Unit Head, Data Architecture & Analytics

Recruit AI; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

National Bank of Pakistan is seeking a Unit Head Data Architect (AVP/VP) in Karachi to lead the enterprise data architecture strategy and governance. The role requires substantial experience in data warehousing, lakehouse architectures, and data integration across banking platforms.

You will drive collaboration with analytics, IT, and business units to deliver scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in banking/fintech/financial institutions.
• At least 3 years in Data Architecture and/or Data Modelling and/or Data Warehousing/Data Lakehouse.
• Experience with cloud/hybrid data platforms, enterprise databases, BI ecosystems, data security/privacy and banking regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of enterprise-wide data architecture strategy.
• Oversee enterprise data models, ensuring integrity and scalability.
• Establish and enforce data governance standards and metadata guidelines.
• Design and align enterprise data standards across units and systems.
• Define enterprise data integration, ETL/ELT patterns and data movement standards.
• Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, IT and business teams to deliver scalable data solutions.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modelling

Data warehousing

ETL/ELT

Cloud data platforms

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Economics / Computer Science / Information Technology / Engineering

Master's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Computer Information Systems / Engineering / Information Technology

Tools

Microsoft Azure

AWS

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Apache Spark

Job description

National Bank of Pakistan is seeking a Unit Head Data Architect (AVP/VP) in Karachi to lead the enterprise data architecture strategy and governance. The role requires substantial experience in data warehousing, lakehouse architectures, and data integration across banking platforms.

You will drive collaboration with analytics, IT, and business units to deliver scalable data solutions.