Enterprise Data & Information Architect

Job profile for Enterprise Data & Information Architect Enterprise Data & Information Architect Brighton with Hybrid working Enterprise Data & Information Architect The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included. Job details Salary Salary starting from £74,745 per annum dependent on skills and experience Contractual hours 35 Basis Full time Job category/type Digital / Data / Technology Date posted 05/08/2025 Job reference REQ000101 Job description Role title: Enterprise Data & Information Architect TPR grade & pay group: Grade 5 & Digital Directorate: Digital, Data & Technology Starting salary: Salary starting from £74,745 per annum dependent on skills and experience, plus excellent benefits package, and flexible working arrangements Contract type: Fixed term contract: 6 months Location: Brighton: hybrid 6 days per month in the office Closing date: 16 September 2025 About the role The Data Architect role is pivotal in ensuring that TPR’s data assets are structured, governed, and leveraged in alignment with modern best practices. This involves designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable data that facilitate seamless data integration, interoperability, and secure sharing across systems and teams. The post holder will establish and champion enterprise-wide data architecture standards and design, enable robust data governance, and promote a data-enabled culture where data is treated as a strategic asset. You’ll work with Technology, Digital, and business teams to deliver secure, cloud-ready data solutions that support advanced analytics, machine learning, and are optimised for AI. The architect is also responsible for designing to ensure quality data, ensuring effective metadata management, and ensuring that data flows across our data platforms. Working in collaboration with other teams including the Enterprise Data Requirements and Quality Team, Data Platform team and others. The post holder plays a key role in both transformational change projects and the ongoing optimisation of TPR’s data landscape, supporting both regulatory and operational goals. The role criteria Proactive and flexible Ability to prioritise and use initiative Negotiating skills Problem solving and analytical skills Communication skills at all levels Leadership skills The team Our Digital, Data and Technology department is driving transformation at TPR to deliver positive outcome for savers across the UK. We’re building a series of value stream-aligned Service Teams and supporting Platform Teams to deliver external and internal services. These Teams will work in a User Centred, Agile way to deliver better services, that are put into the hands of our users as soon as possible, while securing the sensitive data and maintaining stable services; this will be done by long-lived, happy teams. Benefits We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme. Our culture TPR strives to be a high-performing organisation, and we prioritise our people's growth and well-being. We offer various learning, secondment and development opportunities, support flexible working, and foster a diverse and inclusive environment. Equality, diversity and inclusion is very important to us and we strive to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our modern Brighton offices are in Telecom House overlooking Preston Park, they are over two floors of a shared building facility and when designed in 2023 we followed the government’s workplace design guide to ensure accessibility by design was achieved for our section. We're proud to have a range of networks and opportunities to bring people together with supportive and safe spaces to connect with one another. About The Pensions Regulator With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We’re committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society. . Applications To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications. Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application. We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis. Selection and interview If you are shortlisted for interview, we’ll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the criteria outlined in the ‘what you will bring’ section will be offered an interview. Diversity and inclusion TPR is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equality workplace where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported and represented in an environment where they can do their best work. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR. Further information Please visit our website to find out what it is like to work at TPR, our culture, interview process and our commitment to our employees. If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk. Enterprise Data & Information Architect