Digital Consulting Senior Associate - Data Architect

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. 

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This newly created position within Huron’s Global Digital Capability will support the Digital Growth portfolio leadership team in driving the strategic growth and expansion of the portfolio’s market offerings, focusing on delivering innovative solutions that enhance customer engagement and support broader front-office objectives to advance clients’ strategic growth initiatives. The formation of the Growth Portfolio team is part of a long-term investment strategy to position Huron in front of a new set of clients and opportunities.

The Data Architect will join a specialized team focused on helping clients better engage their target customers through a combination of better customer experience, better use of data, and better use of technology (e.g., customer engagement platforms). By leveraging data design, analytics, and customer insights you will help create customer experiences that foster loyalty and long-term retention for our clients.

This role requires an entrepreneurial mindset, a passion for building and iterating quickly, and the ability to work directly with clients to define and implement solutions tailored to their needs. We are looking for someone who will thrive in an agile, pod-based structure, working alongside product managers, solution architects, industry SMEs, design specialists, change experts, and client-facing consultants. This fast-paced environment enables rapid prototyping, testing, and refinement of market offerings to meet evolving client needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with cross-functional agile pod teams to design and implement data strategy roadmaps, guiding clients through the transition to modern, insight-driven architectures.  

• Assess client data maturity and infrastructure, providing tailored recommendations on architecture improvements, technology adoption, and data strategy. 

• Design and optimize data architectures, leveraging data fabrics, data lakes, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Oracle) to enhance accessibility and performance. 

• Develop data integration strategies that unify disparate data sources (core banking systems, payment processors, CRM platforms, loan origination systems, and transactional data) into a centralized, single source of truth. 

• Provide expertise on data transformation, ingestion, and anonymization processes to ensure seamless integration of consumer, transaction, and operational data.  

• Conduct data quality assessments and cleansing initiatives, improving data accuracy, reliability, and usability for client decision-making.  

• Analyze customer journey data across multiple touchpoints to uncover patterns, behaviors, and engagement opportunities, supporting customer segmentation, churn prediction, and retention strategies. 

• Develop and implement data governance frameworks and security protocols, ensuring compliance with regulations (GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2) and mitigating security risks. 

• Provide strategic guidance on data flow mapping and optimization, ensuring alignment with sales, marketing, analytics, and operational goals. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in data strategy, architecture, modeling, pipelines, and system integrations. 

• Consulting experience, advising clients on data architecture, governance, and technology decisions. 

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud) for data storage, processing, and analytics. 

• Preferred experience financial services, with an understanding of industry-specific data challenges and regulations. 

• Experience in ETL processes, data transformation, ingestion, and integration techniques. 

• Experience with modern data warehousing (Snowflake, Redshift, or Databricks) for large-scale analytics. 

• Proficiency in platform analytics tools (Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar). 

• Knowledge of data governance and security, ensuring compliance with GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, and other regulations. 

• Strong communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to both technical and business stakeholders. 

• Experience working cross-functionally in an agile pod environment, collaborating to rapidly iterate and deliver solutions. 

• Proven ability to facilitate