Senior Data Architect

The Senior Data Architect provides end-to-end ownership of data architecture across London Market and Commercial Insurance domains. This role shapes enterprise-scale data platforms, data products, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities supporting underwriting, pricing, claims, reinsurance, and delegated authority. Operating with an enterprise mindset, the architect influences senior stakeholders, guides architecture governance, and ensures data solutions are scalable, governed, compliant, and future-ready.

Your Role:

• Define and govern enterprise and solution data architecture aligned to business strategy and operating models.
• Design cloud-native data platforms using Medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) architecture and domain-oriented data products.
• Produce and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models across insurance domains.
• Provide architectural leadership across underwriting, pricing, claims, reinsurance, finance, and reporting landscapes.
• Act as a design authority within architecture review boards, presenting options and recommendations.
• Enable data products, advanced analytics, AI and ML use cases including pricing optimisation, fraud detection, and exposure management.
• Define and embed data governance, quality, master data, metadata, and lineage solutions.
• Engage senior stakeholders as a trusted advisor, identifying enterprise-wide risks, opportunities, and optimisation areas.

• Extensive experience in London Market / Lloyd's insurance environments.
• Deep knowledge of syndicates, managing agents, delegated authority, reinsurance, and policy lifecycle.
• Proven experience as a Senior / Lead / Enterprise Data Architect.
• Strong expertise in cloud-native data architecture and modern data platforms.
• Experience designing data products, analytics platforms, and AI-ready architectures.
• Solid understanding of data governance, DQ, MDM, metadata, and regulatory readiness.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder influence, and enterprise-level decision-making capability.

Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.