Senior Manager, Databricks Architect, Engineering, AI & Data, Technology & Transformation

Overview

As a Databricks Architect at Senior Manager level, you will shape enterprise-scale Data & AI architectures for major transformation programmes. You’ll define technical vision, govern architectures, and lead delivery with cross-functional teams in a consulting setting. You will collaborate with clients to modernise data estates, implement secure and scalable solutions, and advance Generative AI capabilities. This role offers impact through shaping strategy, governance, and high-value technical delivery in a leading professional services firm.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working in London
• world-class development and learning opportunities
• flexible career path and mobility
• collaboration with cross-functional teams
• focus on wellbeing and inclusive culture
• industry-leading projects

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical strategy for large Databricks Data & AI transformations.
• Define end-to-end architectures across data engineering, analytics, ML, and Generative AI workloads.
• Establish enterprise data architectures, governance, and metadata management using tools like Unity Catalog and lineage.
• Design ML, MLOps and LLMOps architectures with lifecycle management and cost-aware scaling.
• Lead client discovery and architecture workshops to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Provide governance and design authority across programmes, ensuring security and principles compliance.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to translate architecture into delivery, including non-functional requirements and cost management.
• Create reusable architecture patterns and accelerators for the Databricks ecosystem.
• Advise on technology strategy, cloud adoption, and operating models; support business development and sales pursuits.

Key requirements

• Proven experience leading enterprise architecture for large-scale Data & AI transformations.
• Extensive hands-on design of production-grade solutions on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform (data engineering, AI, governance, security, etc.).
• Strong experience defining enterprise solution, data, and ML architectures.
• Experience designing Generative & Agentic AI architectures (LLMOps, RAG, model governance, deployment patterns).
• Demonstrable experience guiding client discovery, architecture assessments, and strategy engagements.
• Role as Architecture Lead or Design Authority across multiple programmes.
• Solid understanding of governance, security, and cloud architecture principles.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Consulting mindset with ability to influence technical and executive leaders
• Strategic thinking and ability to translate business objectives into architecture
• Databricks Data Intelligence Platform (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark, Lakehouse)
• Databricks SQL, Workflows, Delta Live Tables, MLflow, Mosaic AI, Vector Search
• Agent Bricks, Generative AI platforms, LLMOps, RAG

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