Senior Data Architect (AI) - #1671400
Royal London
Date: 9 hours ago
City: Edinburgh
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits. Job Title: Senior Data Architect (AI)
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow or Alderley Edge
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
The Group Data Office (GDO) is responsible for enhancing the effectiveness of how data is used across Royal London (RL). The function provides Data Governance, Data Management, Data Strategy, Analytics/AI, and Insight Capabilities. It sets and oversees data related policies and standards, so data is collected, processed, and exploited in accordance with the Group’s risk appetite.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Data & AI Architect to join the GDO Team. Reporting into the Enterprise Data Architect, you will be responsible for defining, designing, and overseeing implementation of AI powered systems that solve complex business challenges. You will work across large scale data & digital transformation programmes, collaborating closely with engineers, data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure AI initiatives are aligned with strategic objectives.
About The Role
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits.
Inclusion, diversity and belonging.
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits. Job Title: Senior Data Architect (AI)
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow or Alderley Edge
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
The Group Data Office (GDO) is responsible for enhancing the effectiveness of how data is used across Royal London (RL). The function provides Data Governance, Data Management, Data Strategy, Analytics/AI, and Insight Capabilities. It sets and oversees data related policies and standards, so data is collected, processed, and exploited in accordance with the Group’s risk appetite.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Data & AI Architect to join the GDO Team. Reporting into the Enterprise Data Architect, you will be responsible for defining, designing, and overseeing implementation of AI powered systems that solve complex business challenges. You will work across large scale data & digital transformation programmes, collaborating closely with engineers, data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure AI initiatives are aligned with strategic objectives.
About The Role
- Lead the architectural design of advanced AI and machine learning solutions
- Define AI roadmaps, frameworks, and reference architectures in line with business goals
- Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate business needs into AI strategies.
- Ensure AI solutions are secure, scalable, explainable, and ethically sound.
- Stay current with industry developments and bring forward innovative ideas and approaches
- Work closely with Enterprise Data Architect, and Group Technology and Digital functions to ensure alignment to end-to-end domain architecture, docking into existing architecture design authority/boards where appropriate.
- Build strong business relationships with key stakeholders to understand their current challenges and act as a champion for delivering a data architecture to solve their problems and democratise data.
- Strong experience in AI/ML solution architecture with large-scale, complex environments.
- Proven experience with Cloud platforms, such as Azure or AWS and Data Platforms such as Azure Databricks.
- Exposure to generative AI and foundation models (LLMs)
- Capability to develop presentations for and present to executive and senior level committees.
- Strong Influencing and communication skills and abilities, with business and technical teams.
- Experience of UKFS or other regulated industries.
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits.
Inclusion, diversity and belonging.
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
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