Job Title: Enterprise Data Architect
Role Overview
Landmark Digital is looking for a highly experienced
Enterprise Data Architect
to define, govern and evolve the enterprise-wide data architecture across retail, eCommerce, supply chain, customer and finance domains.
This role will be responsible for building a
scalable, secure and business-aligned data foundation
that enables omnichannel growth, advanced analytics, AI/ML use cases and real-time decision-making, while reducing complexity, cost and risk across brands and geographies.
Experience- 13- 20 Years
Salary Range- 40-45 AED
Location - Dubai UAE
Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Data Architecture Ownership
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Own end-to-end
enterprise data architecture
across Digital Commerce, Retail IT, Supply Chain, CRM, Loyalty, Marketing Tech, Finance, and Data Platforms.
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Define
current-state, target-state, and transition architectures
aligned to Landmark’s omnichannel growth and cost-efficiency objectives.
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Ensure data platforms can scale for
high-volume retail operations, seasonal peaks, and multi-country expansion
.
2. Omnichannel Data Enablement
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Architect unified data models for
customer, product, inventory, order, pricing and promotions
across online and offline channels.
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Enable real-time and near real-time data flows supporting use cases such as:
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Unified inventory & fulfillment visibility
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Customer 360 & personalization
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Omnichannel analytics and reporting
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Support peak traffic events (e.g., festive sales, White Wednesday equivalents) with resilient, scalable data pipelines.
3. Data Platform Modernization
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Lead modernization of data platforms including
data lakes, data warehouses, streaming platforms and analytics stacks
.
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Drive adoption of
cloud-native, API-first, and event-driven data architectures
.
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Rationalize legacy data stores, point integrations, and duplicated reporting systems across brands.
4. Data Governance, Quality & Compliance
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Define and implement
enterprise data governance frameworks
, including:
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Master Data Management
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Metadata management & lineage
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Data quality standards and controls
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Ensure compliance with
data privacy, PCI, regional regulatory and security requirements
by design.
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Establish clear data ownership, stewardship and access control models.
5. Business & Leadership Partnership
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Act as a
strategic advisor
to Business, Digital, Supply Chain, Finance and Analytics leaders.
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Translate commercial priorities into
data roadmaps and investment plans
.
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Enable faster decision-making through trusted, timely, and actionable data.
6. Delivery Assurance & Architecture Governance
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Establish and run
Data Architecture Review Boards (ARB)
and design authorities.
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Partner with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and SI partners to ensure
architecture-aligned execution
.
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Prevent architectural debt, data silos, and uncontrolled proliferation of tools.
7. Vendor & Platform Strategy
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Evaluate and govern
SaaS platforms, hyperscalers, BI tools and data vendors
.
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Drive
vendor consolidation and cost optimization
across brands and regions.
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Ensure long-term scalability and contractual alignment to target data architecture.
8. Capability Building & CoE
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Build and mentor a
Group Data Architecture / Data Platform CoE
.
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Upskill teams on modern data architecture, analytics engineering, and governance practices.
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Drive reuse of shared data assets, models, and pipelines across brands.
Required Skills & Experience
Experience
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15+ years in data architecture, enterprise architecture or large-scale analytics platforms.
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Strong experience in
retail, eCommerce, consumer internet or large enterprise ecosystems
.
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Proven experience working across
multi-brand, multi-country environments
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Technical Expertise
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Cloud data platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)
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Data Lake / Lakehouse / Warehouse architectures
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Streaming & event platforms (Kafka, Pub/Sub, Event Hub equivalents)
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BI & Analytics tools
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MDM, metadata, data quality, and governance tools
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Strong understanding of API and integration patterns
Leadership & Behavioral Traits
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Strategic, systems thinker with strong business acumen
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Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority
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Strong governance mindset balanced with speed and pragmatism
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Comfortable operating in ambiguity and scale