Strategic Data Architect

In this Strategic Data Architect role, you will shape enterprise data strategy and oversee the transition to a modern cloud-based data platform. You’ll establish governance, standards, and interoperable data solutions across complex environments, working with delivery teams to raise data quality and reuse. You’ll influence senior stakeholders on long-term architectural direction and contribute to AI-related data initiatives. This is a mission-driven opportunity to enable scalable analytics in a secure enterprise setting.

• Define and evolve enterprise-wide data architecture and strategy
• Support transition to cloud-based data platform
• Develop and embed data standards, architecture principles and governance frameworks
• Design and assure interoperable data solutions across complex environments
• Collaborate with delivery teams to improve data quality, consistency and reuse
• Contribute to data strategy, metadata management and AI-related initiatives
• Engage with senior stakeholders to influence architectural decisions and long-term direction

• Experience in Data Architecture, Data Modelling or Enterprise Data Strategy
• Strong understanding of data standards, interoperability and governance
• Experience designing data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, data meshes or modern data platforms
• Familiarity with metadata management, data catalogues or related tooling
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, ambiguous environments
• A strategic mindset combined with the ability to drive practical outcomes

• Stakeholder engagement
• Influencing skills
• Strategic mindset
• Data architecture and modelling
• Data governance and standards
• Interoperability across data platforms