Senior Data Architect

Overview

As Senior Data Architect, you will shape data architecture across complex transformation programmes within healthcare and the public sector. You’ll lead technical direction, advise clients, and mentor a small data team, embedding governance and modern data-platform solutions. This role blends hands-on design with client engagement to deliver scalable, secure data solutions that support strategic objectives. You’ll join a growing Data & AI practice and help drive capability and excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of robust, scalable data architectures across transformation programmes
• Provide specialist guidance on data modelling, structures, flows, sourcing, transformation, migration and master data
• Translate business needs into practical architecture solutions and assess opportunities for modernisation
• Ensure architecture quality and regulatory alignment throughout projects
• Establish and promote standards, patterns, and best practices in data architecture
• Resolve data ownership, mastering, and information-management challenges
• Contribute to enterprise data decisions and evaluate suitable data technologies
• Lead, coach and develop a small team of data professionals
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and convey complex concepts clearly
• Provide independent thought leadership on data architecture and industry practices
• Facilitate workshops to define data strategy and architectural direction
• Support capacity planning and governance across multiple storage technologies
• Maintain awareness of emerging cloud, data platform, analytics and AI technologies
• Mentor junior team members and foster knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
• Develop reusable standards and technical expertise to strengthen data architecture capabilities

Key requirements

• Substantial experience in Data Architecture with strong client-facing and technical leadership
• Experience in UK Healthcare or Public Sector
• Expertise in data modelling, data analysis, metadata management, data transformation, data migration and master data
• Track record of providing architecture assurance and mentoring
• Knowledge of recognized data architecture methodologies, patterns, and best practices
• Experience selecting data products and technologies at project or enterprise level
• Ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively
• Strong knowledge of at least three mainstream data technologies and broader data landscape awareness
• Proactive, adaptable to uncertain requirements or environments
• Experience coaching or developing junior data professionals
• Stakeholder management
• Thought leadership
• Clear communication of complex concepts
• Data modelling
• Data structures and data flows
• Data sourcing, transformation and migration

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