Principal Data & AI Architect

Principal Data & AI Architect

You'll be part of the Operations Delivery Intelligence (ODI) directorate, acting as a technical leader and visionary for data and AI across your assigned business areas. This team plays a critical role in ensuring that data assets, architectures and analytics products are fit for purpose, aligned to business strategy, and delivering measurable value to the airline.

What you'll do:

• Set the data and AI product and architecture roadmap for your assigned business areas
• Proactively identify opportunities for business change supported by data and analytics and drive these through to delivery
• Ensure all data architecture activity aligns with business vision, goals and core data standards
• Work with other Data & AI Architects to ensure data assets and architectures are consistent and joined-up across British Airways
• Identify and resolve cross-portfolio dependencies and architectural issues
• Provide deep expertise in business domains, associated data areas and analytical techniques
• Lead the production, quality and timely delivery of architectural designs and artefacts
• Develop, document and maintain current and future state data architectures and data models
• Balance architectural recommendations with practical solutions, creating transition roadmaps to realise the target state
• Support stakeholders in understanding and adopting data architecture artefacts
• Liaise closely with Group IT, service partners and suppliers where data architecture decisions are required
• Coach, support and develop colleagues within the Data & AI community
• Follow and promote agreed data architecture methods, tools and standards

• Strong technical leadership with the ability to influence data and AI strategy
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, operating confidently across senior business and IT audiences
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to structure arguments and make the case for change using data
• Ability to remain positive and make sound decisions in ambiguous environments
• Agile and adaptable approach to change
• Clear, concise and articulate communication style
• Open-minded and collaborative approach to problem solving
• Practical and pragmatic approach to architecture and delivery

Your experience:

• Excellent SQL development expertise -Teradata, Oracle or Snowflake (Essential)

• Experienced and confident leadership of architecture activities within the area of Data and Business Intelligence (Essential)

• Excellent Communication Skills (Essential)

• Good Knowledge of cloud technologies e.g. AWS, Snowflake, etc. (Preferred)

• Good People Management skills (Desirable)

• Numeric Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Sciences or equivalent (Desirable)

As the nation's flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain. It's something we've been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world's first international scheduled air service between London and Paris. This originality has been in our blood since day one. It's the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues. So, whether you are a reassuring voice on the end of a phone, a smile at the door, under a wing keeping the turbines spinning or landing us gently in far-flung places, a job at British Airways is yours to make. We know great things can happen when you're inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit.