Data Architect

This is a senior architecture leadership role responsible for defining and governing the end-to-end data architecture for a complex transformation programme. The individual will connect business requirements, operational platforms, integration services, data products, analytics, and reporting through coherent models, reusable structures, and clear architectural standards.

The principal responsibilities include:

• Data architecture strategy and direction: Defining target-state and transition-state data architecture
• Data modelling leadership: Leading conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling. Mapping source-platform models to canonical, enterprise, analytical, and reporting models
• Data as a product methodology: Designing business data domains and reusable data products
• Reporting, insight, and analytics alignment: Aligning reporting and dashboard requirements with sustainable data and semantic models
• Integration and data-flow architecture: Defining integration patterns and end-to-end data flows
• Architecture governance and assurance: Establishing architecture standards and providing formal design assurance
• Stakeholder and delivery leadership: Act as the primary data architecture contact across business and technology workstreams. Leading cross-functional architecture decisions across business and technology teams

Candidates must have significant data architecture leadership experience within complex transformation programmes. They should combine strategic architecture capability with hands-on delivery experience and demonstrate strong stakeholder leadership, modelling, integration, governance, and design-assurance skills. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills and Fabric architecture experience are mandatory.