Data Architect

Job Description:

Passionate about shaping data-driven solutions? Join us to develop and deliver innovative Data Products, support stakeholders, and promote best practices across the organization. Be a key driver in transforming data into strategic value

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About the job

Job purpose

The purpose is to develop Data Products across Entities and to support operationally the design & delivery of Global Data Products (Data Products at a Group level).

Main missions

Your responsibilities include:

Design & Delivery

• Support operationally the design & delivery of Global Data Products, from a data architecture and data point of view, in collaboration with the data architects in the Team, and the Technology Office. A strong focus will be around Customer master data (Customer 360) in the first priorities. Other domains are (not exhaustive): Claims & Underwriting for P&C and Health, Finance.

• Educate and support various stakeholders from Group & Entities in the Data Product Lifecycle & Deployment;

Standards & frameworks

• Define, develop (in collaboration with data architects & information manager experts) and promote Data Product best practices in a Data Mesh approach, frameworks and standards, leveraging market and AXA standards in data architecture, information management, following AXA legal, information security and privacy policies. A first set of foundational deliverables have been delivered in : viewpoint, metadata model, governance, architecture, data platform blueprint, operating model, Data Product maturity score, data contracts, data catalog/marketplace design.

• Ensure global consistency of the frameworks & standards;

• Collaborate with the Data & AI Adoption team to provide stakeholders with the necessary skills and knowledge to work on Data Products, animate dedicated trainings;

• Animate events to promote Data Product initiatives across the Group.

Design Authority

• Act as a Data Product certification Design Authority with Data Architects & Information Managers experts, working closely with Technology Office, within the Global Data Usages Governance

Expected skills & experience

We are looking for someone with the following experience and skills:

Experience & Expertise

Must have

• At least 10 years of proven experience in data transformation in various large organizations as a senior data architect or information manager, developing industrialized Data Products;

• Concrete hands-on experience in the design & implementation of data & analytics use cases and related Data Products;

• Strong proven data architecture & modelling skills;

• Good knowledge of Data Product and Data Mesh concepts, including metadata management;

• Good knowledge of IT components enabling Data Products, including data platforms, data exchanges (incl. APIs), data catalog, data marketplace, AI lifecycle/engineering;

• Good knowledge of data regulations (privacy, security, etc.);

Nice to have

• Good knowledge of Databricks technologies;

• Experience or good knowledge of the insurance value chain;

• Experience in Customer Data Products, Customer 360 projects;

Experience & Expertise

• Good communicator, able to adapt the speech and embark various stakeholders from Business, Data and IT, at different levels (CDOs, CTOs, business leaders, project managers/product owners, architects, head of data management, data stewards, data scientists, etc.) and with different level of knowledge about Data Mesh / Data Product;

• Ability and eager to understand strategy and business usages;

• Organizational and structuration skills, and rigor in execution;

• Intellectual curiosity, proactive, autonomous and able to work in a complex organization, with a taste for innovation with an ability to step back and evaluate real opportunity for AXA;

• Team player in a multi-cultural work environment, able to see the big picture as well as deep dive into details when necessary;

• Sense of priorities;

• English - Fluent in speaking and writing on a day-to-day basis;

What we offer

We bring together the expertise, cultural diversity and creativity of over 8,000 employees worldwide and we're committed to equal opportunities in all aspects of employment (gender, LGBT+, disabled persons, or people of different origins) and to promoting Diversity & Inclusion by creating a work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where individual differences are valued.

About the entity

AXA is becoming a sustainable tech-led company and at AXA Group Operations we are one of the major catalysts for this transformation.

We set the tone by triggering and empowering the evolution of our insurance business model through technology and innovation, driving its concrete implementation globally at speed, with a high quality of advisory and execution.

We are present across 17 countries with committed, highly qualified teams. We leverage technology, data, sourcing, security and investment allocation in a global way, but also achieve economies of scale and synergies when necessary.

At AXA Group Operations, we want to be recognized in three fields of action:

• State-of-the-art Data Technology to drive customer experience
• State-of-the-art Procurement & Sourcing to drive efficiency and better manage risks
• High-Performing Global Team for stronger partnerships with AXA entities

About AXA

As a world-leading insurance company, we act for human progress by protecting what matters. With 153,000 employees in 54 countries working for 105 million customers, we've created a truly dynamic and vibrant community. Inclusion and diversity link closely with our values, and together we're nurturing a culture of respect, for each other, for our customers and the communities around us. Join AXA and you'll feel like you belong, are included and can thrive. You'll be able to shape the way you work and truly grow your potential as you seek out new opportunities, push boundaries and benefit people in critical moments of their lives. This is your chance to build the tomorrow you want. Know you can.