Lead Data Architect

ZipRecruiter; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital consultancy in Manchester is seeking a Lead Data Architect to design secure and scalable data solutions. The role involves working in agile teams to deliver cloud architectures that provide business insight. Applicants should have a strong background in data architecture, cloud platforms, and SQL. The role offers a competitive salary of £75,000 to £85,000 plus benefits including a pension and private health options.

Benefits

£75,000–£85,000 base

25 days holiday + public holidays

6% pension

Private health/dental options

Life assurance, critical illness cover

Electric vehicle scheme

Flexible benefits package

Relocation support up to £8k

Qualifications

• Strong background in data architecture and cloud platforms.
• Excellent SQL and data modelling skills.
• Experience with data governance and migration.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement data architectures aligned with enterprise strategy.
• Build and maintain key artefacts like ER models and data dictionaries.
• Own architecture decisions and guide clients through approval processes.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks)

SQL

Data modelling

Reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau)

Consultancy experience

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Postman

Job description

Job Description

Lead Data Architect

Manchester (Hybrid)

Up to £75,000 DOE + Benefits

An established digital consultancy is hiring a Lead Data Architect to design secure, scalable, user-centred data solutions for clients across the public and private sector.

You’ll work in multi-disciplinary agile teams to deliver cloud- architectures that unlock real business insight – and contribute to the governance, modelling and strategy that keeps data meaningful and accessible.

What you’ll be doing:

• Define and implement data architectures aligned with enterprise strategy
• Build and maintain key artefacts: ER models, data dictionaries, pipeline/lineage models
• Own architecture decisions and guide clients through change approval processes
• Champion governance and modelling standards (Kimball, warehousing best practices)
• Analyse source data, evaluate APIs, reverse-engineer data models
• Work closely with engineers to deliver cloud-based data solutions
• Visualise insights via tools like Power BI or Tableau
• Support integration testing and third-party specifications

What you’ll bring:

• Strong background in data architecture and cloud platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks)
• Cloud experience with AWS, Azure or GCP
• Excellent SQL and data modelling skills (data lakes, warehousing, OLTP/OLAP)
• Experience with access control, data migration and data governance
• Proficient in reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau) and evaluation tools (Postman)
• Consultancy experience highly desirable

What’s on offer:

• £75,000–£85,000 base (DOE)
• 25 days holiday + public holidays
• 6% pension (employee contributes 2%)
• Private health/dental options
• Life assurance, critical illness cover
• Electric vehicle scheme & cycle-to-work
• Season ticket loan & Perkbox discounts
• Flexible benefits package & wellbeing support
• Relocation support up to £8k if needed

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Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. The team actively encourages applications from underrepresented communities and offers adjustments throughout the hiring process to ensure accessibility and .

Candidates must be UK-based and flexible to travel when required.

Ready to build better with data? Apply now or contact Anna-Jane Murphy at Anson McCade to learn more!

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