Data Architect - Asset Management

Client Server Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private medical insurance

25 days annual leave

Training and development support

Job summary

Client Server Limited is seeking a Data Architect to define how data is organised, governed and used across a global Asset Manager with billions under management. The role focuses on enterprise data architecture, standards, data products, lineage and quality, with a strong emphasis on Snowflake and DBT.

You'll work across Investment, Business and Technology teams to shape architecture that enables AI and analytics, ensuring cost control and scalable data solutions while supporting regulatory

Qualifications

• Significant experience in data architecture within Asset Management.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise data architecture including domains, data products, modelling, integration, lineage, metadata and data lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience designing and governing modern cloud data platforms (Snowflake, DBT).
• Experience collaborating with business, architecture and technology teams to shape data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve enterprise data architecture, including standards for modelling, metadata and data quality.
• Provide architectural direction across data initiatives and ensure alignment with governance and strategy.
• Collaborate with delivery teams, platform engineers and stakeholders to improve data landscape and reduce duplication.

Skills

Data architecture

Asset Management domain

Snowflake

DBT

Data modelling

Data integration

Data lineage

Metadata management

Data lifecycle

Stakeholder management

Education

2.1 degree from a top tier university (Russell Group/Oxbridge)

Tools

Snowflake

DBT

Job description

Data Architect (Snowflake DBT) London / WFH to £150k

Do you have a strong knowledge of Data Architecture within regulated financial environments?

You could be progressing your career in an impactful role at a tech driven, global Asset Manager with multiple billions of dollars under management.

As a Data Architect you'll define how data is organised, governed and used across the firm, setting the principles, standards, patterns and target states that shape major data decisions. Collaborating across Investment, Business and Technology teams, you'll provide architectural direction across key data initiatives and ensure the firm's data landscape supports strategic business and investment objectives.

You'll define and evolve enterprise data architecture, maintaining architectural views of key domains, data products, flows and assets. You'll establish standards covering data modelling, metadata, lineage, master and reference data and data quality, while providing guidance on how data should be sourced, integrated, stored and consumed across operational and analytical use cases.

A key focus will be ensuring data is structured and governed for reliable AI and analytics consumption, with the quality, metadata, lineage and context required to support effective use. You'll work closely with delivery teams, architects and platform engineering to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, governance and wider technology strategy.

You'll also identify opportunities to simplify the data landscape, reduce duplication and improve consistency across platforms, applications and reporting environments. This is a high impact role with genuine influence over the firm's data direction, working close to the business while shaping the architecture that enables it.

Location / WFH:

There's a hybrid work from home policy with three days in the London office per week where you'll join a supportive, diverse team environment with a large range of facilities.

About you:

• You have significant experience in data architecture, within an Asset Management environment
• You have a strong understanding of investment, client, operational, regulatory and enterprise data
• You have a strong knowledge of enterprise data architecture, including domains, data products, modelling, integration, lineage, metadata and data lifecycle management
• You have hands-on experience designing and governing modern cloud data platforms, ideally Snowflake and DBT, including data modelling, transformation, access, cost and workload management
• You have experience of collaborating with business, architecture and technology teams to shape data architecture and align with wider strategy
• You have a good understanding of data quality and practical approaches to improving trust in data
• You have experience of navigating complex application, integration and data landscapes, with a focus on simplification and consistency
• You have excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills, with the confidence to hold senior stakeholders accountable
• You are degree educated, having achieved a 2.1 or above from a top tier university, e.g. Russel Group / Oxbridge

What's in it for you:

• Salary to £150k
• Pension
• Private medical insurance including 24 hour GP access
• Enhanced parental leave policy
• 25 days annual leave
• Ongoing training and development and financial support for courses