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Role Overview: As the Data Architect, you will have a crucial role in shaping end-to-end digital and data architecture, driving modernization efforts, and enabling best-in-class customer and team member experiences. You will collaborate closely with Digital, Technology, and cross-functional business teams, along with global vendors, to deliver scalable, integrated, and future-ready solutions. This role is suited for individuals who excel in complex, multi-market environments and have a strong background in MarTech, microservices architecture, and enterprise-level digital transformation within QSR, Retail, or customer-centric industries. Key Responsibilities: - Lead the development of scalable digital and data architectures across Pizza Hut UK, France, Canada, and Germany, in alignment with Yum! Brands global architecture principles. - Design, assess, and evolve to-be state architectures for digital products, including Maverick (new website and mobile app) and supporting backend integrations. - Collaborate with key vendors (e.g., Emarsys, Algonomy, Punchh, OneTrust) and internal stakeholders to ensure solution design meets business objectives and customer needs. - Own and evolve MarTech and customer data architecture blueprints, encompassing MDM, data remediation, and cross-platform integration strategies. - Drive the design and implementation of solutions enabling real-time personalization, AI/ML readiness, and data activation across channels. - Embed data governance, data observability, and quality frameworks into architecture planning for robust and scalable pipelines. - Ensure compliance with global and regional data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, PIPEDA) through privacy- and security-by-design approaches. - Translate business needs into architectural requirements and propose optimized solutions balancing performance, scalability, and flexibility. - Provide architectural leadership for initiatives in customer identity, consent management, product data, and digital engagement. - Design architecture supporting campaign orchestration, segmentation, and multi-channel journey design in collaboration with marketing teams. - Support cloud-native and DevOps-aligned implementation models, including CI/CD, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code where applicable. - Maintain robust architectural documentation, integration diagrams, and governance artifacts in alignment with Yum's internal review processes. - Guide and influence cross-functional teams, third-party vendors, and local market stakeholders to ensure delivery of cohesive, compliant solutions. Qualifications Required: - 8 - 12 years of experience in data and digital architecture, with proven delivery of MarTech, microservices, and digital transformation projects. - Deep knowledge of customer data platforms (CDPs), CMS platforms, API-first architecture, and microservices design. - Experience designing cloud-native and hybrid architectures using AWS and/or Azure platforms. - Strong grasp of MDM principles, data modeling, and data integration patterns across distributed systems. - Demonstrated success supporting large-scale architecture initiatives across multi-market geographies, ideally including UK, France, Canada, or Germany. - Hands-on experience integrating or evaluating tools such as Emarsys, Algonomy, Punchh, OneTrust, Tealium, Adobe Experience Cloud, Salesforce, or similar. - Proven ability to manage architecture delivery in a vendor-driven environment, coordinating across internal and external stakeholders. - Familiarity with privacy, consent, and customer data protection frameworks, particularly within UK/EU/Canada jurisdictions. - Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex architecture into business-aligned insights. - Comfortable working across global time zones and with diverse, cross-cultural teams. Role Overview: As the Data Architect, you will have a crucial role in shaping end-to-end digital and data architecture, driving modernization efforts, and enabling best-in-class customer and team member experiences. You will collaborate closely with Digital, Technology, and cross-functional business teams, along with global vendors, to deliver scalable, integrated, and future-ready solutions. This role is suited for individuals who excel in complex, multi-market environments and have a strong background in MarTech, microservices architecture, and enterprise-level digital transformation within QSR, Retail, or customer-centric industries. Key Responsibilities: - Lead the development of scalable digital and data architectures across Pizza Hut UK, France, Canada, and Germany, in alignment with Yum! Brands global architecture principles. - Design, assess, and evolve to-be state architectures for digital products, including Maverick (new website and mobile app) and supporting backend integrations. - Collaborate with key vendors (e.g., Emarsys, Algonomy, Punchh, OneTrust) and internal stakeholde
