Title: Head of Data Strategy & Architecture
Salary: Up to £120,000
Industry: FinTech
Location: London (Hybrid)
Summary
- Seeking an experienced Data Architect to lead the definition and implementation of a target data strategy.
- Responsible for defining, agreeing, and maintaining the data strategy and implementation roadmap, ensuring alignment with business system needs and operating landscape.
- Engage with multiple stakeholders, translating their requirements into data architecture solutions that drive business value.
- Strong understanding of data-mesh design strategy, with experience transitioning data warehousing to this paradigm.
- Ability to translate business requirements into effective data solutions, clearly communicating benefits to both business and technology stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Influence data strategy development at an organizational level, identifying transformation opportunities.
- Represent the data domain in enterprise-level governance and architecture forums.
- Define and communicate current, resultant, and target state architectures, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy.
- Translate architecture roadmaps into actionable work packages for incremental value delivery.
- Play a key role in change teams, owning the delivery of data architecture products.
- Develop and maintain architecture models, roadmaps, and standards to ensure strategic alignment.
Required Skills
- Strong understanding of Data Management requirements within regulated industries, particularly Financial Services.
- Proven experience in data strategy development and data architecture transformation, leveraging strategic technology solutions.
- Relevant qualifications with deep knowledge of data interface and residency patterns.
- Communication & Leadership: Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders across all levels, including executives and technical teams.
- Problem-Solving & Decision-Making: Strong analytical skills to navigate complex architectural challenges while balancing short-term and strategic goals.
- Familiarity with Avaloq Core Platform and related technologies is a plus.
Additional Experience
- Knowledge of industry architecture frameworks like TOGAF and ArchiMate.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
- Strong understanding of hardware, software, applications, and systems engineering.
