Director, Data Architecture & Data Mesh Transformation

RX Brasil; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Pension Plan

Home, office, or commuting allowance

Generous vacation entitlement and sabb

Flexible working hours

Personal Choice budget

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Director of Architecture: Data to lead the shift to a data mesh and guide the federation of data products across domains. You will mentor a team of data architects and shape the technical strategy for scalable, interoperable data foundations.

You will partner with senior leaders to ensure alignment with governance, platforms, and AI-enabled data estate initiatives, delivering measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and mentoring a team of architects or senior technical staff.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable data designs and roadmaps.
• Experience migrating from centralized warehouses to distributed data mesh models.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and grow a team of data architects with clear career paths.
• Define target-state data architecture and data mesh principles.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify valuable data products and outcomes.
• Lead migration from centralized data warehouse to distributed data product architecture.
• Set governance standards for data modelling and interoperability.

Skills

Team leadership

Architectural direction

Data modelling

Stakeholder engagement

AI/ML awareness

Education

Enterprise data architecture experience

Tools

Snowflake

Data cataloguing

Semantic layers

Graphs & ontologies

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a Director of Architecture: Data to lead the shift to a data mesh and guide the federation of data products across domains. You will mentor a team of data architects and shape the technical strategy for scalable, interoperable data foundations.

You will partner with senior leaders to ensure alignment with governance, platforms, and AI-enabled data estate initiatives, delivering measurable business outcomes.