Information Architect

Pandora A/S; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

Product discounts (55% Pandora)

25 days annual leave

Wellness resources

Job summary

Pandora in London seeks an Information Architect to design enterprise-scale D&A data models guiding Commerce, Finance, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain. You will define data models, naming standards, and information blueprints for analytics and AI initiatives.

You will lead across domains, align with engineering on Azure Synapse and Databricks implementations, and mentor teams while embedding governance, quality, and reusable patterns in a fast-paced transformation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale information architectures across multiple domains.
• Domain expertise in commerce, manufacturing, or supply chain data models.
• Experience architecting shared data models in modern lakehouse patterns, including silver/gold contracts.
• Practical experience with both traditional dimensional modeling (Kimball, Data Vault) and data mesh/lakehouse patterns.
• Knowledge of Azure data platform capabilities (Synapse, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Data Factory) and guiding architectural decisions.
• Track record guiding teams through major digital transformations (SAP S/4HANA migrations, o9 implementations, multi-system modernizations).
• Ability to create semantic layers and logical models that drive adoption and self-service analytics.
• Experience establishing master data management patterns and governance frameworks.
• Excellence in stakeholder communication and collaborative leadership.
• Experience establishing reusable patterns and reference architectures across domains.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise information architecture design and translate models into Azure Synapse and Databricks implementations.
• Architect domain data models for commerce, manufacturing, and supply chain reflecting business capabilities.
• Design data product interfaces and semantic contracts enabling data flow across systems.
• Develop semantic layer architectures for self-service analytics.
• Review blueprints for SAP, Salesforce, o9, and workforce management ensuring smooth transitions.
• Co-create master data management strategies and governance across products, customers, suppliers, and stores.
• Establish data quality measures and modelling standards from bronze to gold.
• Review physical models for alignment with enterprise data models and governance.
• Design information value chains and data product contracts for analytics and AI users.
• Map business capabilities to information domains using bounded contexts (DDD).
• Provide architectural oversight through design reviews and governance documentation.
• Contribute to business glossaries and semantic models bridging business and tech.
• Mentor teams on best practices and document anti-patterns.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Domain data models

Lakehouse patterns

Dimensional modeling

Azure Synapse/Databricks

Digital transformations

Semantic layers

Master data management

Stakeholder communication

Collaborative leadership

Reusable patterns

Tools

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Data Factory

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Pandora’s recruitment procedures are designed to be transparent and clear for all candidates. This helps us ensure that applicants are provided with a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their competencies and skills by removing blocking factors, possible biases, and risks of discrimination. We encourage everyone applying to our vacancies to refrain from adding identity-related elements such as a photo, marital status and age.

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