Enterprise Data Architecture & Platform Lead

About the role

We are looking for a senior Enterprise Data Architecture & Platform Lead to drive a bank‑wide data transformation. The role combines strategic architecture, hands‑on implementation and leadership across business, technology and analytics functions.

Key responsibilities

• Define and evolve enterprise data architecture, ensuring scalability, security, regulatory compliance and cost effectiveness.
• Lead data discovery, profiling, metadata management and data‑quality initiatives across banking domains.
• Design and govern data integration and engineering patterns including batch, CDC, APIs, streaming and event‑driven pipelines.
• Evaluate and select platform technologies, define operating models and support reporting, analytics and AI use cases.
• Provide technical leadership to architects, engineers and analysts, establishing standards and mitigating risks.

Required profile

• 12+ years in enterprise data architecture, data engineering or data platforms, with at least 5 years in banking/financial services.
• Proven experience leading large‑scale data modernization initiatives from architecture through implementation.
• Strong knowledge of banking data domains such as customers, accounts, transactions, loans, payments, risk and compliance.

Required skills

• Enterprise Data Architecture, Banking Data Architecture
• Data Modelling, Dimensional Modelling, ODS, Data Lake, Lakehouse, Medallion Architecture
• ETL/ELT, CDC, APIs, Streaming, Event‑Driven Architecture
• Metadata Management, Data Cataloguing, Data Lineage, Data Observability, Data Quality
• Master Data, Reference Data, Data Security, BI & Analytics, AI/Data Science
• Cloud, On‑Premises, Hybrid Architecture