Senior Data Architect

Imperial Brands PLC; West of England; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package with bonus scheme

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Imperial Brands PLC is seeking a Senior Data Architect to shape our enterprise data strategy. You will define architecture, models and standards to enable data-driven business success, partnering with business and technology leaders across a global FMCG environment.

You will lead the creation of scalable Data Assets, govern data modelling standards, and drive governance across multiple data domains to ensure consistent, secure data delivery and insights.

Qualifications

• Professional experience and qualifications in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Data, Cyber Security, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience across data and technology domains including data, analytics, AI, data products, data platforms, governance, or data architecture with a proven track record as a senior specialist or technical lead.
• Experience developing and managing strategic frameworks including roadmaps, standards, lifecycle plans, design guardrails, governance models, and service improvement plans within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong practical understanding of enterprise technology delivery including architecture principles, security, service management, operational resilience, and partner operating models.
• Proven ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to develop pragmatic and sustainable solutions.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of the enterprise data architecture and model, creating scalable, reusable Data Assets.
• Define and govern enterprise data modelling standards, architecture principles, and design patterns for data storage, integration and access.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into effective data architecture solutions.
• Design and maintain future-state data architecture ensuring Data Product models align with enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with data leadership to reflect data management requirements in architecture designs.
• Maintain enterprise artefacts, design guidance, and review processes, supporting retained and delivery teams with metrics and reporting.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Data modelling standards

Stakeholder collaboration

Data governance

Data product governance

Analytical and communication skills

Job description

Shape the future of enterprise data as a strategic leader responsible for defining the architecture, models, and standards thatenable data to drive business success.Joinan inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employeesas a Senior Data Architect!

Principle Accountabilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of the enterprise data architecture and enterprise data model,ensuring the creation of scalable, reusable Data Assets.
• Define and govern enterprise data modelling standards, architecture principles, and design patterns for how data is structured, stored, integrated, and accessed.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective data architecture solutions.
• Design andmaintainthe future-state data architecture,ensuring Data Productdata models and asset structures align with enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with key data leadership roles to ensure enterprise data management requirements are consistently reflected within architecture designs.
• Maintain enterprise architecture artefacts, design guidance, and review processes, providing support toretainedand delivery teams whileestablishingmetrics, architectural views, and reporting mechanisms.

Skills and Experience Required

• Professional experience and qualificationsin Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Data, Cyber Security, Architecture, ora relateddiscipline.
• Significant experienceacross data and technology domains, including data, analytics, AI, data products, data platforms, governance, or data architecture, with a proventrack recordoperating as a senior specialist, technical lead, product/platform lead, or process owner.
• Demonstrable experience developing and managing strategic frameworksincluding roadmaps, standards, lifecycle plans, design guardrails, governance models, and service improvement plans within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong practical understanding of enterprise technology delivery, including architecture principles, security, service management, operational resilience, and supplier or partner operating models.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teamsto develop pragmatic and sustainable solutions.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and decision‑making skills, with the ability to balance innovation, cost, risk, reliability, compliance, and delivery feasibility.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at [e-mail] to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.