Senior Data Architect

Principal Architect - Front Office & Investment Platform Strategy

Global Investment & Wealth Platform Transformation London

Up to £135,000 + Bonus & Full Benefits Hybrid

This is a strategic, front-office-aligned architecture role shaping the evolution of a multi-billion-dollar investment management platform. You'll operate at the intersection of technology, data, and business value-driving change across portfolio management, trading, risk, compliance, and client operations.

The remit demands a commercially astute technologist who can influence senior stakeholders, challenge legacy thinking, and drive measurable outcomes through enterprise architecture and platform modernisation.

The Role

• Lead architecture and design for an enterprise-scale front-to-back investment management platform, ensuring seamless integration across trading, risk, performance, and operations.
• Oversee the implementation and optimisation of SimCorp Dimension, embedding industry best practice, scalability, and alignment to business strategy.
• Define and execute a multi-year data and platform strategy positioning the organisation as a market leader in digital investment operations.
• Engage senior business sponsors and C-suite stakeholders, translating complex architecture into business outcomes and total-cost-of-ownership advantages.
• Champion data-driven decisioning across investment management, using benchmarking and insights to accelerate adoption.
• Drive SaaS and cloud transformation, shaping roadmaps that unlock economies of scale and enable future AI/ML-driven capabilities.
• Mentor cross-functional teams on data architecture, cloud design principles, and front-office solution delivery.
• Represent the architecture function externally, articulating a coherent technology vision across vendor, partner, and regulatory ecosystems.

Core Requirements

• 15+ years in investment management, asset management, or wealth management technology.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale SimCorp Dimension implementations or front-office architecture programmes.
• Deep expertise in portfolio management, IBOR/ABOR, multi-asset data management, performance/risk, and regulatory reporting.
• Enterprise or solution architecture background with recognised credentials (e.g. TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect Expert).
• Strong experience in cloud migration, SaaS delivery, and enterprise data platforms (data lakes, data mesh, or equivalent).
• Comfortable leading business transformation and operating-model design at Director/Principal level.
• Gravitas to operate as a trusted advisor to senior executives, influencing decisions across technology, data, and investment domains.