At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape data solutions and guide design across exciting projects in a collaborative environment.
- Company: Dynamic client leveraging data and AI to enhance customer experiences.
- Benefits: Competitive contract rate, flexible working, and opportunities for extension.
- Other info: Join a team that values collaboration and innovative thinking in a fast-paced setting.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on data-driven projects that influence business outcomes.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in Data Solution Architecture or Data Engineering with a focus on Data Science.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Location: Paddington
Duration: 6 months possible extension
Our client is leveraging the power of data and AI to solve business problems, improve customer experience, and drive commercial value. This is an architecture-led role within the Data Architecture & Design team, helping shape how data solutions are designed, governed, and made supportable across multiple business areas.
What you'll be doing:
- Provide architecture and design guidance across a portfolio of data projects, ensuring solutions align with platform strategy and future changes.
- Guide functional design for data solutions (not hands-on development), producing clear design artefacts consumed by engineering teams.
- Bring Personalisation into the wider Enterprise Data Science discipline by creating building blocks that move beyond one-off datasets.
- Design reusable patterns within the existing cloud-hosted (Azure) data platform.
- Assess impacts of internal and external change on the data estate, shaping solution options and managing trade-offs.
- Support improved visibility, resilience, and governance for data pipelines used in Personalisation.
- Work collaboratively with Product Managers, Data Governance, Data Analytics, Security teams, and fellow architects to influence design principles and decisions.
- Help shape solution roadmaps across 3, 6, and 12-month horizons with key stakeholders.
What you'll bring:
- Strong experience in Data Solution Architecture (or a strong Data Engineering background focused on Data Science inputs/outputs).
- Ability to manage stakeholders effectively, including challenging requirements constructively.
- Confidence translating complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
- Clear understanding of data platforms/data lakes and how data science outputs connect into production-ready solutions.
- Comfort working in ambiguity - balancing guidance, options, and decision-making when requirements evolve.
- A collaborative, relationship-driven style (not directive), with a focus on practical outcomes like reusability, supportability, and governance.
Additional information:
- Role focus: Personalisation (real-time experiences across website/app journeys) and building a more enterprise-ready approach for data pipelines.
- Type: Contract role (6 months initially) with a possibility of extension.
- Start: ASAP (14th June).
- Office anchor day: Thursday or the last Friday of the month (additional in-office days not specified).
- IR35: In scope.
Data Solution Architect employer: Experis - ManpowerGroup
Experis - ManpowerGroup is an exceptional employer that values innovation and collaboration, offering a dynamic work culture where employees can thrive. With a strong focus on professional development, you will have access to numerous growth opportunities while working in a hybrid environment that promotes work-life balance. Join us in the UK, where your expertise in test management will be recognised and rewarded within a supportive team dedicated to delivering excellence.
