Lead Data & Analytics Architect – Cloud & Data Products

MS Reinsurance; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Entrepreneurial culture

Development opportunities

Job summary

MS Reinsurance in Zurich seeks a Data & Analytics Architect Lead to shape enterprise data architecture, data products and information flows. You will translate business needs into scalable, trusted solutions aligned with governance, quality and security requirements.

You will define target-state architectures and guide cross-functional teams across business, data, technology and architecture to deliver measurable impact in a regulated insurance environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data architecture in regulated environments.
• 8+ years in data engineering and BI.
• Experience defining data products and data contracts.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain target-state data architecture, principles and design patterns.
• Translate business priorities into architecture decisions on platforms, integration, storage and security.
• Maintain the Data Product framework covering ownership, data contracts, quality and lineage.
• Map business processes, data creation, transformation and ownership; design future-state flows.
• Represent data architecture in strategic initiatives from inception to delivery.
• Partner with Data Governance to embed metadata, lineage and quality in designs.
• Lead architecture discussions, document outcomes for executive audiences.
• Lead functional teams and set priorities (CoE).

Skills

Data architecture

Data governance

Stakeholder engagement

Agile/product delivery

Leadership of teams

Data product design

Data contracts

Architecture governance

Documentation

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Databricks

Job description

MS Reinsurance in Zurich seeks a Data & Analytics Architect Lead to shape enterprise data architecture, data products and information flows. You will translate business needs into scalable, trusted solutions aligned with governance, quality and security requirements.

You will define target-state architectures and guide cross-functional teams across business, data, technology and architecture to deliver measurable impact in a regulated insurance environment.