About the role

  • Data Architecture Manager shaping enterprise data architecture for Anglian Water. Leading a team to drive data governance, integration, and AI-readiness across the organisation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Anglian Water’s enterprise data architecture function, setting the vision, standards, and operating model for how data is designed, governed, and shared across the organisation.
  • Define target-state data architectures and establish clear guardrails that enable domain teams to deliver trusted, secure, and interoperable data products at scale.
  • Oversee data architecture governance, manage data architectural risk, technical debt, and assurance.
  • Co-develop data platform strategies and roadmaps, shaping capabilities such as Lakehouse, master and reference data, metadata, integration, and data quality to support AI, analytics, resilience, and cost efficiency.
  • Translate regulatory, operational, and customer goals into clear data architecture roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead and develop a team of Enterprise Data Architects, building capability, career pathways, and a strong community of practice across the organisation.

Requirements

  • Enterprise data architecture & modelling (conceptual/logical/physical; canonical & semantic)
  • Metadata/lineage and data quality management; information lifecycle.
  • Master Data / Reference Data Management (MDM/RDM); Data integration (ETL/ELT, APIs, streaming), event driven & microservices patterns.
  • Security & privacy by design, access controls, classification and protection.
  • Cloud data platforms (incl. Lakehouse), FinOps/cost optimisation, performance tuning.
  • Stakeholder management; communicating across technical/ non technical audiences.
  • People leadership: coaching senior architects, operating model design, community of practice.
  • Measurement & value: OKRs, architecture KPIs, benefits tracking tied to business outcomes.

Benefits

  • Private healthcare and physiotherapy
  • 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
  • 26 days annual leave (rising with service)
  • Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6% (up to 18% combined)
  • Bonus scheme
  • Flexible benefits and working culture
  • Life Assurance (8× salary) and Personal Accident cover
  • Enhanced family leave policies
  • Great discounts and perks

Job title

Data Architecture Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£65,000 - £70,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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