Lead Data Architect

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

Lead Data Architect

 

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

 

£73,018 - £76,861 per year

 

35 hours per week

 

We have an opportunity for a Lead Data Architect to join our Technology team based in Worcester. The main purpose of this role is to act as a bridge between non-technical stakeholders and technical practitioners utilising a broad range of data management disciplines to deliver the data architecture vision for the Group's use of data within the application landscape.

 

The role of Lead Data Architect will include:

• Provide technical expertise to support Group Data Architecture Strategy and roadmap development
• Contribute to the implementation of a Group-wide strategy for data architecture through effective planning, design and implementation
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data scientists, analysts and IT teams end to end to understand business needs and translate them into effective data architecture solutions
• Manage and maintain effective working relationships, enforcing adherence to architectural standards/principles, product-specific guidelines and usability design standards
• Design and implement scalable and efficient data architectures that support business goals
• Carry out data modelling and analysis including delivery of data model artefacts including Enterprise Information Model, Canonical Data Model, Conceptual Data Model, Logical Data Model, Physical Data Models, Data mappings and Data flows

 

Skills and experiences:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information technology or similar
• Proven experience as a Data Architect in complex SAP solution deployments working across SAP and non-SAP systems, data and data process analysis
• Proven experience designing and implementing complex data systems such as data warehouses and reporting / analytics solutions
• Ability to confidently communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders and technical architects to define data roadmaps
• Proficiency in data modelling tools to present the data model for all the data domains
• Ability to think innovatively and devise solutions that address the gap between business needs and technological constraints

 

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.  

 

Our Benefits   

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with matching employer con