R&D Data Architect — Data Mesh, AI & Graphs (Hybrid)

CSL; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL is seeking a senior R&D Data Architect to design and govern the data architecture connecting discovery, development, regulatory compliance and operations. Based in Maidenhead, the role is hybrid (3 days on-site) and focuses on Data Mesh, semantic layers and data products.

You will collaborate with R&D teams to define the City Plan, establish enterprise data models, and lead data architecture initiatives across platforms and external data sources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, with at least 3 years in an R&D biotech or pharma environment.
• Experience with R&D platforms in biotech or pharma including knowledge of clinical system data flow and data product consumption models.
• Data modelling techniques and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and evolution of R&D data architecture.
• Collaborate with R&D Architecture Lead and product teams to align data architecture with goals.
• Provide technical leadership to data engineering teams implementing the architecture vision.
• Drive Data Mesh, Data Products, Semantic Layers and Knowledge Graphs in practice.
• Ensure security, scalability and regulatory compliance of data architecture.
• Mentor teams and promote best practices in data architecture across projects.
• Create end-to-end data flow models and City Plan, detailing data generation and ingestion across systems.
• Document roadmaps, reference patterns and platform data architecture designs.

Skills

Data architecture

Communication

Leadership

Cloud-native data architectures

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

CSL is seeking a senior R&D Data Architect to design and govern the data architecture connecting discovery, development, regulatory compliance and operations. Based in Maidenhead, the role is hybrid (3 days on-site) and focuses on Data Mesh, semantic layers and data products.

You will collaborate with R&D teams to define the City Plan, establish enterprise data models, and lead data architecture initiatives across platforms and external data sources.