Senior Data Architect
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FULL DESCRIPTION
We’re looking for a Senior Data Architect to help shape the future of data, business intelligence, and AI across the [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Group. This is a senior technical role where you’ll lead the design of our data architecture and guide how our data and analytics capabilities evolve over the next few years.
Setting the Direction
- Help shape our long‑term data, analytics, and AI strategy. - Plan how our data platforms will grow to support reporting, predictive analytics, machine learning, and generative AI. - Work with teams across the business to spot high‑value AI opportunities and turn them into clear architectural requirements.
Designing Reliable, Scalable Data Platforms
- Design data platforms that support everyday reporting as well as advanced analytics and AI workloads. - Make sure data is high-quality, easy to understand, and well‑documented. - Create an environment that allows safe experimentation and innovation.
Power BI & Analytics Leadership
- Lead on our semantic layer, data models, and Power BI architecture. - Build and govern standard datasets used for: - Executive reporting - Self-service BI - Data science and AI - Oversee performance, security, and lifecycle management of analytics assets.
Data Governance & Responsible AI
- Embed strong data governance, ensuring quality, transparency, and responsible use of data. - Support GDPR compliance and work with security, legal, and risk to ensure safe use of AI and sensitive data. - Help define AI guardrails and usage policies.
Working With and Supporting Others
- Offer technical guidance to data analysts and developers. - Create standards, documentation, and training materials. - Deliver knowledge‑sharing sessions to help the IT team build capability. - Work with external vendors and partners supporting our data and AI platforms. - Look for opportunities to improve processes through data and automation.
Who we're looking for...
Someone who: - Has strong experience designing data architectures in a business environment. - Understands analytics, Power BI, and modern AI/ML technologies. - Can communicate clearly and make complex ideas easy to understand. - Enjoys collaborating with others and influencing best practice. - Wants to help build a data‑driven, AI‑ready organisation.