Lead Data Architect

Salary:
Up to £130,000 + Bonus

London - Hybrid (2-3 days onsite)

We're supporting a consultancy who are looking for a Lead Data Architect to join their team and help shape and deliver strategic data solutions for clients across the insurance sector.

This is a senior, client-facing role that would suit someone who combines deep Azure data architecture and engineering skills with strong commercial awareness and the ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at C-Suite and executive level. You'll play a key role in defining data strategies, influencing business decisions, and delivering modern, scalable cloud-based solutions that drive measurable business value.

• Lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and business-aligned data architectures within the Azure ecosystem.
• Engage with senior stakeholders, including C-Suite executives, to understand business challenges and translate them into strategic technology solutions.
• Define data strategies, target architectures, and transformation roadmaps for insurance clients.
• Provide leadership across data engineering, architecture, cloud technologies, integrations, and modernisation programmes.
• Drive best practice across Azure data platforms, governance, security, and architecture standards.
• Work with business, analytics, and technology teams to unlock value from data and support informed decision-making.
• Support key insurance functions including underwriting, claims, policy administration, and customer operations.
• Present architecture recommendations and strategic insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide architectural governance and guidance throughout the full project lifecycle.

• Proven experience in a Lead Data Architect, Principal Data Architect, or similar senior architecture role.
• Strong expertise designing and delivering Azure-based data platforms and cloud architectures.
• Background in both data architecture and data engineering, with a strong understanding of modern data ecosystems.
• Demonstrable experience working within the insurance industry (essential).
• Commercially minded, with the ability to align technology decisions to business outcomes.
• Comfortable engaging with senior business leaders and influencing executive-level stakeholders.
• Strong communication, consulting, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading architecture strategy, governance, and transformation initiatives.

Salary Up to £130,000 base salary + bonus, Hybrid working (2-3 days onsite in their London office)