Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Architect
£66,000 to £72,600 plus great benefits (Work Level 5)
24-month secondment/FTC
Manchester city centre (hybrid working)

Please be aware we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role currently

We’re open to applications from people who may require flexible working arrangements. There’ll be an opportunity to discuss your flexible working requirements during the interview process, and at offer stage.

We’re looking for a Senior Data Architect to join our Digital Technology & Data team on a 24-month fixed-term contract in Manchester. In this role you’ll manage and develop our core business systems and reporting architecture, while making sure what we currently have in place meets our needs. You’ll work in a hybrid way – splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

As a Senior Data Architect at Co-op, we’ll look to you to help make the most out of our core business systems and reporting capabilities; allowing us to unlock the value of our data and drive decision-making. Working closely alongside our change portfolio, data teams, and enterprise architecture teams, you’ll be responsible for the core business systems data architecture roadmap.

What you’ll do

• Be accountable for our end-to-end core business systems data architecture
• Manage the core business systems data architecture strategy and roadmap
• Analyse the different process, data, and reporting demands from across the business
• Design data models, logical models, data pipelines, operational data stores and datamarts
• Develop and prepare functional specifications for data architecture
• Develop data architecture guardrails including the data reference architecture
• Work closely alongside colleagues to define metadata layers, technical strategy and optimal integration within our existing IT landscape

This role would suit people who have

• Experience working in a Data Architect role
• A proven track record of successfully managing data architecture within core business systems
• Experience working with enterprise data platforms, data warehouses and business intelligence solutions
• Experience in modelling and governing data in motion and data at rest
• A good understanding of SAP S/4HANA capabilities
• A good understanding of the finance and property management data domains

We know that some candidates are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet all the criteria in the job description. At Co-op, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment, so if you’d like to apply for this role but your experience doesn’t quite meet every point, we’d still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or other roles we have available.

Why Co-op?

If you’ve got the skills and experience we’re looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• Private healthcare
• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Grocery Aid – 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We’re also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we’ll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We’ll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-wellbeing.

As part of your application, you’ll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you’re a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.