Lead Azure Data Architect - Hybrid (London), Insurance

Maxwell Bond; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking a Lead Data Architect in London to drive Azure-based data architectures for insurance clients. The role is senior and client-facing, requiring strong commercial awareness and ability to engage with C-Suite stakeholders.

Hybrid working in London with 2-3 days onsite will shape delivery of strategic data solutions. The candidate will define data strategies, governance, and transformation roadmaps, and provide leadership across data engineering, cloud technologies, and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in senior data architecture roles.
• Experience in the insurance sector is essential.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication.
• Ability to translate business needs into data strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure data architectures within the Azure ecosystem.
• Engage with senior stakeholders, including C-Suite executives, to align data strategy with business goals.
• Define data strategies, target architectures, and transformation roadmaps for insurance clients.
• Provide leadership across data engineering, architecture, cloud technologies, and integrations.
• Drive best practices across Azure platforms, governance, security, and architectural standards.
• Collaborate with business, analytics and tech teams to unlock data value for informed decisions.

Skills

Azure architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Data governance

Insurance domain

Tools

Azure

SQL

Job description

Maxwell Bond is seeking a Lead Data Architect in London to drive Azure-based data architectures for insurance clients. The role is senior and client-facing, requiring strong commercial awareness and ability to engage with C-Suite stakeholders.

Hybrid working in London with 2-3 days onsite will shape delivery of strategic data solutions. The candidate will define data strategies, governance, and transformation roadmaps, and provide leadership across data engineering, cloud technologies, and