Overview
As Senior Manager - Data Architect, you will lead enterprise data strategy and architecture for investment and wealth clients. You’ll guide multi-disciplinary teams through assessments, target-state designs, and roadmaps, translating data concepts into business value for C-suite stakeholders. The role sits at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and delivery within a leading global consulting practice. You will shape operating models and data transformation initiatives to enable better decision-making and measurable outcomes. This is a high-impact, client-facing role that blends technology leadership with business impact.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible hybrid working
- wellbeing focus
- career development and progression
- exposure to senior decision-makers
Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise data strategies and architecture for complex investment and wealth clients
- Manage multi-disciplinary teams delivering assessments, target-state architectures, and roadmaps
- Identify inefficiencies and define scalable improvements to data architectures
- Shape and deliver operating models and data transformation initiatives from strategy to implementation
- Lead client workshops to define requirements, design data models, and establish architectural principles
- Engage with C-level and senior stakeholders, translating data concepts into business value
- Stay abreast of emerging data technologies and apply them to client challenges
Key requirements
- Strong background in data architecture and data solution design in consulting or large enterprise
- Deep knowledge of data modelling (conceptual, logical, physical), data quality, master & reference data
- Analytics, reporting, and self-service BI experience
- Experience defining data standards, taxonomies, vocabularies, and a common data language
- Proven leadership in managing delivery teams and developing junior talent
- Industry experience in Investment Management and/or Wealth (assets, trading, risk, pricing, ESG, market data)
- stakeholder engagement
- leadership and people development
- clear communication of complex concepts
- data architecture
- data modelling
- data management concepts (quality, master data, reference data)
Data Architect Manager employer: Nigel Frank International
Join a forward-thinking Microsoft technology organisation that prioritises innovation and employee development in the rapidly evolving field of AI. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, you will lead a talented team while enjoying the flexibility of remote work in the UK, alongside competitive compensation and opportunities for professional growth. This is an exceptional chance to make a significant impact in shaping AI solutions for enterprise customers within a supportive and dynamic work culture.
