Data Architect

Job description

As Data Architect for D&A you will be responsible for enterprise data architecture, designing conceptual and logical data models that guide Commerce, Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Consumer and other data transformations at Pandora.

In this data architecture role, you will define enterprise-wide data models, create conceptual data architectures, create naming standards, and establish information blueprints that engineering teams loves and implements.

Working across our commerce, manufacturing, and supply chain operations spanning our clusters and markets, you will ensure our data architecture makes information accessible and trustworthy for both analytical insights and AI innovations, enabling Pandora's journey to become the world's leading jewellery company.

Key accountabilities include:

• Leading enterprise information architecture design, creating semantic, conceptual, logical models that engineering teams translate into Azure Synapse and Databricks based physical implementations.
  
  
• Architecting domain data models for commerce (store, consumer, marketing, omnichannel, e-commerce), manufacturing (production, quality, materials), and supply chain (wholesale, inventory, distribution, planning) that reflect business capabilities.
  
  
• Designing data product interfaces and semantic contracts that define how business entities flow through bronze-to-gold transformations, enabling interoperability between domain-owned data products.
  
  
• Developing semantic layer architectures that provide business-oriented abstractions, hiding technical complexity while enabling self-service analytics.
  
  
• Review data architectural blueprints for core application transformation (SAP, Salesforce, o9, workforce management) ensuring smooth transitional architecture while maintaining business continuity.
  
  
• Co-create master data management strategies for products, customers, suppliers, and stores, establishing authoritative sources and harmonization patterns across systems together with master data responsible.
  
  
• Establishing data quality measures and modelling standards embedded in architectural patterns: operational schemas in bronze, conformed and dimensional entities in silver, and consumption-ready models in gold.
  
  
• Reviewing key physical model proposals from engineering teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise information data models.
  
  
• Designing information value chains and data product specifications with clear contracts for downstream consumption by analytics, AI, and data consumers.
  
  
• Mapping business capabilities to information domains, creating bounded contexts aligned with Domain-Driven Design principles for manufacturing, commerce, and supply chain.
  
  
• Providing architectural oversight through design reviews and decision records to ensure adherence to data standards and governance requirements.
  
  
• Contribute to business glossaries and semantic models that bridge business language and technical implementation, ensuring consistent understanding across technical and business stakeholders.
  
  
• Mentoring teams on data architectural best practices while documenting anti-patterns to avoid common pitfalls in dimensional modelling and naming standards.
  
  

What is needed to succeed:

• 5-7+ years as a practicing data architect with proven experience designing enterprise-scale information architectures (multi-source, multi-domain at scale) that successfully went into production.
  
  
• Domain expertise in commerce, manufacturing, or supply chain data models - understanding product hierarchies, inventory flows, customer journeys, manufacturing, or merchandising analytics.
  
  
• Demonstrated experience architecting shared data models in modern lakehouse patterns, including defining silver-layer conformance standards and gold-layer consumption contracts.
  
  
• Practical experience with both traditional dimensional modeling (Kimball, Data Vault etc.) and modern data mesh/lakehouse patterns, with ability to guide teams through transitional architectures harmonizing both paradigms.
  
  
• Understanding of Azure data platform capabilities (Synapse, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Data Factory) to guide architectural decisions in daily implementations.
  
  
• Track record of guiding teams through major digital transformations, particularly SAP S/4HANA migrations, o9 implementations, or multi-system platform modernizations.
  
  
• Demonstrated ability to create semantic layers and logical models that achieved actual business adoption and self-service analytics usage.
  
  
• Experience establishing master data management patterns and data governance frameworks integrated into architectural design.
  
  
• Excellence in stakeholder communication - explaining data architecture to non-technical audiences while providing technical guidance to engineering teams.
  
  
• Collaborative leadership style - guiding teams to good decisions rather than mandating solutions, with pragmatic approach balancing best practices with delivery realities.
  
  
• Experience establishing reusable patterns and reference architectures that accelerate delivery across multiple domains and teams.
  
  

Did we get your attention?

We hope you got all your questions answered and feel confident applying for this position.

If you see yourself in the role and would like to become a part of Pandora's future, please do not hesitate to apply We are an international team, so please make sure to send us your application in English to be considered.

We look forward to hearing from you

We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible.

You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site

Icing on the cake
You will be working out of our beautiful Digital & Technology Hub in Copenhagen, in a rapidly growing environment of highly skilled and experienced colleagues, which is a key initiative that goes along with Pandora's experience & ambitions.Besides our beautiful interior design, we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design.

This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect.

The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit.

About Pandora 
Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand, specialising in the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxury jewellery made from high-quality materials.

Each piece is created to inspire self-expression, allowing people to share their stories and passions through meaningful jewellery.

Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 6,800 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 37,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery using only recycled silver and gold.

Pandora is committed to leadership in sustainability and has set out to halve greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2030.

Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated revenue of DKK 31.7 billion (EUR 4.2 billion) in 2024.

Recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe's Best Workplaces and ranked #1 among Danish companies, Pandora is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace.

We believe that reflecting the diversity of society in how we engage with our customers is essential to fulfilling our purpose: to give a voice to people's loves.

We are dedicated to nurturing a culture where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive.

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