Data Architect & Business Process Lead, Munich
Up to 95,000 EUR
Permanent Employment Remote (CET) or Hybrid (office access in Munich)
We are partnering with an established European engineering and infrastructure consultancy with over 65 years of heritage to appoint a Data Architect & Business Process Lead. This is a high-impact, greenfield opportunity with complete architectural freedom to design automated data ingestion pipelines and establish enterprise data governance from scratch. Collaborating closely with IT leadership and international business heads, you will eliminate manual data routines and structure multi-source data (APIs, spatial/GIS, and cloud platforms) to lay the foundation for company-wide AI adoption.
Join a leading European engineering and planning consultancy delivering landmark infrastructure, transport networks, and smart built environments across Europe. Reporting directly to the Head of IT within an agile 15-person core IT division, you will take sole technical ownership of designing the company’s next-generation data platform from the ground up. You will balance high-level architectural design with hands-on pipeline engineering, integrating diverse external data streams (including third-party REST APIs, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and GIS mapping data) while establishing clear data governance, classification standards, and storage rules. Crucially, you will also serve as an internal business process partner—collaborating directly with operational department heads to audit manual data bottlenecks and re-engineer workflows for automated, AI-ready efficiency.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
- Architect and implement greenfield, automated data ingestion pipelines to capture and standardize external project data via REST APIs and cloud connectors.
- Establish enterprise data governance standards, classification schemas, data dictionaries, and storage policies from scratch.
- Audit operational business processes across international offices, identify manual data bottlenecks, and partner with department heads to re-engineer workflows for automation.
- Select, evaluate, and deploy modern data architecture tooling, frameworks, and cloud integration platforms with complete technical autonomy.
- Structure, clean, and index multi-source data assets (including spatial, CAD, and external project data) to prepare systems for downstream AI agents, LLMs, and automated planning workflows.
- Act as the central technical authority and collaborative bridge between IT infrastructure and operational business leaders.
Other requirements:
- Proven commercial experience in Data Architecture, data modeling, and designing end-to-end data pipelines.
- Strong hands-on experience integrating third-party platforms and pulling external datasets via REST APIs.
- Demonstrated track record establishing data governance frameworks, data dictionaries, and storage rules in greenfield or transforming environments.
- A Business Process Management (BPM) mindset with the empathy and communication skills needed to guide non-technical teams through workflow modernization.
- Practical understanding of how data must be structured, classified, and indexed to power automated AI agents and machine learning workflows.
- Fluent German (C1/C2 - Mandatory) alongside professional English (B2+).
- Bonus (not mandatory): Prior exposure to spatial/GIS datasets, CAD formats, or Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC).
What the company offers:
- 100% Greenfield Ownership: Total autonomy to define the architectural blueprint, data policies, and tool selection from day one with zero legacy code constraints.
- High Strategic Impact: Directly build the data foundation that enables enterprise AI agents and automated digital planning across Europe.
- Exceptional Flexibility: 100% remote working option within Germany
- Lean, Collaborative Culture: Direct reporting line to IT leadership within a tight-knit 15-person division featuring short decision-making channels.
- Competitive Package & Pragmatic Hiring: €85,000–€95,000 gross annual base with a transparent 3-stage interview process focused on real-world problem solving.
If you are an autonomous Data Architect passionate about building greenfield data platforms and driving business process automation, we would welcome a confidential conversation. For more information please get in touch with Paul Turner on +44 203 854 8002 or email paul.turner@digitechsearch.com