Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.
Lead Data Architect
Worcester based with a balance of home and office working
£73,018 - £76,861 per year
35 hours per week
We have an opportunity for a Lead Data Architect to join our Technology team based in Worcester. The main purpose of this role is to act as a bridge between non-technical stakeholders and technical practitioners utilising a broad range of data management disciplines to deliver the data architecture vision for the Group's use of data within the application landscape.
The role of Lead Data Architect will include:
* Provide technical expertise to support Group Data Architecture Strategy and roadmap development
* Contribute to the implementation of a Group-wide strategy for data architecture through effective planning, design and implementation
* Collaborate with business stakeholders, data scientists, analysts and IT teams end to end to understand business needs and translate them into effective data architecture solutions
* Manage and maintain effective working relationships, enforcing adherence to architectural standards/principles, product-specific guidelines and usability design standards
* Design and implement scalable and efficient data architectures that support business goals
* Carry out data modelling and analysis including delivery of data model artefacts including Enterprise Information Model, Canonical Data Model, Conceptual Data Model, Logical Data Model, Physical Data Models, Data mappings and Data flows
Skills and experiences:
* Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information technology or similar
* Proven experience as a Data Architect in complex SAP solution deployments working across SAP and non-SAP systems, data and data process analysis
* Proven experience designing and implementing complex data systems such as data warehouses and reporting / analytics solutions
* Ability to confidently communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders and technical architects to define data roadmaps
* Proficiency in data modelling tools to present the data model for all the data domains
* Ability to think innovatively and devise solutions that address the gap between business needs and technological constraints
Why work for us?
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
* 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
* A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
* Life Assurance
* Employee Advice Service including counselling
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Voluntary health plans
* Wellbeing support and tools
* Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
* Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
* Role salary is £53,134 with an additional policy allowance of £19,883 per annum (rising to £55,931 with an additional policy allowance of £20,929 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
Before you apply, please ensure you have an updated copy of your CV. If you're unsure about any details or have questions about the role, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you – corporate.recruitment@sanctuary.co.uk
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.
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