About the Role
The Enterprise Data Architect is responsible for leading data architecture and design activities, ensuring all non-functional, architectural, and design-led decisions align with enterprise standards and evolving business needs. The role defines and delivers the enterprise data roadmap to support reliable, scalable, and insight-driven data solutions.
Responsibilities
Be mandatorily involved in and consulted on all non-functional, architectural, and design-led discussions and decision-making.
Lead advanced data architecture activities including data modelling, integration, access, visualisation, text mining, and database design.
Define and implement the enterprise data roadmap, including enterprise data modelling, data warehousing, and advanced analytics platforms.
Develop information architecture and data roadmaps defining the corporate data framework and migration approach.
Provide leadership in designing and establishing storage and analytics environments for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
Provide technical guidance to Developers and Architects to ensure compliance with data architecture standards.
Analyse business requirements from a data architecture perspective to ensure reliability, scalability, and availability.
Identify and manage technical and business risks related to architectural decisions and data roadmaps.
Requirements
Proven experience as an Enterprise Data Architect or Senior Data Architect in complex organisations.
Strong expertise in data modelling, data integration, data warehousing, and advanced analytics solutions.
Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale data architectures and roadmaps.
Strong understanding of data platforms supporting structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
Experience advising technical teams and influencing architectural decision-making.
Ability to assess and mitigate technical and business risks associated with data architecture.
Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Experience working in large-scale programmes or regulated environments (desirable).