Job Introduction
Enterprise Data Architect
Location: Birmingham (UK)/Hybrid
Department: Digital & Technology (E15)
At Compass Group UK&I, we’re more than just the UK’s leading contract catering company — we’re driving digital transformation across the business. Our Digital & Technology team is at the heart of this journey, creating cutting-edge solutions that improve efficiency, elevate customer experiences, and deliver real business impact.
The Role
We’re looking for an Enterprise Data Architect to play a pivotal role in shaping the enterprise-wide data architecture that underpins our data, reporting and analytics ambitions.
You’ll act as the owner of the enterprise data view, defining how data is structured, governed, integrated and reused across Compass. Working closely with Data & Analytics teams, Enterprise Architects and Solution Architects, you’ll ensure data initiatives are aligned to business priorities and designed for long-term value — not short-term fixes.
This is a strategic, influential role, balancing future-state architecture with delivery-aware guidance that enables teams to move faster with confidence.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Defining and evolving the current and target-state enterprise data architecture
- Owning the data domain architecture roadmap and backlog
- Establishing and driving adoption of data architecture principles, standards and guardrails
- Shaping data integration, acquisition and pipeline patterns across platforms
- Owning enterprise data models, domain models and Master Data Management (MDM) strategy
- Providing architectural assurance for major data initiatives and investments
- Influencing senior stakeholders across business and technology to align on data decisions
What We’re Looking For
- Strong enterprise and data architecture experience, with domain-driven design expertise
- Deep knowledge of modern data platforms (data warehouses, lakes, lakehouse architectures)
- Proven experience with enterprise data modelling and MDM
- Strong understanding of cloud-based data ecosystems
- Experience with APIs, event-driven integration, batch ingestion and data replication
- Strategic thinker with a delivery-aware, pragmatic approach
- Excellent communication and stakeholder influencing skills
- Typically 10+ years’ experience in data, analytics or architecture roles within large organisations
Why Join Us?
You’ll help shape the data foundations that enable advanced analytics, AI and future business growth across Compass Group UK&I — while working in a collaborative, forward-thinking Digital & Technology team where architecture genuinely influences outcomes.
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