Senior Data Architect: AI & Enterprise Strategy

nttlimited; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA in Johannesburg seeks a Senior Data Architect to act as the strategic technical advisor between Sales, Clients, Industry Leaders, Delivery and Global Practices, with a focus on Enterprise Data and AI. This role shapes the data go-to-market strategy in a high-growth market, backed by a global delivery network.

You will help the Sales team develop, influence and elevate executive conversations around data strategy, analytics, cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric),

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture, consulting, solution strategy or technical pre-sales.
• 8+ years operating in an applications landscape with focus on D&A technology solutions (MDM, Data Quality, Data Governance, Data Engineering and Data Cloud platforms).
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Responsibilities

• Act as strategic advisor to Sales, Clients and Delivery teams, leading executive-level discovery and value-led conversations.
• Facilitate client discussions to understand data and applications requirements, including business strategy, operating models, data maturity, AI readiness, governance and technology direction.
• Shape and inform client deals and develop opportunities with the Sales team.
• Define target-state architectures conceptually, roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Inform and build commercial models to support client opportunities.
• Validate architecture, security, data governance, AI governance and delivery approaches with clients and internal specialists.
• Review estimates, delivery assumptions and risks.
• Translate complex strategies into executive narratives, proposals and SOWs.
• Localise global offers and develop industry-specific offerings and thought leadership for SA.
• Mentor sales teams by raising technical capability and qualification discipline.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Pre-sales

Solution strategy

Consulting

Executive engagement

Data governance

AI/ML knowledge

Data platforms

Commercial acumen

C-suite storytelling

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Microsoft Data & AI

AWS

Job description

NTT DATA in Johannesburg seeks a Senior Data Architect to act as the strategic technical advisor between Sales, Clients, Industry Leaders, Delivery and Global Practices, with a focus on Enterprise Data and AI. This role shapes the data go-to-market strategy in a high-growth market, backed by a global delivery network.

You will help the Sales team develop, influence and elevate executive conversations around data strategy, analytics, cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric),