Job Description:
Data Architect
London or Manchester
Permanent
Full time - 35 hours per week
Salary £70k - £80k, DOE + fantastic benefits, including bonus
The closing date for applications is Friday 7th November 2025.
We make health happen!
Working in our Group functions you'll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care not just in the UK but around the globe.
No matter your role, you'll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day, by helping shape the strategic direction of our business around the world.
The Data Architect will be responsible for development and implementation of data architecture and governance frameworks and work closely with stakeholders to discover and model the organisation's information inventory with a focus on data availability, usability, consistency, integrity, and security.
How you'll help us make health happen:
You will develop data strategy, data roadmaps, data architecture principles, patterns, and standards, and agree and communicate.
Work alongside the data platform capability to ensure the successful delivery of data architecture.
Identify master data sources i.e. applications, key reference data, mapping data flows between applications, identifying data duplication / reusability opportunities, identifying data recency issues / data quality issues and the development of a data catalogue.
Develop Data Architecture collateral (data catalogue, data models etc..) to describe and communicate data architecture best practices, patterns and standards.
Work alongside solution architects on transformation projects to ensure technical solutions are supported by appropriate data architecture approaches.
Own the adoption and population of data modelling and cataloguing tools.
Manage risk and ensure compliance to protect Bupa, our people and our customers - Develop roadmap, policy, and procedures to ensure consistency in how data is sourced and used to ensure data quality and integrity:
Identify, map, document, and increase visibility of enterprise data for Reporting, Analytics and Data Science solutions using Bupa data architecture guidelines.
Work with business stakeholders to develop, implement, maintain and propagate Bupa-wide data management policies, standards and guidelines related to data assets.
Develop communication plans for data consumers so they are aware of data governance standards and available resources for accurate reporting of Bupa data.
Advocate data use and data protection practices for Data Governance in partnership with Bupa Privacy and Security Governance teams.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
Strong Data Governance experience covering:
Data Quality, Reference Data, Master Data, Metadata, Practices,
Catalogue, Classification and Glossary development
Experience with Master Data Management, data modelling & data architecture
Experience with Cloud (GCP) based Data Platforms, Structured and Unstructured data.
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) certification(s) or equivalent highly regarded.
Data Modelling:
- Dimensional
- Entity Relational
Strong focus on cloud first approaches
Strong communication and stakeholders' management skills
Agile/Lean/Flow approach
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25 days holiday per year.
Management bonus scheme
Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
Workplace pension
Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: grouprecruitmentandtalent@bupa.com
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
ITLocations:
Anchorage 3, Salford Quays, Anchorage 4, Salford Quays, Angel Court, London
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