Hybrid Enterprise Data Architect — Lead Data & Analytics

Halfords Careers

England

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Annual discretionary bonus

Pension

Life assurance

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Enhanced family leave

Hybrid working

Job summary

Halfords is seeking a Data Architect to own enterprise data architecture strategy, governance, and standards. You will chair the Data Design Authority and set guardrails for data modelling, integration and governance across major programmes like Customer Data Platform and ERP.

A hybrid role with a mix of centre-based and remote collaboration is expected. In this leadership position, you will drive modern cloud-native data practices with DataOps and CI/CD, ensure data security and regulatory

Qualifications

Define and govern enterprise data architecture for a complex organisation.
Strong hands-on Databricks and Azure stack experience essential.
Experience shaping data architectures on Azure data platforms including Fabric, Data Lake and Databricks.
Proven governance forums leadership and architecture decision making.

Responsibilities

Define and own the enterprise data architecture strategy and roadmap.
Chair the Data Design Authority and manage architectural governance.
Provide guardrails across Azure Fabric, Data Lake, Databricks, Informatica MDM and Salesforce Data Cloud.
Lead architectural design and governance of key data programmes.
Drive DataOps, automation, and CI/CD to improve resilience and delivery pace.
Ensure security, privacy and regulatory compliance by design.
Line manage the Platform Architect for Data and collaborate with Head of Data Governance.