Data Governance Architect

Data Governance Architect Job ID GBS-0056501 Job type Full-time Regular Work country United Kingdom Work city Any city in selected countries Job role CRM Consultant Travel Up to 100%; travelling 7 days a week, incl. weekends (as legally permissible) Job role skillset General Business unit C&SI Job description A career at IBM will mean you will work with a team of professionals who solve business problems for some of the most important private and public sector organisations in the world. IBM Global Business Services will invest in your future by offering programs for professional development providing a framework for continuous learning and sustained professional development. Ongoing education and training will help in developing the skills you need. Course offerings are developed in collaboration with top IBM business leaders and respected outside partners and academics and taught by professionals who can offer you a wealth of industry knowledge and real-world experience. IBM will provide you with access to unparalleled breadth and depth of consulting experience on a global basis and to our broad technology resources. Your creativity, tenacity and passion for improving business performance help drive our clients’ business, our business and your career forward together. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is part of Global Business Services within IBM. The CRM Practice goal is to form long-term, benefit-driven relationships with our clients. Prime focuses are on having a trusted Business Advisor relationship with our clients and the shaping, design and delivery of medium to large scale, complex, integrated Customer Management Business and IT Solutions with associated Transformation activities. You will have strong skills and experience in Operational Data within Financial Services. Ideally, you will be a recognised expert in your technical field with experience in delivery within a blue chip environment working in the CRM area. Experience of working to a structured method and preferably have experience of a wide variety of development methods (DSDM, RAD, OO development) and their appropriate use As a Data Governance Architect you will be responsible for: - Planning, design and implementation of the overall data architecture, including overseeing all architectural areas of client projects; - Defining the data migration strategy and design principles; - Planning, design and implementation of complex Service Oriented Architectures around Warehouses, Syndicated, Customer and Product Data; - Oversee the implementation, configuration and testing of the data architecture; - Develop thought leadership, advice and guidance on the approach to the design of Customer and Product Master Data Architectures; - Providing exemplars of best practice and coaching to more junior technical specialists and client staff. In order to deliver you will have most of the following attributes (varying based on your background and experience): - Detailed knowledge of the latest version of a leading CRM package (i.e. Siebel / Chordiant / SAP CRM / Peoplesoft); - Practical experience of application integration using a leading both batch and EAI products (i.e. Websphere / TIBCO / eGate). You should be able to convincingly explain how migrations from non heterogeneous environments may be supported by the data architecture; - Demonstrated full lifecycle experience of scoping, analysing, planning, designing, implementing, testing and releasing architectures; - Knowledge of alternative processing and data distribution architectures, must demonstrate trade-offs associated with each approach; - Knowledge of software application architecture; - Familiarity of component and layer architecture models; - Knowledge of logical data modelling and physical database design. Required Master's Degree Strong team working and team leading skills with experience of working across multi-disciplined teams : Mastered Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven presentation experience : Mastered The ability to form strong, enduring relationships : Mastered The ability to form relationships with both the client technical and business communities, being comfortable conversing with each in their own terms and language : Mastered Proven background in delivering for clients providing consistent, high quality solutions that meet or exceed expectations : Mastered The ability to provide enduring solutions that can deliver to short- and long-term business case goals : Mastered English: Fluent IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.