Lead Data Architect

Location: Two Snowhill - Birmingham

Salary Base salary: c£54,878 pa to £64,562 pa (Birmingham) or c£59.268 pa to £69727 pa (London) depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish, and providing personal and professional development opportunities. 

As a Lead Data Architect at HS2 you will be responsible for developing HS2's data architecture and processes to embed the strategic application of data-related change across HS2's systems and solutions. The role owns the data domain architecture and drives the vision for HS2's use of data, through data design, to ensure that data is managed properly and meets the organisation's needs. The role ensures that data architects understand and implement HS2's vision for data.

About the role:

• Develop and implement enterprise-wide data architecture policies, patterns, processes, and guardrails to embed the strategic application of change to ensure effective use of HS2's data. 
• Establish and manage the Data Architecture practice and capabilities across HS2, leading knowledge sharing and skills development efforts and driving consistency across HS2. 
• Oversee the development and implementation of appropriate design guardrails, standards, and policies, balancing functional and non-functional requirements, and managing associated risks that guide delivery of HS2 systems. 
• Lead definition and continued maturity of Data Architecture frameworks which aligns to wider enterprise-wide architecture. 
• Own and manage the corporate data model and data catalogue, defining standards for data used in modelling and design. 
• Provide assurance to data modelling elements of all IT developments (internal and supplier led), ensuring they comply with wider corporate policies on data management. 
• Oversee master data and data stores, developing information management plans and strategies.
• Manage relationships between data architecture and other architectural functions to ensure that all activities are carried out in accordance with appropriate architectural frameworks.

Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills:

• Information management. Planning, implementing, and controlling the full life cycle management of digitally organised information and records. 
• Solution architecture. Providing data-related input to the development of a multi-dimensional solution architecture to deliver agreed business outcomes. 
• Information assurance. Protecting against and managing risks related to the use, storage and transmission of data and information systems. 
• Data management. Developing and implementing plans, policies, and practices that control, protect and optimise the value of data assets. 
• Data modelling and design. Developing models and diagrams to represent and communicate data requirements and data assets. 
• Database design. Specifying, designing, and maintaining mechanisms for storing and accessing data

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of data models, metadata, and data dictionaries. 
• Knowledge of data systems and architectures, understanding best methods to manage and maintain data. 
• Knowledge of multiple data modelling and design tools and techniques. 
• Knowledge of digital information technology, trends, and the opportunities they present. 
• Knowledge of advanced analytics practices and methodologies. 

Types of Experience

• Experience designing data models and metadata systems. 
• Experience interpreting an organisation's needs.
• Experience providing oversight and advice to other data architects who are designing and producing data artefacts. 
• Experience designing and supporting the management of data dictionaries.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised, and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.