Senior Data Architect: Enterprise Analytics & AI Strategy

Sainsbury's Bank; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Pensions

Life cover

Bonus potential

Holiday

Healthcare

Family leave

Job summary

Sainsbury's Bank is seeking an experienced Data Architect to bring order to enterprise-scale reporting and data usage. You will own conceptual, logical and physical modelling and drive consistency with partner consultancies across complex data ecosystems.

In agile, cross-domain teams you will shape data solutions, mentor consultancy resources, and lead governance decisions to align with North Star architecture and data governance across the data ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Experienced Data Architect with enterprise-scale modelling expertise.
• Deep knowledge of conceptual, logical and physical modelling.
• Proven ability to govern data models with partner consultancies.
• Strong business process understanding and capability to drive data strategy.
• Expertise in data warehousing, modern architectures and Data Vault.
• Familiarity with 3NF, dimensional modelling and governance forums.
• Up-to-date with industry trends like Data Mesh and North Star architecture.
• Excellent communication and mentorship skills across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and build leading-edge data solutions and models.
• Custodian of data models; work with engineering to shape products within the data architecture.
• Work in agile, multi-domain teams to deliver at pace.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and business stakeholders to deliver data solutions.
• Triaging requirements, assess impact, and estimate changes to data models.
• Develop and enhance logical and physical data models per new requirements.
• Align modelling across domain delivery teams on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure data models meet Data Architecture standards and principles.
• Create data solutions meeting business needs and end-state architecture.
• Document, communicate, update and centrally manage data models.
• Lead design decisions in governance forums; influence across teams.
• Develop data modelling principles, standards and tools.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to partner resources.
• Escalation route for data model issues; coordinate with Domain and Enterprise Architects.

Skills

Data modelling

Data warehousing

3NF modelling

Data Vault

North Star architecture

Stakeholder management

Mentorship / leadership

Communication

Governance & standards

Tools

Data Vault

Agentic AI

AI

MCP

XP

Job description

Sainsbury's Bank is seeking an experienced Data Architect to bring order to enterprise-scale reporting and data usage. You will own conceptual, logical and physical modelling and drive consistency with partner consultancies across complex data ecosystems.

In agile, cross-domain teams you will shape data solutions, mentor consultancy resources, and lead governance decisions to align with North Star architecture and data governance across the data ecosystem.