental Health), PACT (Parents & Carers), RespectABILITY (Disability & Neurodiversity), and the CAVU Global ID&E Affinity Group.
Cavu
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is the UK’s largest airports group. Collectively, MAG owns and operates three UK airports – Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands – alongside digital travel services business, CAVU.
Last year 54m passengers flew through our airports, and we contributed more than £8bn to the UK economy. MAG directly employs 7,000 people and supports more than 40,000 jobs across the supply chain.
We understand airports and air travel better than anyone. Our impact spans the length of the UK, with around 70% of the population living within a two-hour journey of a MAG airport. By working with a wide range of airlines to forge long-term partnerships that maximise the choice and value available to passengers, we have grown a large route network that connects people and businesses to the globe.
Looking ahead, we are ambitious and focused on making the future of travel better. We are investing in our airports to launch new routes, and give our passengers the best experience. In CAVU, we are using MAG’s decades of aviation experience and industry-leading consumer insights to revolutionise airport travel. And, running through everything we do, we are working confidently towards a sustainable future and achieving net zero for aviation by 2050.
