Br /br /We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Data Domain Architect to join our team and lead the design, development, and governance of a robust and scalable data architecture. In this role, you will drive the creation of enterprise-level data models, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with organizational goals. As a strategic leader you#39;ll hold a strategic and leadership role, overseeing the organization#39;s data architecture and ensuring it supports long-term goals.br /br /br / br /br /br /Key Responsibilities:br /br /br / br /br /br /Enterprise Data Strategy Development: Define and lead the organization#39;s data architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and goals. Develop a technical roadmap to ensure the target architecture is aligned with Volvo design principles.br /br /br /Data Architecture Design Governance: Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performing data architecture frameworks. Implement governance processes delivered by our Data Governance Data Management organization, to ensure data quality, consistency, and compliance with industry standards and regulations.br /br /br /Data Modeling Integration: Lead the design of physical data models, aligned with the conceptual logical models provided by the Business Information Architects. Ensure seamless integration of data from multiple sources, enabling accurate, real-time decision-making and analytics.br /br /br /Technology Evaluation Innovation: Implement new technologies, set by the central platform organization. Lead initiatives to adopt this new technology to improve the datacapabilities for Service Market Logisticsbr /br /br /Mentoring Leadership: Provide technical leadership and guidance to data architects, engineers, and modelers. Mentor team members to develop their skills and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.br /br /br /Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams in defining data architecture standards, driving alignment across different departments, including data engineering, analytics, and application development teams.br /br /br /Strategic Leader: drives business transformation through data, shaping the organization#39;s future by ensuring that its data assets are fully optimized to support long-term growth and innovation.br /br /br / br /br /br /In short:br /br /br / br /br /br /- Develop and maintain domain architecture strategies, standards, and guidelines.br /br /br /- Support and finalize the migration of analytics solutions to the Unified Data Platformbr /br /br /- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.br /br /br /- Design and implement scalable and secure architectural solutions that meet business needs.br /br /br /- Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams throughout the project lifecycle.br /br /br /- Conduct architectural reviews and ensure compliance with best practices and standards.br /br /br /- Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation.br /br /br / br /br /br /Skills:br /br /br / br /br /br /br /Several years of experience as an Azure Data Architectbr /br /You have knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, ..br /br /You can define and design end-to-end scalable data solutions, ensuring they align with enterprise architecture and industry standardsbr /br /You can think and act strategically, operate tactically, and implement change effectively, managing change priorities in a business-focused, fact-based, and collaborative way to achieve real impactbr /br /You are emphatic enthusiastbr /br /You are an excellent communicator who speaks fluently English (Dutch is an advantage)br /br /You can work on site in the region of Ghent as a freelancer br /br /br /br /