Vice President Data Modeler/Architect

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – we create it. Embark on a transformative journey as a Vice President Data Modeler/Architect, where you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of colleague experience team by being a key role championing the users and customers of HR products and services, focusing on driving improvement in experience, effectiveness, efficiency and control. Working with Head of Digital and Experience Leads, CoE teams, technology teams and stakeholders inside and outside of HR to deliver value through agile delivery teams. Working with them to understand benchmarking, process improvements and lead the delivery team and interfacing with Tech partners. Leading the ongoing drive to transform colleague and people leader experiences, championing their needs and a collaborative, data led way of working throughout the delivery of HR Journeys. Additionally, ensuring compliance in service delivery is also a key responsibility.

To be successful in this role, you should have experience with:

• Proven experience in data modeling, data architecture, or database design roles.

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into logical, conceptual, and physical data models.

• Experience in developing and optimizing data models with industry standard tools as well in implementing data quality rules.

• Strong knowledge of data modeling tools (e.g., Erwin, Data Architect).

• Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB).

• Understanding of data warehousing concepts, ETL/ELT processes, and business intelligence.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Experience in working on large-scale data projects in requirements gathering as well as in data analysis and modelling.

• Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Some of Highly Valued Skills may include:

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with ability to convey complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Knowledge of data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

• Familiarity with big data technologies like Apache Spark, Starburst, Iceberg, DBT, object store, Databricks and Airflow.

• Professional certifications such as CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional), TOGAF, or DAMA-CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) are good to have.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The location of the role is Pune, IN

Purpose of the role

To build and maintain the systems that collect, store, process, and analyse data, such as data pipelines, data warehouses and data lakes to ensure that all data is accurate, accessible, and secure. 

Accountabilities

• Build and maintenance of data architectures pipelines that enable the transfer and processing of durable, complete and consistent data.
• Design and implementation of data warehoused and data lakes that manage the appropriate data volumes and velocity and adhere to the required security measures.
• Development of processing and analysis algorithms fit for the intended data complexity and volumes.
• Collaboration with data scientist to build and deploy machine learning models.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.