Senior Data & AI Architect in Stirling

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work.

With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

Overview

The role ensures that Data & AI architecture aligns with business strategy, regulatory obligations and technology standards, supporting data integration, analytics and advanced use cases such as Machine Learning and Agentic AI.

The Data & AI Architect will act as a technical leader, shaping architectural direction and supporting delivery teams to design solutions that are scalable, secure and fit for purpose within a Financial Services environment.

• Main Responsibilities
• Define and maintain enterprise, domain and solution-level data architecture aligned to business and technology strategies.
• Design logical and physical data models that support operational, analytical and AI use cases.
• Establish and maintain architecture standards, principles, patterns and reference architectures.
• Provide architectural oversight and guidance to delivery teams, ensuring designs are consistent with agreed standards and regulatory expectations.
• Collaborate with business, data, analytics, security and engineering stakeholders to translate requirements into robust solutions.
• Contribute to architectural roadmaps and investment planning, balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability.
• Review and assure designs to ensure security, resilience, performance and regulatory compliance, particularly within the Financial Services sector.
• Mentor colleagues and promote good data & AI architecture practices across teams.
• Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience
• Strong knowledge of core data architecture concepts, including data modelling, data platforms and information management.
• Understanding of the evolving architecture stack for Agentic AI.
• Real world experience of grounding AI solutions in corporate data (structured/unstructured).
• Experience designing data solutions that support analytics, reporting and Machine Learning workloads.
• Understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata management and data lineage.
• Experience working within the Financial Services sector, with awareness of regulatory and risk considerations affecting data design.
• Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Essential Skills

• Data modelling (conceptual, logical and physical).
• Data integration and information flow design.
• Architecture standards, principles and design assurance.
• Stakeholder engagement and technical leadership.
• Problem solving and structured thinking.

What we offer

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond.

Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future.

Our UK benefits include

• Pension scheme of 18%, with 13% Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions.

Also offers Share Save and Share Incentive Plan, with access to financial wellbeing and support services.

• 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through the Time Off When You Need It policy.
• Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave.
• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance, with family options.
• Life at M&G: diverse and inclusive culture, supported by policies and employee networks.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions.

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