Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Architect £115,000 GBP Hybrid WORKING

Location:

Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East - United Kingdom Type:
Permanent A leading digital transformation and technology organisation is looking for an experienced Data Architect Manager to join its growing Data & AI practice. This is a senior technical leadership opportunity for a data architecture professional with experience across the UK Healthcare or Public Sector. The successful candidate will work closely with clients to understand complex data challenges, define effective architecture strategies and ensure that data solutions are scalable, secure and fit for purpose.

The role combines hands-on data architecture, client consulting, technical leadership and people management, making it well suited to an experienced Data Architect who is ready to take greater ownership of both technical delivery and the development of other data professionals. The organisation has built a strong reputation through successful long-term client relationships and repeat business. Its expanding Data & AI capability is delivering innovative solutions that use modern data technologies to address complex, real-world challenges across the public sector and healthcare.

The Opportunity The Data Architect Manager will act as a Data Architecture Subject Matter Expert, providing technical direction across complex data programmes and helping clients make informed decisions about their data strategy, architecture and technology landscape. The role will cover both project and enterprise-level architecture. This could involve designing data structures and flows, resolving data ownership and definition challenges, establishing governance approaches or helping organisations develop a coherent approach to data across complex stakeholder environments.

Alongside technical responsibilities, the successful candidate will lead, coach and develop a small team of data professionals, supporting performance, career progression and continuous technical development.

Key Responsibilities Data Architecture & Technical Leadership Lead the design of robust and scalable data architectures across complex transformation programmes. Provide specialist guidance across data modelling, data structures, data flows, data sourcing, data transformation, data migration and master data. Translate business and technical requirements into practical data architecture solutions. Assess existing data environments and identify opportunities for improvement, modernisation and optimisation.

Provide architecture assurance throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring solutions meet business, technical and regulatory requirements. Establish and promote data architecture standards, patterns, methodologies and best practices. Support the resolution of complex data definition, ownership, mastering and information-management challenges. Contribute to solution-level and enterprise data architecture decisions where required. Evaluate and recommend appropriate data technologies and products based on client requirements.

Client Consulting & Stakeholder Engagement Work directly with clients to understand their data challenges, requirements and strategic objectives. Build effective relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior decision-makers. Communicate complex data architecture concepts clearly to audiences with different levels of technical expertise. Provide independent advice and thought leadership on data architecture, technology and emerging industry practices. Facilitate discussions and workshops to help clients establish clear data strategies and architectural direction.

Act as a trusted advisor, challenging assumptions and helping clients make informed technology decisions. Data Governance & Strategy Help organisations establish effective data governance frameworks, processes and controls. Support the definition of information-handling models across heterogeneous data environments. Address data quality, ownership, metadata and master-data challenges. Contribute to capacity planning and architectural decision-making across multiple data-storage technologies. Help clients develop sustainable approaches to managing data throughout its lifecycle.

Modern Data Platforms Design and assure solutions across modern data-platform environments. Contribute to data lake architecture and solutions operating within data lake ecosystems. Assess different approaches to data storage, integration, processing and analytics.…