Senior Data & Solution Architecture Lead (Hybrid – London)

Pandora; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (3 office days)

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave

Employee discounts on Pandora products

Wellness support

Job summary

Pandora is seeking a Senior Solution & Data Architecture Manager to lead a team of architects and contribute hands-on to data platform delivery. You will guide architectural decisions across Azure Synapse and Databricks, ensuring scalable, maintainable solutions for Pandora’s multi‑functional domains.

You will set team direction, manage OKRs and budgets, and stay closely aligned with engineering. The role combines leadership with hands-on design review across supply chain, commerce, and

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience designing and delivering data platform solutions.
• Experience leading solution & data architecture teams and managing delivery roadmaps.
• Strong knowledge of Databricks lakehouse architectures and Azure Synapse.
• Familiar with data quality frameworks, data contracts, and governance approaches.
• Excellent communication translating architecture for technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of solution and data architects, including performance management and hiring.
• Own architecture roadmap, align with Data & Analytics objectives, and manage budgets.
• Review designs for consistency with data platform standards and best practices.
• Balance centralized and lakehouse patterns across Synapse and Databricks.
• Lead technical design sessions with architects, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Support migration from legacy to cloud-native solutions while ensuring business continuity.

Skills

Databricks lakehouse

Azure Synapse

Data architecture leadership

Data governance

Data pipelines (ADF/Databricks Workflow

Team mentoring & coaching

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Azure Synapse

Databricks

ADF

Job description

Pandora is seeking a Senior Solution & Data Architecture Manager to lead a team of architects and contribute hands-on to data platform delivery. You will guide architectural decisions across Azure Synapse and Databricks, ensuring scalable, maintainable solutions for Pandora’s multi‑functional domains.

You will set team direction, manage OKRs and budgets, and stay closely aligned with engineering. The role combines leadership with hands-on design review across supply chain, commerce, and