Customer Data/Customer Foundations Architect, Mindera
1-2 days a week in office
Bespoke software engineering consultancy
Be an early applicant
Bespoke software engineering consultancy
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
1-2 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To partner with software developers to provide cutting-edge DevOps consultation, and build products that make them proud.
Role
Who you are
- This position is hybrid with occasional travel required to programme locations as needed
- The role requires a collaborative approach, balancing strategic direction with hands-on architecture delivery
- Experience designing and implementing:
- Customer Data Platforms (CDPs)
- Single Customer View capabilities
- Master Data Management (MDM)
- Customer-centric data architectures
- Experience with CRM ecosystems and customer technology platforms
- Strong understanding of:
- Customer profiles
- Customer data models
- CRM capabilities
- Marketing technology
- Data governance
- Experience working with data engineering and governance teams
- Ability to influence business and technology stakeholders
- Enterprise Architecture or Domain Architecture experience
- Strong understanding of retail business capabilities and technology landscapes
- Experience working across complex transformation programmes
- Experience supporting procurement and technology selection processes:
- RFI
- RFP
- Technical assessments
- Vendor evaluations
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Ability to challenge vendors and drive informed decisions
- Comfortable working at both strategic and detailed technical levels
- Proactive, pragmatic, and delivery-focused approach
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Enterprise / Domain Architect to provide dedicated architecture leadership across a number of strategic transformation programmes
- The successful candidate will work as key members of programme teams, partnering with business and technology stakeholders to define target architectures, support technology selection, guide implementation approaches, and ensure solutions align with wider enterprise strategy
- This role is initially expected to support programme delivery through key architecture phases, including discovery, design, procurement, selection, and implementation
- Lead architecture for customer data transformation initiatives, including customer data foundations, customer view capabilities, CRM integration, and customer data platforms
- Own architecture direction across customer data transformation initiatives
- Define current-state and target-state customer architecture
- Design approaches for customer data consolidation and improved customer insight
- Support development of customer data models and ownership principles
- Work closely with data governance, data engineering, CRM, marketing, product, and technology teams
- Define architectural options, recommendations, and key decisions
- Support roadmap development and phased implementation planning
- Establish architecture governance across the programme and wider customer domain
- Key Deliverables:
- Current-state architecture
- Target-state architecture
- Customer data architecture blueprint
- Solution designs for programme phases
- Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
- Contribution to customer data model and roadmap
- The Architect will work closely with:
- Head of Architecture / Architecture Leadership
- Programme Leadership
- Business Owners
- Product Teams
- Engineering and Delivery Teams
- Data and Platform Teams
- External Technology Partners
- Contract engagement initially expected to support strategic transformation delivery
- Initial 6 month contract, sits outside IR35
Salary benchmarks
Our take
It has never been easier to develop simple software products such as apps and custom plugins, but developing complex projects is just as difficult as it has ever been. It requires software engineers with an understanding of the latest innovations and workflows, a kind of talent that can be difficult to find.
Mindera provides bespoke software engineering consultancy, working with clients to support them with the software engineers, development consultation, and education necessary for them to develop innovative products. The company offers its services for a variety of cutting-edge technologies including AI, IoT, VR, UX, and cloud computing.
While the company faces competition from many other software development consultancies, Mindera has shown great growth. With its strong market stance, wide portfolio of expertise and strong investment, the company continues to help its clients compete in today’s innovative technology landscape.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Health and wellness
- Conferences and talks
- Training and learning opportunities
- Inspiring offices or work from anywhere
- Top technology and other resources
- Community and personal development
- Financial wellbeing
- Flexibility and time off
- Family support and care
- Team meetings and company trips
Company HQ
Leicester City Centre, Leicester, UK
Leadership
Guilherme Almeida
(Co-Founder)Experience as Software Engineer and Senior Delivery Manager for Blip.pt from 2012 to 2014. CTO of HOLD Platform Limited from 2018 to 2022.
Bruno Lopes
(Co-Founder)Experience as Software Engineer for WIT-Software. Senior Developer for Blip.pt from 2011 to 2014.
Paul Evans
(Co-Founder)Experience as Business Unit Director for Sword Group. Acting Director of Gaming for Betfair from 2008 to 2014, and for Blip.pt from 2012 to 2014.
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