IT & Software

Data Architect Manager

Nigel Frank International

Remote · Nationwide · United Kingdom

Overview

As Senior Manager - Data Architect, you will lead enterprise data strategy and architecture for investment and wealth clients. You’ll guide multi-disciplinary teams through assessments, target-state designs, and roadmaps, translating data concepts into business value for C-suite stakeholders. The role sits at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and delivery within a leading global consulting practice. You will shape operating models and data transformation initiatives to enable better decision-making and measurable outcomes. This is a high-impact, client-facing role that blends technology leadership with business impact.

Pay / Benefits
  • flexible hybrid working
  • wellbeing focus
  • career development and progression
  • exposure to senior decision-makers
Responsibilities
  • Lead enterprise data strategies and architecture for complex investment and wealth clients
  • Manage multi-disciplinary teams delivering assessments, target-state architectures, and roadmaps
  • Identify inefficiencies and define scalable improvements to data architectures
  • Shape and deliver operating models and data transformation initiatives from strategy to implementation
  • Lead client workshops to define requirements, design data models, and establish architectural principles
  • Engage with C-level and senior stakeholders, translating data concepts into business value
  • Stay abreast of emerging data technologies and apply them to client challenges
Key requirements
  • Strong background in data architecture and data solution design in consulting or large enterprise
  • Deep knowledge of data modelling (conceptual, logical, physical), data quality, master & reference data
  • Analytics, reporting, and self-service BI experience
  • Experience defining data standards, taxonomies, vocabularies, and a common data language
  • Proven leadership in managing delivery teams and developing junior talent
  • Industry experience in Investment Management and/or Wealth (assets, trading, risk, pricing, ESG, market data)
  • stakeholder engagement
  • leadership and people development
  • clear communication of complex concepts
  • data architecture
  • data modelling
  • data management concepts (quality, master data, reference data)

Reference: WJ-747_30134754

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