Lead Data Architect

- Working at Swiss Re - What we do
- Working at Swiss Re - What we do
Zurich, Zurich, CH
Lead Data Architect (m/f/x/d, hybrid set up)
About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is the commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group. We provide innovative insurance solutions to large and midsized multinational corporations worldwide, helping our clients manage risk and build resilience in an increasingly complex world.
As part of our ambition to become a data-driven commercial insurer, we are strengthening our Data Architecture capability to support strategic business transformation, modern data platforms, and enterprise-wide data governance.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Architect to act as the senior Design Authority within the Corporate Solutions Data Architecture team.
Reporting to the Head of Data Architecture & Data Engineering, this role provides architectural leadership across a globally distributed team of Data Architects and Data Modellers. The Lead Data Architect is responsible for ensuring the consistent application of architecture standards, reviewing and assuring solution designs, and providing guidance on complex cross-domain data architecture challenges.
The role combines strong business engagement, architecture governance, conceptual, logical and physical modelling expertise, and deep knowledge of modern data platforms. Working closely with business, technology, and governance stakeholders, the Lead Data Architect will help ensure that strategic initiatives deliver scalable, governed, and reusable data solutions.
The role is strategically located in Zurich to enable close collaboration with key stakeholders across Group Data Services (GDS), CorSo Data Governance, CorSo Operational Model Excellence (OMEX), Data & Technology Finance (DT Finance), Business Architecture, and strategic Digital & Technology product teams.
The role is very much focused on constantly ...