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Pearson is hiring an AI & Data Solutions Architect to lead the strategy, design, and delivery of scalable data products that enable business stakeholders to make informed decisions. The role involves collaborating with senior business and technology stakeholders to define data solutions, guiding ELT/ETL pipeline development, maintaining data models, and providing technical leadership to analytics and data engineering teams.

Highlights

Drive strategy and delivery of scalable data products for data-informed business decisions.
Collaborate with senior stakeholders to define MVP scopes and design data solutions aligned with enterprise architecture.
Develop and maintain ELT/ETL pipelines using tools like dbt and Airflow.
Design and maintain enterprise and solution-level data models for operational and analytical needs.
Provide technical leadership and promote best practices, code standards, and agile workflows among analytics and data engineers.
Translate complex business requirements into sustainable data products through multidisciplinary team collaboration.
Proficiency with Google Cloud Platform services including BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Composer.
Strong skills in SQL, dbt, Python, and experience with modern ELT/ETL and data transformation practices.
Experience with BI tools such as Tableau, Looker, or Power BI.
Preferred knowledge of Machine Learning and AI deployment, excellent communication, and stakeholder management skills.

AI & Data Solutions Architect Full Description

Role Overview

The Analytics Engineering Tech Lead will be responsible for helping drive the strategy, design, and delivery of scalable data products that enable business stakeholders to make data-informed decisions. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering and analytics, ensuring that robust, governed, and high-quality data is available across the organization. They will act as a technical leader and collaborator, working closely with engineering, product, and business teams to shape the enterprise data landscape.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborates with senior business and technology stakeholders to define MVP scopes and design data solutions aligned with enterprise architecture strategy.

Alongside with the lead team defines the architectural strategy for data analytics, visualization and activation, aligned with the company guideline.

Guides the development and maintenance of ELT/ETL pipelines using modern tools and frameworks (e.g., dbt, Airflow), ensuring scalability, reliability, and data quality.

Designs and maintains enterprise and solution-level data models, supporting both operational and analytical needs.

Provides technical leadership to analytics engineers and data engineers, promoting best practices, code standards, and agile workflows.

Facilitates collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, translating complex business requirements into sustainable data products.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Experience in data/analytics engineering, including leadership or tech lead responsibilities.

Understanding of cloud architecture, especially Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Composer.

Proficiency in SQL, dbt, and Python; experience with modern ELT/ETL development and data transformation best practices.

Solid understanding of data modeling techniques

Experience with BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI)

Experience leading technical teams and mentoring junior developers.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Plus: Knowledge in Machine Learning and experience with AI deployment.

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Job: Architecture

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

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