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Senior Data Architect
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Lead Data Architect / Data Solutions Lead
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News UK Data team
News UK is embarking on a new chapter of data growth with the introduction of our company AI strategy. Our team supports the business in broadening data-informed decision making and experiences across agile teams in London, Sofia, and Bangalore. We are responsible for the collection, ingestion, utilization, warehousing, and enrichment of data assets through machine learning and AI, delivering industry-leading insight tools, consumer-facing AI features, and data products.
Your role:
Step into an influential technical leadership opportunity to bring clarity, consistency, and efficiency across our data organization. You will lead a talented group of data architects and analytics engineers, driving hands-on solution design and prototyping while embedding data architecture standards to support high-impact product growth.
Day to day you will:
- Oversee the technical design and implementation of data solutions to ensure they are scalable, performant, and cost-effective across the business.
- Lead and develop a team of data architects and analytics engineers by setting clear objectives, setting performance expectations, and establishing consistent ways of working.
- Develop and prototype data solutions hands-on, maintaining active involvement in coding and technical execution to mentor the team through complex challenges.
- Maintain data architecture principles, standards, and best practices across data modeling, data quality, and specification frameworks.
- Partner with stakeholders across business intelligence, advertising, and newsroom teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
- Design optimized data marts, bespoke application APIs, and data activation architectures for seamless integration with BI tools, CDPs, and marketing platforms.
- Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Governance, and Data Platforms teams to ensure solutions align with platform standards and governance policies.
What we're looking for from you:
- Technical Mastery: Proven ability to build and deliver end-to-end data solutions using BigQuery and GCP products, backed by advanced SQL proficiency, stored procedure development, and deep data modeling skills.
- Engineering Standards: Strong focus on establishing quality requirements and documentation to streamline engineering hand-offs and eliminate cross-team friction.
- Strategic Collaboration: Demonstrated success partnering across data engineering, analytics, and business units to deliver custom reporting and data activation architecture.
- People Leadership: Aptitude for managing skilled professionals, balancing workloads across global teams, and fostering an environment of growth and accountability.
- Business Translation: Ability to translate complex business objectives into maintainable data solutions that drive measurable business value.
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News UK
News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion, and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events, and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles, and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech, and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect, and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.
At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles, and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect, and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
We represent, reflect, and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organization reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class, or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long-term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.
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At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
- Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
- Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in-person/virtual exercise classes
- ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
- Up to 60% discount on HarperCollins books
- Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
- Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
- Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage, and counselling
- A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
- Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, as well as an extra anniversary day off
- Up to 3 paid volunteering days per year to support causes you care about
We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at careers@news.co.uk to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.
If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognize that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.
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