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Data Products and Architecture - Executive Director
London
£150k – £165k/yr
Posted 11 days ago
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Data Products and Architecture – Executive Director
About the Role
The Executive Director of Data Products and Architecture leads the organisation’s data platform, data product, and data architecture strategy, ensuring scalable, high-quality data capabilities that align with business, regulatory, and operational requirements. This London-based role at a global international bank focuses on driving data-driven transformation.
Description
The Executive Director will:
- Lead product management for data, owning the enterprise data platform backlog, prioritising features, and defining capabilities for scalable, high-quality data solutions.
- Oversee the Data Architecture function, ensuring alignment between technical standards, design patterns, and the overall data strategy.
- Work closely with the Head of Data Architecture to implement a target state architecture that supports enterprise-wide data governance.
Accountabilities & Responsibilities
Data Platform & Product Ownership
- Owns the EMEA Data Platform product vision, roadmap, and backlog, ensuring alignment with:
- Business priorities
- Regulatory requirements (e.g., ECB onboarding, BCBS 239, Compliance Transformation)
- Strategic data objectives
- Acts as the senior product owner, defining what is built and why and ensuring delivery against set priorities.
- Establishes and leads a structured intake and prioritisation framework, including:
- Chairing prioritisation forums with business/IT stakeholders and senior management
- Enforcing transparency and discipline in trade-off decisions
Data Architecture & Governance
- Oversees Data Architecture, working with the Head of Data Architecture to:
- Define and implement target state architectures and standards
- Align data integration patterns and scalable platform designs with strategic goals
- Ensures strong alignment between:
- Data Architecture
- Data Platform
- Data Products
- Drives consistency, scalability, and interoperability across the data estate.
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Data Product Strategy & Delivery
- Defines and implements a data product framework and PMO model, including:
- Standard definitions and taxonomy
- Ownership and accountability models
- Lifecycle management (design, build, iterate, retire)
- Leads development of reusable, scalable data products aligned with business domains.
- Ensures data products are:
- Discoverable
- Accessible
- Trusted
- Fit for purpose
- Tracks delivery against roadmap and backlog, holding IT accountable for agreed priorities, timelines, and outcomes.
- Defines and tracks product success metrics, focusing on value delivered (not just technical execution).
Master & Reference Data (MRD) Strategy
- Owns the EMEA MRD Management strategy and operating model, including:
- MRD adoption across systems, reporting, and processes
- Strategy implementation in collaboration with strategic programmes and business teams
- Ensures global alignment between EMEA and global MRDM strategies for both Data Platform and MRDM.
- Guides Microservices, REST, and Data Mesh implementations with clarity on governance.
Stakeholder & Team Leadership
- Builds effective relationships with:
- Wider Data Office teams
- Technology teams
- Business departments
- Manages, coaches, and mentors technical roles to create a high-performing delivery team underpinned by solid governance.
Profile & Skills
Core Requirements
- Proven senior product ownership experience in a multi-stakeholder environment, ideally with:
- Data Platform and MDM Delivery setup and management (project and operational aspects)
- Strong understanding of enterprise data architecture, including:
- Data modelling
- Integration patterns
- Scalable platform design
- Ability to guide and challenge architectural decisions
- Experience leading Data Architecture teams in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
- Proven ability to define product vision, roadmap, and backlog for complex data platforms.
- Familiarity with project management principles relevant to data management.
- Exceptional influence across business, data, and IT/Engineering without direct delivery authority.
- Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams to identify and deliver solutions.
- Experience in conflict resolution and alignment strategies.
- Strong grasp of:
- Data Platforms and architectures
- Data products and governance principles
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as applied to data management
- Knowledge of ETL, data manipulation, and data preparation processes.
- Problem-solving and analytical mindset, with a creative approach to solution scoping.
- Excellent communication skills:
- Presenting to and facilitating business users at all levels.
- Simplifying technical solutions for non-technical teams.
- Understanding of emerging trends in Data Management and MDM.
- Experience in financial services industry, including:
- Regulatory compliance (e.g., BCBS 239, ECB frameworks).
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Desirable
- Experience with:
- Databricks and Informatica MDM
- Global organisations with matrix structures across regions
- Enterprise-level MDM rollouts
- Cloud environments (e.g., Microsoft Azure)
Job Offer
- Salary: £150,000 – £165,000 annually (competitive)
- Benefits: Comprehensive package supporting professional and personal needs
- Location: Permanent role based in London
- Opportunities:
- Work on innovative projects in financial services
- Stability and growth potential in a leading financial institution
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Skills
Data Architecture
Product Management
Data Governance
Data Modelling
Integration Patterns
Scalable Platform Design
Project Management
Conflict Resolution
Software Development Lifecycle
ETL
Data Manipulation
Data Preparation
Analytical Mindset
Communication Skills
Master Data Management
Cloud Environments
Location