Strategic Lead Technical Architect - Data & MI

Manchester Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking an experienced Lead Technical Architect to shape IT architecture for data-focused products and MI services. You will work across complex, multi-site transformations, collaborating with engineers, policy and legal teams to deliver robust MI reporting and analytics capabilities.

You will lead a small team of architects, drive governance, and ensure artefacts meet high standards while managing risk and delivery timelines across the MI & Analytics

Qualifications

• Experience designing IT architectures for large digital transformations.
• Ability to lead governance and deliver architecture across complex programs.
• Experience enabling data-focused products and MI services.

Responsibilities

• Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across organisations.
• Proactively seek opportunities for digital transformation.
• Support multiple teams, using best practices and emerging technologies.
• Inspire other architects and help deliver organisational goals.
• Governance responsibility and solving high-risk issues in architecture design.
• Collaborate with engineers, policy, legal and Digital colleagues to design MI/Analytics solutions.
• Manage a small team of Technical Architects and backlog.
• Ensure artefacts meet quality standards and governance timescales.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Architectural governance

Digital transformation

IT architecture

Team management

Agile delivery

Tools

Power BI

Data integration

Architecture modelling

ERP/CRM integration

Job description

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking an experienced Lead Technical Architect to shape IT architecture for data-focused products and MI services. You will work across complex, multi-site transformations, collaborating with engineers, policy and legal teams to deliver robust MI reporting and analytics capabilities.

You will lead a small team of architects, drive governance, and ensure artefacts meet high standards while managing risk and delivery timelines across the MI & Analytics