Empowered by our motto, "Making Data Matter", Keyrus stands at the forefront of global consultancy in Data & Analytics, AI & Machine Learning, and Digital Transformation. With a presence in 27 countries across 4 continents, we're on a mission to elevate the impact of data.

We are data experts, guiding our clients through their data journey regardless of their level of maturity in analytics. As an end-to-end partner, we address varied challenges that our clients face, from Advanced Analytics, Cloud, Data Governance, Visualisation to Enterprise Performance Management, from advisory to delivery.

With more than 3200 employees in all corners of the world, Keyrus is dedicated to helping businesses taking advantage of the Data and Digital paradigm to enhance their performance, facilitating, and accelerating their transformation, and generating new drivers of growth, competitiveness, and sustainability.

Job Summary 

Keyrus is undertaking an ambitious data transformation program designed to leverage data to drive innovation, analytics, and AI initiatives across the organisation. To support this vision, the Group Data Governance team is seeking a Senior Functional Data Architect to help define and enable best practices in Analytics, AI, and Master Data Management (MDM).

The role requires a data leader with both strategic vision and hands-on architectural expertise to ensure data platforms are structured to support business objectives. The architect will collaborate with business experts, data engineers, developers, data scientists, and technical architects to build a unified, scalable, and trusted data environment.

This position plays a pivotal role in defining the mid- and long-term data architecture strategy, ensuring data is modeled, standardized, and made consumable across the enterprise — enabling business teams to act on insights efficiently, whether through simple data requests or advanced analytics capabilities.

This position is a hybrid position in Lisbon

Note: All applications/CV’s must be submitted in English.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand the high-level business processes and data architecture across  diverse systems (ERPs, CRMs, PIMs, MDMs, BI/Reporting, and AI data platforms).
• Collaborate with business data experts, data governance managers, and technical architects to enhance the enterprise data model, defining key entities and semantic relationships.
• Map existing assets within the corporate data platforms to prioritise standardisation based on business priorities and facilitate easier data consumption.
• Identify and assess database structural requirements, supporting self-service capabilities through consolidation, normalisation/denormalisation, and rationalisation practices.
• Define how MDM streams integrate across functional domains and business units to enable consistent, high-quality data that supports core business processes.
• Model standardised and reusable datasets that can be consumed easily and with trust (e.g., through the Data Marketplace).
• Document key business processes in BPMN (2.0) and ensure metadata completeness regarding data coverage and freshness.
• Apply and enforce the Group Data Governance framework and Data Architecture Policy, ensuring adherence to Medallion architecture principles and data risk management requirements (confidentiality, privacy, access, and retention).
• Guide business data experts and IT teams on implementing data quality controls aligned with business data quality requirements.
• Evaluate logical datasets and implementations to ensure compliance with Group Framework and governance standards.

Requirements for the role 

• 7+ years of experience in data architecture, governance, or solution design within large or complex data environments.
• Proven ability to translate business processes into functional data architectures and reusable data models.
• Experience designing data ecosystems that balance performance, scalability, and governance.
• Familiarity with modern data architectures (e.g., Medallion, Lakehouse) and MDM integration best practices.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Structured, analytical, and detail-oriented, with a strategic mindset and hands-on problem-solving ability.
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken).
• Must be a Portuguese or European citizen or have a work permit for Portugal

What we offer at Keyrus Portugal:

• Competitive salary based on your skills & experience and according to the Data market practice
• Meal allowance of €8.32 per day
• Flexible benefits option
• Private Medical Insurance
• 22 days of annual leave (increasing every 3 years up to a maximum of 25 days)
• Training Program through KLX (Keyrus Learning Experience) Platform

Why Keyrus?

Joining Keyrus means joining a market leader in the Data Intelligence field and an (inter)national player in Management Consultancy and Digital Experience.

Keyrus Portugal operates on five guiding pillars that shape our approach to work and collaboration – Diversity; Trust; Flexibility; Ownership & Innovation - we're dedicated to cultivating a team as diverse as the challenges we take on. 

We embrace and celebrate the rich variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and talents that each individual brings. We firmly believe that diversity fuels innovation, ignites creativity, and propels us towards greatness. 

Regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other dimension of diversity, everyone is not only welcome but valued here. 

Join us in shaping a future where everyone can thrive!