Role Overview
As an Associate Director - Data Architecture, you will provide technical leadership across data, analytics, automation and AI initiatives, translating strategy into scalable, secure and business-aligned solutions. The role combines data architecture expertise with broader solution design responsibilities, establishing standards, driving technical quality and acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders. Success in the role comes from balancing technical excellence, commercial awareness and people leadership while delivering reusable and scalable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Own the end-to-end architecture for data, analytics, and automation solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and data strategy.
- Define and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures and scalable delivery patterns.
- Act as the technical authority for complex programmes, balancing governance, security, scalability and delivery objectives.
- Drive architecture governance, technical assurance and quality across engagements.
- Support the development of strategic technology roadmaps and emerging capabilities, including AI-enabled solutions.
Client & Commercial Leadership
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, translating business challenges into practical, scalable solutions.
- Lead technical workshops, architecture reviews and strategic design discussions.
- Support business development through solution design, proposals, estimation and technical presentations.
- Identify opportunities to scale successful client solutions into repeatable services and propositions.
Capability & Practice Development
- Develop reusable architecture patterns, accelerators and frameworks that improve delivery consistency and efficiency.
- Support the establishment of best practice for data modelling, integration, governance and engineering standards.
- Mentor and develop architects, engineers and BI professionals across the team.
- Support recruitment, capability growth and continuous improvement of the architecture practice.