Data Governance Architect

Bupa; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' holiday

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Onsite gym or local discounts

Flexible working options

Additional benefits and discounts

Job summary

A leading global healthcare company seeks a Data Governance Architect in Greater London to transform their data architecture across various functions. The role involves defining data models, optimizing value streams, and ensuring adherence to data governance frameworks. Candidates should have proven experience in data architecture, strong engagement skills, and a technical background. This position offers a competitive salary of up to £100,000, with generous benefits including health insurance, flexible working options, and a wellness program.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data architecture with understanding of business and technical domains.
• Experience designing and implementing governance frameworks.
• Ability to communicate architectural decisions effectively.

Responsibilities

• Define data models and lead architecture aligned with frameworks.
• Partner with leaders to optimize value streams and create data-driven solutions.
• Champion best practices in data management and governance.

Skills

Data architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Data governance frameworks

Cross-functional team management

KPI development

Education

Technical degree

Industry-recognised certifications

Tools

Erwin Data Modeler

ArchiMate

Job description

Up to £100,000 per annum (depending on location and experience)

We make health happen

Working within our Group function, you’ll play a key role in supporting our customer‑facing colleagues to deliver outstanding service and patient care across the UK and globally. This is an opportunity to work in a purpose‑driven organisation, helping shape the strategic direction of Bupa and improving the experience of our customers every day.

The Data Governance Architect will be accountable for transforming and evolving our Group Functions’ data architecture across Finance, People, Procurement, Risk, Audit and Clinical through clear data strategy and thoughtful data architecture design.

How you’ll help us make health happen

• Define and maintain conceptual, logical and physical data models using tools such as Erwin Data Modeler and the Erwin Data Intelligence Suite.
• Lead the design of data architecture aligned to Enterprise Architecture frameworks.
• Ensure data flows, integrations and lineage are documented, governed and understood.
• Partner with solution architects and technical leads to ensure data models align with application and infrastructure design.

Business & Data Architecture

• Partner with senior leaders and architects to optimise value streams and identify new data capabilities.
• Translate business needs into clear, structured data requirements and architectural blueprints.
• Work across business domains to understand challenges and shape data‑driven solutions that create measurable impact.
• Communicate architectural decisions in a clear and compelling way — using storytelling as well as standards.

Data Management & Governance

• Challenge existing ways of working and champion best‑practice data management and governance.
• Lead metadata, lineage and data classification efforts.
• Promote accountability, transparency and responsible data ownership across the organisation.
• Support the adoption and embedding of recognised frameworks such as DAMA.

Leadership & Data Centre of Excellence

• Build, coach and inspire a high‑performing Data COE, nurturing capability across data and technical analysts.
• Define and manage KPIs and OKRs for data maturity and business value.
• Represent data architecture across Bupa forums — from strategic discussions to architecture boards.

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience in data architecture with strong understanding of both business and technical domains.
• Strong storytelling and stakeholder engagement skills — able to link data decisions to business outcomes clearly and confidently.
• Demonstrable experience designing and implementing data governance frameworks and processes.
• Leadership experience, ideally managing cross‑functional teams or Centres of Excellence.
• Familiarity with KPIs relating to data management, architecture and business alignment.
• Experience using tools such as ArchiMate, Erwin Data Modeler and Erwin DI Suite, or equivalent.
• Experience leading architects to deliver data strategy and data architecture.
• Comfortable working with senior management to influence strategy, and with engineering teams on detailed design.
• Strong grounding in data architecture, ideally supported by a technical degree and industry‑recognised certifications.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva, our global wellbeing programme, supports every aspect of health — mental, physical, financial, social and environmental.

When you join Bupa, you’ll have access to:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing with length of service), with the option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance (benefit in kind)
• Enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local gym discounts
• A range of family‑friendly policies and flexible working options
• Additional benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a global healthcare company. With no shareholders, our focus is always on our customers. We exist to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives — and make a better world.

Everything we do is underpinned by our values: brave, caring and responsible.

We want everyone at Bupa to feel they belong. We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, identities and experiences.

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview/assessment for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. We will always make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

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