Data Architect / Data Modeller

Hybrid working – Flexible – Office in Hertfordshire/Cambridgeshire boarders & Home/Remote

Negotiable to c£70,000 plus range of company benefits

Job Reference J12899

No sponsorship available for this opportunity

As we continue our mission to make people and nature happy through chocolate, we’re looking for a Data Architect to join our IT Team on a permanent basis.

Role Overview:

We are embarking on a journey to revolutionise our key operational systems. We’re building a world where data flows seamlessly, empowering smarter decisions and a delightful customer experience – this is where you come in:

• Unravel the legacy: dive deep into existing data flows and their history, their business purpose and design their next version to support our future
• Design the ultimate in data environments: Ensure a smooth data flow and pave the way for future innovation; from systems integration to analytics and beyond
• We need you to be our key data architect in the digital transformation of a beloved brand, and take our teams with you, using your expertise to energise others, to become just as passionate about data as you are.
• Collaborate with a passionate team and immerse yourself in a company that celebrates creativity, growth and of course, exquisite chocolate!

The Data Architect will be the owner of the Business Data Model, ensuring it delivers the progressive business needs with projects deployed within agreed timescales, scope, and budget.

Responsible for:

• Defining the data architecture framework, standards, and principles, including modelling, security, and master data.
• Translating business requirements into technical specifications for data flows, integrations, databases, and data warehouses.
• Ensuring that business data is held, transmitted, and consumed, in line with Data Privacy and Data Security policies.

Review data services by 3rd parties, establishing relationships, ensuring they uphold architectural standards, and propose opportunities for the strategic data programme.

Work with the IT Leadership Team to ensure a strong understanding of the business data model is understood and developed in line with the wider technology strategy.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Experience as a Data Architect with a history of delivering successful data programmes.
• Building of Conceptual, Logical and Physical data models.
• Expert experience of Data Privacy/GDPR and ongoing management of data compliance.
• Experience of working with databases involving customer data and transactional information.
• Stakeholder management skills, able to work effectively with suppliers and partners to achieve outcomes and deliver projects to time and cost.
• Experience of working within and influencing complex technology programmes and the inter-relationships and impacts of new solutions.
• Basic understanding of ITIL standards and experience of the operating environment.
• Excellent communication skills to present reports or give advice, presenting complex technical information in a way which can be readily understood by a nontechnical audience.
• Strong knowledge of database structure, systems, and data mining.
• Experience in the use of data visualisation and data mining tools and application of the tools to enhance business activity.

Desirable

• Deployment of data models to a cloud environment.
• Data mining background and manipulation of large databases.
• Implementing, or significant involvement in, Data Privacy/GDPR compliance projects.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the Microsoft stack of data tools.
• Established experience in managing a Data Team.
• ITIL qualified to minimum Foundation level.

Who are we?

We’re one of the UK’s favourite premium chocolate brands, with a range of products spanning luxury gifts, alcohol and our pioneering drinking chocolate system, the Velvetiser™.

We’re market leaders in the industry. What began as an online-only business grew to over 125 stores across the UK, and we’re still growing… Today, we’re multi-category, multi-channel, and multi-territory, and our customers, colleagues, cacao farmers and suppliers all benefit from the success we make together.

As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits, you’ll receive 50% discount on all products, and a 70% discount for you and your guests when you stay at our Rabot Estate hideaway on the paradise island of Saint Lucia.

Here at Hotel Chocolat, we've adopted hybrid working. This means you’ll ideally join us on site for two days a week, and for the other three days – you can work from wherever you like! The on-site location for this role is our support office, ‘Mint House’, in Royston, Hertfordshire. Our home from the very beginning, it’s just off the A505 and 10 minutes’ walk from Royston train station, with direct rail links to London King’s Cross.

If you are interested in this exciting new opportunity, please make an application via our recruitment partner, Datatech Analytics at hotelchocolat@datatech.org.uk stating which role you are applying for.

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