Group Lead Data Products & Architecture

Role: Group Lead – Data Products & Architecture

Location: Bengaluru – work from office

Experience: 12 – 16 Years

Are you an experienced Data Architecture leader who enjoys building high-performing teams, strengthening operating models, and driving delivery excellence across distributed/global environments

Our client is looking for a Group Lead – Data Products & Architecture to lead its Data Architecture chapter in GCC India, managing Data Architects and Senior Data Architects across multiple domains.

What You'll Do

• Lead the GCC India Data Architecture team and ensure consistent delivery quality, standards adherence and team development.
• Partner with onsite Data Architecture leaders to understand capacity requirements, allocate resources and enable seamless delivery across domains.
• Establish and improve operating routines, governance forums, stand-ups, progress tracking and delivery cadences across onsite and GCC teams.
• Assess the chapter's operating maturity and develop playbooks, SOPs and feedback mechanisms to close capability and process gaps.
• Act as a key liaison between GCC leadership and global Data Products & Platforms leadership.
• Manage, mentor and develop Data Architects and Senior Data Architects while building a strong internal talent pipeline.
• Drive adherence to Data Architecture standards, semantic modelling and AI-readiness practices.
• Support onboarding, workforce planning, capacity planning and resource allocation.
• Identify and escalate delivery risks, staffing gaps and cross-domain conflicts.
• Build a strong Data Architecture community across distributed onsite and GCC teams.

What We're Looking For

• 8–12 years of overall experience, including significant experience managing distributed/GCC technical teams.
• Proven experience leading technical teams through collective delivery and quality ownership, rather than being primarily an individual contributor.
• Strong working knowledge of Data Architecture and modern data platforms.
• Exposure to Snowflake / Cortex, Azure, AWS, GCP, ERWIN, ER/Studio and semantic layer concepts.
• Working proficiency in SQL and Python, with familiarity with Power BI.
• Understanding of batch and real-time data processing and enterprise platforms such as SAP ECC/S4, BW and HANA.
• Knowledge of Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Security and Compliance.
• Experience working within a matrixed, dual-reporting GCC/shared-services environment.
• Experience creating and running team operating models, governance routines and delivery cadences from scratch.
• Experience maturing teams/functions through playbooks, SOPs and capability frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management, people leadership, coaching and career development skills.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, Jira and Confluence.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field. Preferably from a Tier 1 Engineering college/university

Why This Role Matters

This is an opportunity to help shape and mature a global Data Architecture capability from the GCC, connecting India-based technical talent with global architecture leadership while creating scalable ways of working, stronger governance and a high-performing data community.

Key Skills Required

Core / Must-Have Skills

• Data Architecture Leadership
• GCC Leadership
• Distributed Team Management
• Data Architecture Standards & Governance
• People Leadership & Team Development
• Stakeholder Management
• Capacity & Resource Planning
• Operating Model / Operating Maturity
• Playbooks / SOPs / Capability Frameworks
• Data Quality, Security & Compliance
• Semantic Modelling
• AI-Readiness

Technology Skills

• Snowflake / Cortex
• Azure
• AWS
• GCP
• SQL
• Python
• Power BI
• ERWIN
• ER/Studio
• SAP ECC / S4
• SAP BW
• SAP HANA
• Batch & Real-Time Data Processing
• Jira
• Confluence