Data Architect

News UK; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Diversity & inclusion initiatives

Job summary

News UK in London is expanding its data team to support AI-driven product growth across brands. You will lead the design and delivery of scalable data solutions, shaping data strategy and ensuring high performance and cost efficiency while mentoring distributed engineers.

The role partners with BI, advertising and newsroom colleagues to translate complex business needs into robust data architectures, data flows, APIs, and data marts for BI tools like Tableau and Looker, with BigQuery and GCP at

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading data platforms and analytics teams.
• Strong ability translating business requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Experience with BigQuery, GCP, SQL and data modelling techniques.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and implementation of scalable data solutions.
• Lead hands-on development and prototyping while mentoring teams.
• Collaborate with BI, advertising and newsroom to translate requirements into solutions.
• Maintain data architecture standards across data modelling and quality.
• Design data flows, APIs, data marts for BI tools and CDP/DMP activations.

Skills

Leadership

Data strategy

Stakeholder management

Communication

Mentoring

Agile teams

Data architecture

Tools

Tableau

Looker

BigQuery

GCP

CDP/DMPs

APIs

SQL

Stored procedures

Data modelling

Job description

Your team: News UK is embarking on a new chapter of data growth. With the introduction of the company's AI strategy and the growing need to support brands in achieving data-powered product growth, the News UK Data team is structured to respond effectively. Our teams support the business in broadening data-informed decision-making and experiences, working with Agile teams in London, Sofia, and Bangalore responsible for data collection, ingestion, utilisation, warehousing, and enrichment through machine learning and AI.

• Oversee the design and implementation of data solutions to ensure they are scalable, performant, and cost-effective.
• Lead the hands-on development and prototyping of data solutions, maintaining involvement in technical execution and mentoring the team through complex implementation challenges.
• Manage and develop data architects and analytics engineers by setting clear objectives, balancing workloads, and fostering a collaborative culture.
• Partner with stakeholders across business intelligence, advertising, and newsroom teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Maintain data architecture principles, standards, and best practices across data modelling, data quality, and work specification.
• Design data flows, APIs, and data marts tailored for BI tools (Tableau, Looker) and activation platforms like CDPs and DMPs.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Governance, and Data Platforms teams to ensure efficient, secure, and aligned solution delivery. Technical proficiency in end-to-end data solution design using BigQuery and GCP products, advanced SQL, stored procedures, and data modelling techniques.
• Experience managing and nurturing technical professionals to drive alignment, accountability, and professional growth across distributed teams.
• Proven background bridging business and technology, converting complex requirements into elegant data solutions and clear engineering documentation.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships with cross-functional stakeholders across business intelligence, advertising, and editorial teams.
• A collaborative mindset focused on streamlining design and delivery processes to eliminate friction and reduce duplication.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in‑office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements. Life at News Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long-term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy. At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.