Digital Data Engineering Manager in Southampton

In our pursuit of excellence within our technology department here at Carnival UK, we’re seeking individuals who bring a wealth of technical knowledge and expertise to our newly created Digital Analytics Engineering Manager role.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of high‑quality, governed marketing and digital analytics data models and pipelines in Snowflake and DBT, enabling accurate, near real‑time insight across personalisation, attribution, CRO and campaign performance.
• Orchestrate event‑driven and batch integrations between Adobe Experience Platform, Snowflake, media platforms and other growth tools using technologies such as Airflow, Python, Docker etc - ensuring resilient data flows for analytics, activation and experimentation.
• Act as the technical owner for digital data within a hub‑and‑spoke data model, partnering with central Data Engineering, Marketing, Digital and CRO teams to align engineering standards, reusable assets and domain best practice.
• Engineer datasets and analytics backbones that power digital alerting, audience enrichment, experimentation and technical experience optimisation, embedding robust governance, privacy and observability into all pipelines.

Position Requirements

• Advanced expertise in Snowflake and DBT, with deep hands‑on experience designing, building, and maintaining production‑grade data pipelines, supported by strong SQL and Python skills and experience with Airflow, Git and CI/CD.
• Proven track record integrating digital and marketing platforms such as Adobe Experience Platform, Meta CAPI, Google Ads, CRM and other growth and analytics tools.
• Experience enabling marketing segmentation, personalisation, performance analytics and experimentation use cases across digital channels.
• Strong understanding of privacy‑first digital data architectures and regulatory compliance (including GDPR) and how these apply to marketing and experience data.

About You

• A confident, collaborative communicator with strong stakeholder management skills, able to translate complex technical topics into clear, outcome‑focused language.
• A fast learner, comfortable operating outside your comfort zone and growing into new technologies and patterns.
• Curious and improvement‑focused, you seek opportunities to automate, optimise and simplify, while balancing the needs of digital stakeholders.

Why Join Us?

Positioned within our internal structure from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President), this role is classified as a CUK07, offered as a full‑time position, on a permanent basis, with hybrid working including up to two days from home. We offer a dynamic and inclusive workplace where your work makes a real impact. Beyond salaries and benefits, here’s what we offer:

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Car Allowance
• Annual Bonus
• Company‑paid private medical, dental insurance and health assessment
• Contributory pension scheme
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme

Application Note

Given the opportunities we provide, we encourage prompt applications. We are committed to finding the right blend of talent and passion, and our recruitment process may close earlier than advertised for roles with high applicant volumes. Don’t miss this chance to leverage your qualifications in a role where you can truly shine. Apply today and let’s explore how your skills and ambitions align with our opportunities!

Recruitment Journey

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Job Functions Information Technology; Engineering; Science

About Us

Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise. No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people. Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion. It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.