Data Solutions Architect

Overview

As Data Architect at Gallagher in London, you will design and deliver a modern cloud-based data platform that underpins analytics and decision-making across underwriting, claims, actuarial, and finance. You will define the future-state data architecture, promote best practices in data modelling and governance, and enable a scalable, data-driven foundation for business decisions. You’ll work with Snowflake and dbt to deliver trusted, well-governed data that supports critical functions. This role combines hands-on delivery with architectural leadership in a collaborative, impact-driven environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits
• Career development opportunities
• Collaborative, people-first culture
• Accessible leadership
• Meaningful, globally impactful work

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise data architecture aligned to insurance priorities (underwriting, claims, actuarial, finance)
• Design and optimise Snowflake-based data platforms for scalability, security, and cost efficiency
• Lead migration from legacy policy, claims, and finance systems to modern cloud data solutions
• Establish architectural patterns supporting data domains, data products, and reusable assets

Key requirements

• Previous experience as a Data Architect in the Insurance Industry
• Understanding of insurance data domains and interdependencies
• Ability to model data across client/customer, policy lifecycle, risk, claims, finance, insurer, regulatory reporting
• Experience with dbt-based transformation frameworks and Snowflake
• Knowledge of data governance, data lineage, metadata, MDM integration
• Ability to translate complex insurance concepts into scalable data models
• Experience with ELT pipelines, CI/CD, and self-service analytics base layers

• Stakeholder management at senior/executive level
• Strategic yet pragmatic mindset
• Strong collaboration and communication
• Snowflake
• dbt
• Dimensional modelling (star/snowflake schemas, SCDs)

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