Senior Data Architect

Posted on: 01/05/2026 - Application Deadline: 15/05/2026

About

Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we're building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

At a Glance

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: 9 month Fixed-Term Contract

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

Position

Senior Data Architect

Data and Insights Division is comprised of four key areas: Data Governance and Intelligence, Data Acquisition, Quality, Strategy and Literacy, Data Insights, Data Architecture, Platform and Engineering.

This presents an opportunity to design a data strategy aligned with the organization's goals and implement the delivery of data effectively. D&I enables SJP to leverage value from its data through actionable insights and data-led decision making.

The Data Architecture, Platform and Engineering (DAPE) Division integrates architecture, platform and engineering to establish guidelines, principles and development standards for building a secure, resilient data platform for the future.

It plays a key role in supporting the SJP data ecosystem, driving towards the SJP data strategy and advancing the decommissioning roadmap.

The Role

You will be responsible for the delivery and recommendation of design options, and architectural blueprints/artefacts that enable the architecture to be pragmatically developed and operated. Working across value streams, platforms and projects, you will be integral to the delivery of our data strategy ensuring the data is fit for purpose.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop and maintain the overall data architecture, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Design conceptual, logical and physical data models for scalable and efficient databases.
• Assist with the Data Platform standards ensuring best practice.
• Deliver and recommend design options, and architectural blueprints/artefacts (including guiderails), that enable the architecture to be pragmatically developed and operated.
• Define standards, policies and guidelines to ensure consistency and compliance across systems.
• Develop and be responsible for data integration strategies to connect multiple systems and ensure seamless data flow.

Who We're Looking For

We are looking for a data enthusiast, passionate about data accuracy, consistency, validity, integrity, and the value that excellent data delivers. You will be an experienced Data Architect who is at ease in a high-speed setting, contributing significantly to ensuring decisions are guided by data to advance our strategic goals.

You work cross-functionally, communicate clearly, balance technical detail with business needs, and are comfortable crafting data solutions and supporting teams through delivery.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Snowflake, data modelling experience.
• Experience in a data development environment - with some gained in Financial Services or regulated and/or Cloud Environments.
• Focus on data, agile practices, transformation programs, product ownership and business engagement.
• Significant experience in data modelling - conceptual, logical, and physical.
• Ability to devise a conceptual business information model that engages with the target audience in a clear and succinct manner.

Desirable Experience

• Wealth management or regulated financial services, preferably with a FTSE 100 UK Retail Bank, Wealth Manager or Fintech.
• Experience of Kimble.

Benefits

We reward you for the work you do, whether that's through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects both personal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 days plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), or online rewards platform with a variety of discounts.

We also have benefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:

• Competitive parental leave (26 weeks full pay)
• Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
• 10% non contributory pension (increasing with length of service)

Reasonable Adjustments

We're an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all. If you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at . Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.

Next Steps

If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking 'apply' below and our team will be in touch. As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.