# Principal Data Architect

**Company**: Bupa
**Location**: London, London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

As the Principal Data Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our organisation by leading the establishment of a robust data architecture to underpin our Data & Analytics Vision and Connected Care Strategy.

You will be responsible for driving a significant improvement in our data capability maturity, enabling us to harness the power of data, analytics and AI to enhance our operational efficiency, customer experience, and strategic decision-making.

This role will involve close collaboration with cross-functional teams, executive leadership, and external partners.

**How you’ll help us make health happen:**

- Lead the design, development, and implementation of an enterprise-wide data architecture strategy that aligns with our business goals and supports our data-driven transformation.

- Define and govern data architecture principles, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and security of data assets.

- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to identify data requirements, create data models, and define data integration and migration strategies.

- Establish data governance practices, including data quality, metadata management, and data lineage, to ensure data accuracy, reliability, and compliance.

- Provide technical leadership in evaluating and selecting data management and data utilisation technologies, tools, and platforms that support our evolving data ecosystem.

- Mentor and guide a team of data architects, data engineers, and data analysts to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

- Partner with executive leadership to communicate the value of data-driven initiatives, influencing strategic decision-making through actionable insights derived from data analytics.

- Manage key stakeholders – both technical and non-technical, educating and mentoring as we advance on our data journey.

- Propose and execute technical assessments, proofs of concept and value to promote innovation in the data space and inform data strategy.

- Contribute to the overall data strategy and roadmaps by mentoring a team data architects and other data experts to ensure a collaborative approach to solving our data challenges.

**Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:**

- Proven track record of in data architecture, including substantial experience in a leadership role within complex, data-intensive environments.

- Deep understanding of data architecture principles, data modelling, data integration, data governance, and data management technologies.

- Extensive expertise in leading data transformation initiatives, driving cultural change, and promoting a data-driven mindset across the organisation.

- Strong business acumen and the ability to translate business objectives into data architecture solutions that drive measurable value.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels.

- Experience within the healthcare or insurance industry is a significant plus.

- You understand technical governance and participate in or deliver the assurance of a service.

- Exposure and experience with cloud data technologies, Snowflake, working in a Product model, building data platforms, leading implementation of data mesh approaches in a complex multi-BU federated organisation.

- Data innovation. You can identify areas of innovation in data tools and techniques and recognise appropriate timing for adoption.

**Benefits**

- 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

- Annual performance-based bonus

- Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

- Various other benefits and online discounts

## Skills

### Required
- data architecture
- data modelling
- data integration
- data governance
- data management technologies
- cloud data technologies
- Snowflake

### Nice to have
- experience within the healthcare or insurance industry
- technical governance
- data mesh approaches

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