Information Architect

Pandora; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (3 office days + 2 WFH)

Private healthcare

Employee discounts

Annual leave 25 days

Wellness resources

Bonus scheme

Job summary

Pandora is seeking an Information Architect to lead enterprise data architecture across Commerce, Manufacturing and Supply Chain. You will design conceptual and logical data models, establish information blueprints, and shape data product interfaces for analytics and AI innovations.

In this flexible hybrid role based in London, you’ll guide teams through data governance, master data management, and scalable patterns across Azure Synapse and Databricks, balancing business needs with technical

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale information architectures that span multiple domains.
• Domain expertise in commerce, manufacturing, or supply chain data models are desirable.
• Experience with modern lakehouse patterns, data mesh concepts, and silver/gold layer conformance.
• Practical knowledge of Azure data platform capabilities (Synapse, Databricks, Unity Catalog).
• Excellent stakeholder communication, guiding teams from design to implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise information architecture design for multi-domain data models across functions like Commerce and Supply Chain.
• Architect domain data models reflecting business capabilities and data products.
• Define semantic contracts and data product interfaces for end-to-end data flows.
• Develop semantic layer architectures enabling self-service analytics.
• Review blueprints for core applications ensuring governance and continuity.
• Co-create master data management strategies and data governance frameworks.
• Establish data quality measures and standards across bronze, silver, and gold layers.
• Provide architectural oversight through reviews and decision records.

Skills

Information architecture

Data modeling

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Data governance

Master data management

Dimensional modelling

Data mesh

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Job description

Contract: Permanent

Location: Flexible hybrid working style with three days in the London office

The role

The Information Architect will be responsible for D&A data architecture, designing conceptual and logical data models that guide Commerce, Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Consumer and other data transformations at Pandora. In this architecture role, you will define D&A-wide data models, create conceptual data architectures, create naming standards, and establish information blueprints that engineering teams loves and implements. Working across our commerce, manufacturing, and supply chain operations spanning our clusters and markets, you will ensure our data architecture makes information accessible and trustworthy for both analytical insights and AI innovations, enabling Pandora's journey to become the world's leading jewelry company.

What To Expect From The Role

• Leading enterprise information architecture design, creating semantic, conceptual, logical models that engineering teams translate into Azure Synapse and Databricks based physical implementations.
• Architecting domain data models for commerce (store, consumer, marketing, omnichannel, e-commerce), manufacturing (production, quality, materials), and supply chain (wholesale, inventory, distribution, planning) that reflect business capabilities.
• Designing data product interfaces and semantic contracts that define how business entities flow through bronze-to-gold transformations, enabling interoperability between domain-owned data products.
• Developing semantic layer architectures that provide business-oriented abstractions, hiding technical complexity while enabling self-service analytics.
• Review data architectural blueprints for core application transformation (SAP, Salesforce, o9, workforce management) ensuring smooth transitional architecture while maintaining business continuity.
• Co-create master data management strategies for products, customers, suppliers, and stores, establishing authoritative sources and harmonization patterns across systems together with master data responsible.
• Establishing data quality measures and modelling standards embedded in architectural patterns: operational schemas in bronze, conformed and dimensional entities in silver, and consumption-ready models in gold.
• Reviewing key physical model proposals from engineering teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise information data models.
• Designing information value chains and data product specifications with clear contracts for downstream consumption by analytics, AI, and data consumers.
• Mapping business capabilities to information domains, creating bounded contexts aligned with Domain-Driven Design principles for manufacturing, commerce, and supply chain.
• Providing architectural oversight through design reviews and decision records to ensure adherence to data standards and governance requirements.
• Contribute to business glossaries and semantic models that bridge business language and technical implementation, ensuring consistent understanding across technical and business stakeholders.
• Mentoring teams on data architectural best practices while documenting anti-patterns to avoid common pitfalls in dimensional modelling and naming standards.

The successful candidate

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale information architectures (multi-source, multi-domain at scale) that successfully went into production.
• Domain expertise in commerce, manufacturing, or supply chain data models - understanding product hierarchies, inventory flows, customer journeys, manufacturing, or merchandising analytics.
• Demonstrated experience architecting shared data models in modern lakehouse patterns, including defining silver-layer conformance standards and gold-layer consumption contracts.
• Practical experience with both traditional dimensional modeling (Kimball, Data Vault etc.) and modern data mesh/lakehouse patterns, with ability to guide teams through transitional architectures harmonizing both paradigms.
• Understanding of Azure data platform capabilities (Synapse, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Data Factory) to guide architectural decisions in daily implementations.
• Track record of guiding teams through major digital transformations, particularly SAP S/4HANA migrations, o9 implementations, or multi-system platform modernizations.
• Demonstrated ability to create semantic layers and logical models that achieved actual business adoption and self-service analytics usage.
• Experience establishing master data management patterns and data governance frameworks integrated into architectural design.
• Excellence in stakeholder communication - explaining data architecture to non-technical audiences while providing technical guidance to engineering teams.
• Collaborative leadership style - guiding teams to good decisions rather than mandating solutions, with pragmatic approach balancing best practices with delivery realities.
• Experience establishing reusable patterns and reference architectures that accelerate delivery across multiple domains and teams.

About Pandora

Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand, specialising in the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxury jewellery made from high-quality materials. Each piece is created to inspire self-expression, allowing people to share their stories and passions through meaningful jewellery. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 7,000 points of sale, including more than 2,800 concept stores. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs around 39,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery with 100% recycled silver and gold. Pandora is committed to leadership in sustainability and has set out to halve greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2030. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated revenue of DKK 32.5 billion (EUR 4.4 billion) in 2025.

Craft Your Future with Pandora: A Career Built Around You

At Pandora, your career is a journey of growth, development, and limitless potential. We believe in empowering you to shape your own path and craft your own incredible.

What We Offer

• Career Development & Growth: Be at the forefront of an inspiring journey with tailored development plans, mentorship, and regular reviews to ensure you’re on track to achieving your goals.
• Competitive Salary & Regular Reviews: We make sure your efforts are rewarded fairly, with regular opportunities to review your progress and success.
• Generous Bonus Scheme: Your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed, with opportunities to earn performance-related bonuses.
• Hybrid Working Flexibility: Strike the perfect balance between collaboration and focus, with three office days and two work-from-home days between Monday and Thursday.
• Early Finish Fridays: Start your weekends early by finishing work at 3 PM every Friday.
• Private Healthcare: Your wellbeing is our priority, with access to private healthcare that keeps you covered.
• Employee Discounts & Perks: Enjoy 55% off Pandora products and exclusive access to discounted brands, cinema tickets, gym memberships, holidays, and more.
• Annual Leave & Flexibility: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell leave, and your birthday off to celebrate YOU!
• Wellness Hub & Support: Access to wellness resources and a dedicated Employee Assistance Programme offering free, confidential support 24/7.
• Recognition & Celebrations: Your achievements are our success. With a recognition programme and regular celebrations, we ensure every success is shared and appreciated.

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