Senior Manager Data Architect

Description:

Capital One UK is seeking an accomplished Senior Manager Data Architect to join their team in Nottingham. This is a key leadership role, responsible for shaping the architectural direction of the next-generation, cloud-based data ecosystem, driving innovation and helping Capital One unlock the power of data to enhance customer experiences and increase financial inclusion.

As a Senior Manager Data Architect, you will bring deep technical knowledge and strategic vision, partnering closely with senior stakeholders, product teams, engineers, data scientists, analysts, and data governance professionals. Your role will ensure Capital One’s data ecosystem is modern, scalable, and aligned with both enterprise standards and cutting-edge data technologies.

Key Responsibilities:
🔹 Drive the architecture strategy and evolution of Capital One’s data ecosystem within your technology domain.
🔹 Collaborate with internal teams and senior stakeholders to align technology decisions with business goals.
🔹 Partner with product management, engineering, and data users to solve technical challenges and unlock business value.
🔹 Act as a technical evangelist, promoting awareness and adoption of data technologies within the organisation.
🔹 Foster architecture excellence, leading design reviews and encouraging adoption of enterprise patterns and industry best practices.
🔹 Mentor and coach teams to enhance technical expertise across the Data function.
🔹 Provide leadership within UK and Enterprise architecture communities, including acting as proxy for the Divisional Chief Architect when required.

Technical Expertise Required:
✅ Extensive experience in modern data technologies, including:

• Streaming Data and Event Driven Architectures
• Data LakeHouse (including Data Products, ELT, Distributed Data Processing, and Snowflake)
• Data Governance frameworks
• Programming skills in Python, Spark, and Java
• Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud technologies (e.g., Serverless, DynamoDB)
• Awareness of Machine Learning and Generative AI technologies
  ✅ Demonstrated leadership of Enterprise-scale data application design and implementation.
  ✅ Proven ability to align architecture direction across both technical and business stakeholders.
  ✅ Strong grasp of software development principles and design patterns.
  ✅ Experience nurturing technical culture and fostering architecture thinking within cross-functional teams.

Work Environment:
✔️ Permanent role based in Capital One’s Nottingham office.
✔️ Hybrid working: 3 days per week in the office (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays).
✔️ Collaborative, open-plan workspaces designed for innovation, including:

• Fully-serviced gym
• Subsidised restaurant
• Mindfulness and music rooms
• In London, a rooftop running track and specialty coffee café.

Benefits:
🌟 Immediate access to core benefits including:

• Pension scheme
• Performance-based bonus
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Private medical insurance
  🌟 Additional flexible benefits available, such as:
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced parental leave
  🌟 Significant career progression opportunities through Capital One University and external training partnerships.

Diversity and Inclusion Commitment:
Capital One is proud to hire the best people, not the same people. The company actively supports diversity through partnerships with:

• Women in Finance Charter
• Race at Work Charter
• Stonewall
• upReach

Internally, you can also join employee networks like:
✅ REACH – Race Equality & Cultural Heritage
✅ OutFront – LGBTQ+ network
✅ Mind Your Mind – Mental health support
✅ Women in Tech – Female representation in tech roles
✅ EmpowHER – Female talent leadership network
✅ Enabled – Supporting associates with disabilities and neurodiversity