Senior Data Architect
A leading global fund manager is building out its data architecture function - and this is a pivotal hire.
The business has moved from fragmented, business-line technology setups to a platform-first approach. The data architecture team sits above the platform, and this role sits at the heart of it.
The Role
You will be the standard-setter. Working closely with senior business stakeholders, your focus is on creating the templates, frameworks and requirements that govern how data products are built and delivered consistently across the organisation.
This means defining what good looks like. Standardising data delivery across business lines, embedding compliance and governance into the process from the start, and making sure every data product lands the same way, every time.
This is not a data platform role. It is not a data engineering role. It is architecture - the thinking, the standards and the structures that everything else is built on.
About You
You are a senior data architect with a strong governance instinct. You may have come up through data governance, data management or enterprise architecture. What matters is that you understand how to bring consistency to complex, federated data environments and can hold that line with senior stakeholders.
You will bring deep experience defining data architecture standards, patterns and templates at enterprise scale. A strong grasp of data governance, compliance and data product delivery. The credibility to engage and influence at business and leadership level. And above all, a practical mindset. You build things that get adopted, not frameworks that gather dust.
Industry background is open. If you have done this in financial services, great. If not, the complexity of this environment will still suit you.
What makes this role unique?
The mandate is clear, the leadership is bought in, and the gap is real. This is a chance to shape how a world-class investment management business thinks about and delivers data - for the long term.