Data Architecture Lead

About Deeplight

The opportunity

What you’ll do

• Act as estate design authority and prevent fragmentation across parallel delivery streams.
• Define and maintain target data architecture, modeling standards, and multi-year data roadmaps.
• Establish and lead the Design Authority board and approve solution designs before build execution.
• Architect high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines and event-driven architectures for mobile banking and digital customer journeys.
• Assure Steering Committee pack content and challenge designs that diverge from the target architecture.
• Evaluate cost estimates and change requests, analyze technical delays, and flag cross-project trade-offs for sponsor escalation.

What we’re looking for

• 10+ years of data architecture experience defining enterprise data strategies at top-tier consultancies or major financial institutions.
• Solid experience architecting enterprise data solutions in Retail Banking Group environments.
• Experience supporting mobile banking apps, high-concurrency microservices data layers, or end-to-end digital customer journey modernization.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and visual presentation skills, translating complex data models into executive narratives.
• Ability to present to C-level executives, defend design choices under scrutiny, manage technical pushback, and guide strategic decisions.
• Ability to evaluate cloud compute and storage costs, bills of materials, and vendor change requests to protect contract margins.

What gives you an edge

• Direct experience leading data architecture initiatives for major banks in the UAE or GCC is an advantage.

Consulting approach