Data Architect Strategy & Management (f/m/d)

At TÜV SÜD Group we are passionate about technology. Innovations impact our daily lives in countless ways, and we are dedicated to being a part of that progress. We test, we audit, we inspect, we advise. We never stop challenging ourselves for the safety of society and its people. We breathe technology, we strive for professional excellence, and we leave a mark. We take the future into our hands. We are TÜV SÜD Group.

Join us as a Data Architect Strategy & Management (f/m/d) and shape the data foundation of TÜV SÜD. You will design, build and manage our data landscape, ensuring scalability, security, and efficiency while enabling data-driven business decisions.

Tasks

Advise business stakeholders on data-driven opportunities and solutions that support informed decision-making, digitalization, and business growth

Design end-to-end data solutions for business use cases, from data ingestion and transformation to reusable data products

Collaborate with business and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable, secure, and sustainable data architecture

Optimize and evolve existing data solutions to improve efficiency, scalability, and business value

Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data governance standards, and data mesh principles

Promote reuse by designing shared data products, common data models, and standardized integration patterns

Work closely with data engineers, data owners, and data stewards to ensure data quality, compliance, and discoverability through effective metadata management and documentation

Qualification

Minimum 7 years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Analytics, or a similar role

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related discipline

Strong ability to understand business challenges and translate them into scalable data solutions that enable data-driven decision-making

Experience in designing end-to-end data architectures, from data ingestion and transformation to data products and consumption

Experience with modern cloud data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, or GCP

Solid knowledge of data modeling, database design, data governance, metadata management, and data product concepts

Proficiency in SQL and at least one modern data processing language or framework (e.g., Python, Java, Scala, Spark)

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams

Fluent in English; German language skills at B2 level or higher are an advantage

Additional Information

We offer an environment where

You take full accountability for your ideas and bring them to reality

You can act as an intrapreneur in a well established company

Diversity is at the core of our way of working

At TÜV SÜD Group, we have employees from more than 100 different countries collaborating together. People of different backgrounds, skills, and pursuing different life goals. Our strength comes from these countless and varied perspectives.

We are committed to be an inclusive and diverse workplace by welcoming people of all backgrounds. We want Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) to be a foundation of our company and create an environment where all our employees can trust they will be treated with respect, regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic background, faith, beliefs, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, or identity. As such, our employees are expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with TÜV SÜD Group Code of Ethics and Company values.

We firmly believe embedding D&I in the heart of what we do will inherently contribute to the success of TÜV SÜD Group. Click here to find out more about Diversity at TÜV SÜD Group.