Remote Lead Data Architect – Strategy & Standards

NatWest Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group is seeking a Lead Specialist Data Architect for People & Other Functions Data Management. You will guide strategic target architecture for multiple business functions, align with the bank's standards, and promote shared capabilities across teams.

With a focus on collaboration, you will lead architecture reviews, drive governance, and advocate for investment in architecture initiatives to deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in defining and developing strategic target architectures
• High proficiency engaging with partners across the business to deliver architectures with tangible outcomes
• Experience leading collaborative decision-making with senior business and technology colleagues
• Ability to craft business cases to influence investment in architecture initiatives
• Extensive people capability development experience and promoting best practices

Responsibilities

• Leading the definition of strategic target architecture and roadmap for value areas, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture
• Promoting shared capabilities by creating playbooks, educating stakeholders, and identifying adoption use cases
• Realising enterprise and solution architectures across development lifecycles
• Providing architectural guidance, resolving impediments, and championing architecture patterns and DevOps practices
• Partnering with stakeholders to evolve architectures delivering business value
• Engaging with EDT and Data Product Factory teams to shape data products and ensure alignment with standards

Job description

NatWest Group is seeking a Lead Specialist Data Architect for People & Other Functions Data Management. You will guide strategic target architecture for multiple business functions, align with the bank's standards, and promote shared capabilities across teams.

With a focus on collaboration, you will lead architecture reviews, drive governance, and advocate for investment in architecture initiatives to deliver measurable business value.