Sr Manager Data & Information Architecture

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise data architecture strategy aligned with organizational data, analytics, and AI objectives.
• Partner with business leaders and Digital Transformation teams to establish unified, trusted data sources (Master Data / “Golden Record”), improve cross-platform integration, and ensure high data quality for digitized processes.
• Establish enterprise standards for data modeling, information architecture, integration, metadata management, and data lifecycle management.
• Own and evolve the enterprise data architecture roadmap, balancing scalability, performance, governance, and cost efficiency.
• Define canonical data models, semantic layers, and domain-oriented architectures (e.g., data mesh, data products, domain-driven design).
• Establish architecture patterns that support advanced analytics, AI/ML, knowledge management, semantic retrieval, and emerging agent-based systems.
• Design and govern enterprise data platforms including data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, and real-time/streaming systems.
• Ensure alignment between data architecture, AI/ML platforms (e.g., feature stores, model pipelines), and analytics ecosystems to enable reusable and scalable data products.
• Define and enforce enterprise data governance policies, standards, and best practices.
• Drive measurable improvements in data quality, consistency, and trust across critical data domains.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure adherence to privacy, regulatory, and enterprise security requirements.
• Establish and operationalize data stewardship, ownership, and accountability models.
• Partner closely with Data Engineering, Analytics, AI/ML, and IT teams to ensure successful implementation of architecture standards and solutions.
• Oversee the architectural integrity, scalability, and lifecycle management of enterprise data platforms.
• Enable efficient, governed, and scalable data access for analytics, AI, and operational use cases.
• Lead architecture and design reviews to ensure adherence to standards and long-term sustainability.