Reporting to the Lead Architect, this position is for an experienced Data Architect within the Transformation Team. This role is accountable for providing an integrated and coordinated data strategy as well as providing data integration support to the wider team.
The candidate will be responsible for data governance, data standards, data integration support from/to multiple products, data architecture and analytics, as well as ensuring alignment with enterprise data security, quality, and retention strategies. The role will involve collaborating with stakeholders at all levels to ensure 7IM’s data strategy and associated implementation is adding value to the business. The role is a combination of solutioning, consulting and hands-on execution. This role would suit an ambitious and driven individual who is looking for an opportunity to shape and advance 7IM’s data strategy alongside an ambitious 3-year transformation programme.
Responsibilities
- Ownership & ongoing management of the data architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment to business and technology strategies as well as supporting delivery of corporate objectives through working with Squads
- Build, maintain, publish and drive adoption of appropriate enterprise architecture artefacts including conceptual and logical data models, entity relationship models, data dictionary and taxonomy
- Build and maintain a framework of principles, patterns and standards for data management, integration and consumption
- Identify and analyse internal processes in the data area, bringing governance and accelerating value deliveries to the business areas
- Identify, analyse and extract legacy data streams to migrate to the cloud using new and more modern technologies, facilitating testability, maintenance and accuracy
- Grow and manage a nascent data analysis capability including line management of data analyst resource(s)
- As a key member of the Data Strategy Steering Group, be the driver and advisor in all strategic data initiatives and ensure alignment to the data strategy
- Work with Business, Executive and technical Stakeholders to ensure delivery of the data strategy
- Establish a business-wide Data Catalog and champion best practise Data Governance and Stewardship
- Be an advocate of data security principles and ensure appropriate security practices are embedded in any data strategy
- Develop meaningful and appropriate key performance measures, including demonstrating good data governance, data quality, and progress vs roadmap
- Understand emerging trends in data tools, analysis techniques and usage, integrating up-and-coming data management and software engineering technologies into existing structures where appropriate
- Adherence to all applicable compliance standards and best practices at all times
- Acting consistently in accordance with 7IM’s VPVPs
- While not directly interacting with customers, your actions should align with upholding the FCA's Consumer Duty principles, thereby contributing to fair and beneficial outcomes for our clients
- Other, as reasonably required by your line manager and 7IM