Data Solution Architect

Job Title: Data Solution Architect
Location: Paddington
Duration: 6 months possible extension

Our client is leveraging the power of data and AI to solve business problems, improve customer experience, and drive commercial value. This is an architecture-led role within the Data Architecture & Design team-helping shape how data solutions are designed, governed, and made supportable across multiple business areas.

What you'll be doing:
* Provide architecture and design guidance across a portfolio of data projects, ensuring solutions align with platform strategy and future changes
* Guide functional design for data solutions (not hands-on development), producing clear design artefacts consumed by engineering teams
* Bring Personalisation into the wider Enterprise Data Science discipline by creating building blocks that move beyond one-off datasets
* Design reusable patterns within the existing cloud-hosted (Azure) data platform
* Assess impacts of internal and external change on the data estate, shaping solution options and managing trade-offs
* Support improved visibility, resilience, and governance for data pipelines used in Personalisation
* Work collaboratively with Product Managers, Data Governance, Data Analytics, Security teams, and fellow architects to influence design principles and decisions
* Help shape solution roadmaps across 3, 6, and 12-month horizons with key stakeholders

What you'll bring:
* Strong experience in Data Solution Architecture (or a strong Data Engineering background focused on Data Science inputs/outputs)
* Ability to manage stakeholders effectively, including challenging requirements constructively
* Confidence translating complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences
* Clear understanding of data platforms/data lakes and how data science outputs connect into production-ready solutions
* Comfort working in ambiguity-balancing guidance, options, and decision-making when requirements evolve
* A collaborative, relationship-driven style (not directive), with a focus on practical outcomes like reusability, supportability, and governance

Additional information:
* Role focus: Personalisation (real-time experiences across website/app journeys) and building a more enterprise-ready approach for data pipelines
* Type: Contract role (6 months initially) with a possibility of extension
* Start: ASAP (14th June)
* Office anchor day: Thursday or the last Friday of the month (additional in-office days not specified)
* IR35: In scope

If you're an experienced Data Solution Architect who enjoys shaping data products, patterns, and roadmaps-while turning complex Personalisation needs into enterprise-ready designs-we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to be considered for this opportunity with a reputed client.

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