Sword Group
Energy, Public and Finance Sectors
DataConsultant-M&AIntegration&DataStrategy
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“Data Consultant - M&A Integration & Data Strategy at Sword Group. Skills: Data Strategy, M&A Integration, Data Governance, Data Architecture, Stakeholder Management. Lead the strategy, design, and delivery of data platforms, pipelines, and architectures across cloud and hybrid environments. Drive data integration across acquisitions, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and quality”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensuring data is onboarded quickly, securely, and consistently; Turn acquisition strategy into practical data outcomes; Improved data availability; Faster insights
Industry & Context.
Navigate partially known environments; Making decisions with incomplete data; Leading through ambiguity
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience designing and delivering data platforms across Azure, AWS or similar, data engineering, transformation and modern data platform experience, Experience in regulated sectors with understanding of data governance and compliance, Experience supporting M&A or large-scale data integrations, Ability to influence senior stakeholders and provide direction, Experience defining governance frameworks including data quality and lineage, consultative approach and stakeholder management, Commercial awareness of cost, risk, and business impact, Comfortable working in ambiguity
Nice to Have
option of a permanent staff role for suitably qualified and experienced candidates
What You'll Do.
and delivery of data platforms
and architectures across cloud and hybrid environments
Drive data integration across acquisitions
Define data governance frameworks covering security
and lifecycle management
Act as the technical authority across data architecture
Assess and rationalise inherited data estates (structured
Translate business goals into data integration and analytics roadmaps
Establish repeatable data integration patterns for future acquisitions
Build and lead data capability across teams and partners
Deliver measurable outcomes including improved data availability and faster insights
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Build and lead data capability across teams and partners; Work directly with senior stakeholders
Full Job Description
Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving real transformation change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals. To support significant M&A and Integration projects across a range of domain sectors, this ongoing contract role will lead on data strategy, integration, and governance across a range of organisations, ensuring data is onboarded quickly, securely, and consistently. A senior technical leadership role with a strong consultative dimension, you will work directly with senior stakeholders to turn acquisition strategy into practical data outcomes, while navigating partially known environments, making decisions with incomplete data, and leading through ambiguity. • Lead the strategy, design, and delivery of data platforms, pipelines, and architectures across cloud and hybrid environments. • Drive data integration across acquisitions, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and quality. • Define data governance frameworks covering security, compliance, quality, and lifecycle management. • Act as the technical authority across data architecture, engineering, analytics, and platforms. • Assess and rationalise inherited data estates (structured, unstructured, legacy). • Translate business goals into data integration and analytics roadmaps. • Establish repeatable data integration patterns for future acquisitions. • Build and lead data capability across teams and partners. • Deliver measurable outcomes including improved data availability and faster insights. **Requirements** • Experience designing and delivering data platforms across Azure, AWS or similar. • Strong data engineering, transformation and modern data platform experience.
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