We are partnering with a leading global insurance organisation to appoint a Head of Data Architecture who will shape the architecture strategy for a unified, scalable and AI-ready data ecosystem across Asia. This is a leadership role combining enterprise architecture strategy, hands-on solution ownership and regional stakeholder leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Define the regional Data & AI architecture strategy and roadmap, establishing target-state architecture and guiding major technology decisions.
- Own the architecture of large-scale Data, Analytics and AI initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, modular and production-ready.
- Drive adoption of modern cloud-native data platforms, including Azure/Alicloud and architectures such as Lakehouse, Data Fabric and Data Mesh.
- Establish enterprise-wide data architecture standards and governance, covering data models, quality, lineage, metadata, interoperability and lifecycle management.
- Lead regional architecture governance and teams, partnering with CIO, CDO, technology, data, AI and business leaders to drive consistency and modernisation across markets.
Requirements:
- 20 years of experience across Data, Analytics and Enterprise Architecture, including recent years in a senior architecture leadership role.
- Proven track record delivering enterprise-scale Data & AI platforms, preferably within Financial Services or Insurance.
- Strong technical expertise across Azure, Alicloud, Lakehouse, Data Fabric/Data Mesh, AI/ML, GenAI, RAG and MLOps.
- Experience leading greenfield transformation or large-scale platform modernisation across complex, distributed environments.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder influence, with the ability to operate across regional, local and global teams and drive architecture decisions in a federated environment.
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EA Licence: 22C1396
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