Data Architect

Thebes Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thebes Group is looking for an experienced Enterprise Data Architect to design and structure AI-ready data environments across complex organizations. This role emphasizes enhancing data governance and structuring data effectively for analytics, reporting, and operational use.

We're seeking a senior data professional with expertise in taxonomy design, metadata management, and information governance, along with experience in tools like Power BI.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in designing taxonomies and ontologies.
• Knowledge of semantic web or knowledge graph concepts.
• Experience with Power BI and enterprise reporting structures.

Responsibilities

• Design enterprise-wide data architectures and information models.
• Develop taxonomies, ontologies, and semantic data structures.
• Define metadata standards and governance frameworks.
• Engage with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable data structures.

Skills

Taxonomy and ontology design

Metadata management

Information governance

AI data structures

Power BI

Semantic web knowledge

Job description

Location: London

Duration: Hybrid – 6 months

Key Responsibilities

• Design enterprise-wide data architectures and information models
• Develop taxonomies, ontologies, and semantic data structures
• Define metadata standards and governance frameworks
• Structure data for AI, reporting, analytics, and operational use
• Support Power BI data models, reporting structures, and data flows
• Improve enterprise data quality, visibility, and usability
• Support AI readiness and data transformation initiatives
• Engage with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable data structures
• Experience working in Private Equity, Banking, Financial Services, Insurance or Fast‑paced, transformation‑led environments.
• Experience supporting AI or machine learning initiatives
• Knowledge of semantic web or knowledge graph concepts
• Experience within enterprise modernisation or transformation programmes

Core Focus Areas

• Metadata Management
• Information Governance
• AI Data Structures
• Knowledge Graphs
• Syntax Trees & Relationship Mapping

Overview

Thebes Group is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect to design and structure AI‑ready data environments across complex enterprise organisations. This is not a software engineering or coding role. The role focuses on improving how enterprise data is structured, governed, connected, and utilised across AI, analytics, reporting, and operational systems.

We are looking for a senior data professional with strong experience in:

• Taxonomy and ontology design
• Metadata and semantic modelling
• Power BI and enterprise reporting structures
• Information governance and AI data frameworks