Data Architect in London

Profectus Recruitment is partnered with a highly regulated financial services company to hire a strategic Data Architect. This role will play a key part in shaping enterprise-wide data governance, architecture and content management as the business continues its journey towards more modern, cloud-native platforms.This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys autonomy, building things properly, and driving governance frameworks that stick, not just creating documents. Culture is important: you\’ll be joining a collaborative, stakeholder-led environment where influencing and relationship building are as important as technical capability.Hybrid working: 2 days per week on-site.What they\’re looking for Strong experience in data architecture / data governance within financial services or another highly regulated environmentConfident building data governance frameworks (policies, standards, stewardship, lifecycle governance)Comfortable working with both structured and unstructured data (e.g. data lakes + content management)Strong stakeholder engagement – able to influence and align business areas around data ownership, metadata and qualityExperience establishing governance forums/councils and driving a data-driven cultureNice to have (not essential) Cloud exposure (Azure / Fabric / Power BI) and modern data platforms (warehouse, ETL/ELT)Experience with tooling such as data catalogues / metadata management / data quality toolsIf you\’re looking for a role where you can take real ownership, shape governance end-to-end, and work in a collaborative environment where culture matters please apply for immediate consideration.

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