Lead Data Architect

80-85k + benefits

London, hybrid working

The company: You will be joining a local authority where the most important conversations are happening today. And a place making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind.

Data plays a crucial role in supporting both people and communities. Understanding resident's needs requires inclusive data which help bridge gaps and to shine light on the most complex social issues without bias or preconceptions. To achieve this vision, this local authority has recently published an exciting Data project which has been developed in collaboration with residents, community groups and partner organisations to ensure that data is used transparently for public good and managed securely and ethically in an accountable way across the organisation.

The Role

In this role you will bring Data Architecture capability, design the Data Governance and Master Data Management as well as choose the right standards and develop the right data policies to help them manage well throughout their data life cycle and to implement novel and innovative solutions. You will advise, design, develop and implement the right solutions to help the organisation get the most of data and to make their services data driven. This local authority is an innovative place who are looking for their Lead Data Architect to be bold and to think outside the box.

This exciting new role will work to the Chief Data Officer, but you will work closely with senior stakeholders from other divisions and directorates.

As the Lead Data Architect, you would play a critical role in helping data be useful, usable, secure, of high-quality and linkable across the data landscape and business areas. You will critically challenge how data is managed, proposing innovative and creative solutions. You will be working closely with solution architects as well as data engineers and other colleagues in the Data, Digital and Services directorate.

You will be instrumental in implementation of the upcoming data strategy, delivery of bespoke master data management system, translation of data principles into conceptual, logical, and physical data models as well as setting fit for purpose data standards. You will be managing a team of architects delivering a vast portfolio of work supporting key strategic projects in parallel to fixing data foundations. As well as translating the organisations data strategy into designs, working closely with various business areas. This work will span across metadata, reference data, master data management, business glossaries, taxonomies, Datamodelling (conceptual, logical, and physical data models), you would set up Data Architectural review panels and setting high standards for all the other data architects to follow.

About You

• You will have a passion for data architecture and be an innovative, creative, and strategic in your work.
• You should have a proven experience in setting and implementing data standards, data governance, data principles and policies in an organisation.
• You would have a prior experience in Datamodelling and translating complex data problems into data designs.
• You would have a working knowledge on reference and master data management, metadata management as well as data quality assessment and experience.
• You would be versed in data profiling and source systems analysis.
• You would be a strategic thinker who can communicate complex data issues to non-technical audience.
• You would be comfortable working with solution and technical architects on the implementation of data solutions for the benefit of the organisation.
• You should also be an excellent communicator and can explain highly technical concepts to a variety of audiences.
• You will work with business and technology stakeholders to translate business problems into data designs.
• You will be a competent data modeller who understands where and how to use different types of data models and what the industry standard is.
• You will be able to reverse-engineer a data model from a live system.
• You will be a well-rounded data architect who can identify and establish the right data standards for an organisation, understand metadata management and can determine and prepare patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps, and vision statements to support overall data perspective on a business issues and opportunities.
• TOGAF certification is an advantage but not essential if the candidate can demonstrate their knowledge and experience in this field.

If you feel like you have the right skillsets for the role, please apply now!

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