Data Architect

Sanderson; Bury St Edmunds, Burton upon Trent; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a visionary Data Architect to join their high-performing architecture team. This role involves leading Data & AI initiatives and driving enterprise-wide innovation with hybrid working flexibility. The successful candidate will shape the Data & AI strategy and collaborate with various IT and business functions to design scalable data architecture that supports significant transformation efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Data & AI initiatives in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to design scalable data architecture that supports transformation.
• Strong collaboration skills across IT and business functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of Data & AI architecture.
• Align solutions with enterprise principles and methodologies.
• Build and maintain architecture assets for governance and performance.
• Translate business needs into data requirements.
• Collaborate with Data Stewards and Analysts.
• Ensure alignment of data definitions and models.

Job description

Data Architect

We’re seeking a visionary Data Architect to join our client’s dynamic and high-performing architecture team. This role leads Data & AI initiatives across multiple business domains and drives enterprise-wide innovation. This role offers Hybrid working – Enjoy flexibility with 2–3 days on-site at either Bury St Edmunds or Burton-on-Trent.

Reporting to the Lead Data Architect, you’ll be instrumental in shaping and executing the organisation’s Data & AI strategy. You’ll collaborate across IT and business functions to design scalable, future-ready data architecture that supports major transformation programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of Data & AI architecture across strategic change programmes
• Align solutions with enterprise principles, standards, and methodologies to support a data-driven culture
• Build and maintain architecture assets that meet governance, regulatory, and performance requirements
• Translate business needs into data requirements and provisioning strategies for consistency and usability
• Collaborate with Data Stewards, Analysts, and SMEs to define and ratify reference data and hierarchies
• Ensure data definitions and models are aligned and embedded across transformation initiatives

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Media