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Data Architect and Governance lead

Radius
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4 months ago
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Radius is seeking a highly talented Data Architect and Governance lead for my client going through a digital transformation.


  • Data Strategy
  • Define and lead enterprise wide data strategy
  • Design and maintain a scalable, secure data architecture
  • Deep understanding of Data Governance,
  • Modern data platforms: Cloud Data quality Management, metadata, lineage and data modelling
  • Experience with Data integration, master data management (MDM) and designing scalable data pipelines
  • Data Privacy, regulatory compliance, and security best practises
  • BI Tools Power BI, Tableau, Looker
  • proficient in data modelling, SQL, and cloud platforms - Azure, AWS, GCP and their Data services


Key Responsibilities

  • Define and implement data architecture strategies in line with the Customer Journey programme
  • Guide the data-driven decision-making process, ensuring that data is effectively utilised to inform business strategies and initiatives.

Develop data plan to address data quality issues in line with To-Be Processes

  • Drive the adoption of data best practices by facilitating the sharing of tools, techniques, and methodologies. Collaborate with data owners and IT to generate insights and apply them to business challenges.
  • Work with the business to identify data owners to drive data integrity and quality
  • Work with stakeholders across the business to understand data requirements and ensure this is captured in future data models
  • Work with the business to design, build and maintain data models
  • Create detailed design documentation for data architecture designs including data flow artifacts and data dictionaries.
  • Define and help drive best practices for data design, capture and storage
  • Ensure high data quality standards are set and maintained across the business and adherence to regulations (e.g. GDPR)
  • Collaborate with IT team to ensure systems capturing/mastering data are doing so in line with data design
  • Ensure data security is implemented and adhered to, particularly of sensitive customer information
  • Develop and maintain metrics to assess the impact and success of the data integrity and quality
  • Define and develop strategies across different lines of business using data driven analysis, monitoring performance and providing clear recommendations to drive the company forward to help support the company’s ambitious growth aspirations

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