Lead Data Strategy & Architecture Consultant at DigX, England, 8-12 Weeks, £Contract Rate

Lead Data Strategy & Architecture Consultant

Contract: 8-12 weeks

Engagement Objective

Lead the data discovery and shape a pragmatic roadmap for establishing a modern data management capability for one of our clients, delivering the architecture, governance approach, operating model and implementation plan required to move into delivery.

Key Outcomes

By the end of the engagement the consultant will have delivered:

• Discovery workshops with business and technical stakeholders
• Current state assessment of data, reporting and architecture landscape
• Target data architecture
• Microsoft Fabric / OneLake recommendations
• Data governance and ownership model
• Priority use case definition
• Data product blueprint
• Delivery roadmap
• High-level implementation plan
• Risks, assumptions and dependencies log

Ideal Background

Somebody experienced delivering data transformation programmes and can operate at board level.

Essential Experience

• Running executive discovery workshops
• Defining data strategies and roadmaps
• Data governance and ownership frameworks
• Modern Microsoft data platforms
• Microsoft Fabric
• OneLake
• Data architecture
• Data operating models
• Business case development
• Senior stakeholder management
• Producing architecture and strategy deliverables from ambiguity

Desirable

• Power BI
• Master Data Management
• AI and analytics strategy
• Data product thinking
• Enterprise architecture frameworks
• Azure Data Platform
• Consultancy or professional services background