Data & Ai Architect – Life Sciences (Madrid)

About The Role
We are looking for a Manager / Senior Data & AI Architect to join our Barcelona team and help us grow one of BIP Iberia's strategic areas: the application of Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence within Life Sciences.
This is not a pure architecture role. We are looking for someone who combines strong technical depth with business understanding, client-facing skills and a pre-sales/commercial mindset. Someone who can design a robust architecture, defend it with a client, understand the business problem behind it and guide the team until the solution is successfully delivered and operational.
The role will be part of BIP's Integral Data & AI team, with a strong focus on working closely with our local teams in Barcelona and across Spain, while collaborating with colleagues and specialists across Portugal, Italy and other BIP geographies.
Your missionAct as a Data & AI reference for Life Sciences, connecting strategy, business and technology.
You will be involved from early client conversations and pre-sales through architecture definition, delivery and the evolution of production solutions.
You will also help build capabilities, reusable assets, propositions and references that strengthen our position in the Life Sciences market.
What you will doDesign end-to-end Data, Analytics and AI architectures covering data platforms, lakehouse, integration, governance, advanced analytics, Machine Learning, GenAI and AI agents.
Translate Life Sciences business needs into concrete, scalable, secure and measurable technology solutions.
Act as a trusted technical advisor for CIOs, CDOs, Data & AI leaders, business stakeholders and architecture teams.
Play an active role in pre-sales: discovery, workshops, RFP/RFI responses, estimates, proposals, roadmaps, high-level architectures, demos, PoCs and executive presentations.
Work jointly with commercial leaders and Partners to identify and mature opportunities, bringing technical credibility and sector knowledge.
Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams including Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers and AI specialists.
Define architecture standards and patterns across security, integration, observability, MLOps/LLMOps, governance and data quality.
Support solutions through production, ensuring operability, performance, security, cost control and long-term scalability.
Contribute to the growth of the Data & AI practice in Barcelona and to BIP's international Life Sciences collaboration.
Mentor junior colleagues and raise the technical bar through design reviews,

Italian or Portuguese is a plus.
Availability to work in a hybrid model based in Barcelona and to travel occasionally depending on client/project needs.
Nice to havePrevious experience in technology or strategy consulting.
Commercial or business development experience within Data & AI.
Relevant certifications across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Databricks, Snowflake or other leading platforms.
Experience in Data Governance, Data Mesh, catalogues, MDM, data quality and data-product-oriented architectures.
Experience with MLOps, LLMOps, CI/CD, DevOps and platform automation.
Knowledge of FinOps and performance/cost optimisation.
Ability to build accelerators, assets and reusable solutions.
International experience, with a track record of working with stakeholders across different geographies and multicultural environments.
Personal capabilitiesConsulting mindset and client orientation: listen, structure ambiguous problems and turn them into actionable decisions.
Technical credibility: ability to go deep when required while maintaining an end-to-end perspective.
Business orientation: understanding that architecture is a means to create impact, not an end in itself.
Communication and influencing

skills:
confidently present and defend proposals to technical teams, business stakeholders and senior management.
Commercial and pre-sales mindset: comfortable participating in opportunity discussions and shaping a compelling value proposition.
Leadership without hierarchy: ability to mobilise teams, make decisions and build trust.
Pragmatism, autonomy and end-to-end ownership.
Curiosity and continuous learning in a fast-moving technology environment.

What we offer
A strategic role supporting the growth of Data & AI and Life Sciences within BIP Iberia.
High client exposure and direct participation in relevant transformation initiatives.
Real opportunity to influence the development of the practice and new business opportunities.
Collaboration with international teams and specialists across multiple geographies.
Data, Analytics, AI and GenAI projects using leading technologies.
Professional development, training and support for certifications.
Hybrid working model based in Barcelona, with flexibility aligned to project needs.
Competitive Compensation Aligned With Experience And Responsibility.
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