Job Description:
As the Lead Data Platform Architect in the Enterprise Data & Platform team, your key responsibilities are as follows:
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY AND LEADERSHIP
Lead the definition and execution of data architecture strategies across multiple business domains and data platforms.
Drive the development of scalable, integrated data models and architectures across raw, trusted, and harmonized zones.
Define and execute the data product strategy for assigned business areas in collaboration with analytics and business teams.
Act as a thought leader and trusted advisor, supporting teams in understanding business objectives, data requirements, processes, and enabling technologies.
Ensure all data architecture efforts are aligned with the broader business vision and strategic priorities and provide architectural oversight across delivery initiatives.
Collaborate with other data architects to ensure consistent and integrated use of data assets across the organization.
Identify cross-segment and cross-function data dependencies or issues and lead resolution efforts.
Provide strategic guidance on data domains, process analysis, data analysis, and modelling techniques.
Mentor and coach solution / data architects and engineers to build internal data architecture capability.
Advocate for best practices, tools, and methods related to data architecture.
Ensure understanding and compliance of data protection policies, security policies, and GDPR
DELIVERABLE INVOLVEMENT & OWNERSHIP
Reference Architectures: Own and maintain reusable architectural patterns
High-Level Designs (HLDs): Review and approve HLDs from Solution Architects and 3rd parties
Key Design Decisions (KDDs): Own and govern major architectural decisions for alignment with the Architecture Review Board and beyond
Architecture Option Assessments: Lead decisioning on tooling, modelling, and patterns
DATA & PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE OWNERSHIP
Develop and maintain current and future state data architectures, models, and roadmaps.
Promote awareness and understanding of data architectures across the organization.
Review and validate high-level models and reference architecture libraries
Approve changes to shared or enterprise-wide data models
LEARNING & GROWTH
Collaborate with the team to learn and apply the best practices in data architecture.
Actively participate in projects, gaining experience in developing high-quality, scalable, and sustainable data solutions.
Stay updated with emerging technologies and trends in data architecture, contributing to the team's knowledge base by sharing insights and ideas.
Guide the development of data solutions within the Enterprise Analytics data platform as the senior team member.
Support the maintenance of a semantic and intelligent data layer to contribute to the comprehensive leadership of the data solution within the environment and for consumption by analytical and AI solutions
COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION
Collaborate closely with data engineers, solution architects, data scientists, and other team members
Maintain effective communication with the Enterprise Data & Platform Director, actively participating in team discussions and sharing ideas to improve platform excellence.
Context
The Lead Data Platform Architect is instrumental in delivering scalable, repeatable and agile data and platform architectures to unlock and drive business value across Finance, Commercial, R&D, MGS Labs and Innovation:
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
· Collaborates closely with leaders across MGS functions and Enterprise Analytics to align data and platform architectures and initiatives with core business objectives and co-create strategic priorities.
TRUSTED PARTNER & PROGRAM DISCIPLINE
· Acts as an organisational authority for the Enterprise Analytics Data Platform, serving as a dependable single point of contact for all related matters.
NAVIGATING COMPLEXITY WITH OWNERSHIP
· Operates with a high level of autonomy, navigating ambiguity and…