Senior Data Architect (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Data Architect (Fintech): Defining, governing and evolving the organization’s data architecture to enable trusted data assets with an accent on alignment with business strategy and regulatory obligations. Focus on designing scalable data models for analytics, operational reporting, and advanced AI/ML use cases.

Location: Stirling, UK (flexible working arrangements considered)

Company

A long-standing asset management and insurance firm with over 175 years of heritage in savings and investments.

What you will do

• Define and maintain enterprise, domain, and solution-level data architecture aligned to business strategies.
• Design logical and physical data models supporting operational, analytical, and AI use cases.
• Establish and maintain data architecture standards, principles, patterns, and reference architectures.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight to delivery teams to ensure design consistency.
• Collaborate with security, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust solutions.
• Support data governance, metadata management, data quality, and lineage capabilities.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of core data architecture, data modelling, and information management.
• Experience designing data solutions for analytics, reporting, and Machine Learning workloads.
• Understanding of data governance, quality, metadata management, and data lineage.
• Professional experience within the Financial Services sector, including regulatory and risk considerations.
• Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Must be able to work from Stirling, UK (flexible options available).

Culture & Benefits

• Generous pension scheme with 18% total contributions.
• 38 days of annual leave including bank holidays, with options to purchase extra days.
• Comprehensive "Inspiring Families" policy providing paid parental leave.
• Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover, and Life Assurance.
• Inclusive work environment with a focus on diversity and Disability Confident Leader status.