Data Architect Lead – Agile Program Manager

Job not on LinkedIn

🕒 March 31

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🚰 Data Engineer

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Damco Solutions

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1996

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🛍️ eCommerce

💳 Fintech

Artificial Intelligence • eCommerce • Fintech

Damco Solutions is a technology and digital transformation partner that provides a wide range of services including AI & ML, application development, blockchain solutions, cloud services, data analytics, and robotic process automation. With over 28 years of experience, Damco is dedicated to driving business success by delivering innovative technology solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of clients across multiple industries, including healthcare, finance, and eCommerce.

📋 Description

• Work with our partners to understand business and technology problems and/or opportunities • Partner strongly with the head of data and the data team and data analysts. The head of data and data team will be responsible for setting a large amount of the requirements, but will hold short on technical design and physical modeling which this role will need to elaborate on. • Provide guidance and governance on standardized business logical data models, component re-use and platform modernization with an eye to designing business friendly views of data to empower citizen data scientists and BI users to leverage the data platform. • Lead the data design track, document and communicate solution that accommodate the Agile Principles of fail fast and provide the resilience necessary to accommodate changing and fluid requirements • In partnership with the data team, assist in the implementation of Data Governance Standards and Processes; partner with business stakeholders to establish a cadence in the upkeep of their information assets • Establish data domains for the Wealth/Global Investments business for reuse, standardization and security-by-design into your designs to simplify, secure and enable accelerated solution delivery. • Assist in the establishment of a self-governance operating model to manage data models and catalogs for the wealth/global investments business. • Bring a shift left mentality in maintenance of the business data terms, critical data elements as well as business rules. • Introduce learning capsules to enable self service capabilities for management of business data catalog and allied assets • Be innovative in your design thinking and use your expertise to influence the MMC technology roadmap • Take your architectural designs through our on boarding processes to ensure they meet MMCs standards and conventions • Participate in architecture reviews as part of MMCs Architecture Assurance process • Support the implementation of architectural designs from infrastructure set up through to delivery as necessary • Empower the development teams to deliver your architectural designs with a light touch approach • Be an involved member in our technology community, championing the latest technologies and trends within MMC and the wider industry, sharing your knowledge, successes and learnings with your colleagues. • Run the software delivery Pod ensuring there are smooth and efficient processes for getting software through from requirements to working in production focussing on value creation, growth and serving customers • Makes outcomes that leads to project success, and work with Product Owner and Business Analysts to help project team prioritize and groom backlog in order to deliver an Alpha early, then continue to deliver value often throughout the project lifecycle to staging and production environments. • You will have an Enterprise mind-set able to foster collaboration, break down silos, identify and work to remove blockers • You will be intimately familiar with the Agile processes and practices required for successful and sustainable delivery. • Solid understanding of Software Development, Architecture, Test Engineering and Security best practice in an Agile environment • Pods support the full lifecycle of a product and we operate on the philosophy that the work comes to the team. You will need to consider tech debt, obsolescence, security and modernisation • Working with the wider team to plan complex product releases • Ensure our standard metrics are visible and actively being used to drive drawing conclusions • Own the Continuous Improvement backlog for the Pod. This is the key mechanism by which we deliver improvements for the following: time to market, efficiency and quality

🎯 Requirements

• Deep previous experience in the investment management industry and common applicable data domains (clients, portfolios, funds, holdings, transactions, trades, securities/investments, ESG, analytics, performance, IBOR/ABOR/TBOR, benchmarks/indices). • Deep understanding of business and the ability to translate them to conceptual, Logical and Physical data model designs when required • Deep understanding of integration design patterns and reporting solutions • Self-motivated to excel in a remote position, collaborating effectively with remote teams across the globe. • You are a self-starter; you can take initiative without waiting for direction. • The ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and deadlines • You are used to working and communicating with both business and technical stakeholders at varying levels of seniority • Extensive experience in designing and communicating technology solutions that can be traced back to requirements • An inquisitive mind set with a track record of seeking out and implementing new technologies and architectural patterns • Ability to support self-governance process by instilling discipline and establishing cadence with our business SME partners to ensure completeness in information assets generated in support of the solution • Ability to work effectively with distributed teams across the globe. The business we are supporting is global and our development teams are also in differing regions. • Significant organizational Agile transformation experience and be able to demonstrate proven strategies. • Mercer has a complex technological landscape and a large portfolio of revenue generating applications. We also have significant security processes and legislative requirements to protect our customers and their data • Previous experience of Agile Program management (e.g. RTE role) • Experience of a wide range of Technology roles is desirable, ideally with some form of development engineering or Agile Program management background

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements