Data Strategy, Advisory & Architecture - Associate Director

Electricmind; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Electric Mind is seeking a senior leader to drive enterprise data strategy, architecture, and governance for large organizations. The role blends strategic advisory with implementation leadership and requires strong communication, architecture depth, and governance execution experience.

Responsibilities include defining data strategy, driving governance programs at scale, and delivering modern cloud data architectures such as lakehouse and data mesh while aligning with security and business

Qualifications

• 15+ years in data architecture, governance, or strategy.
• Experience implementing governance programs at scale.
• Strong consulting and communication skills.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms.
• Knowledge graph or semantic modeling experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data strategy, architecture and governance initiatives for large organizations.
• Combine strategic advisory with implementation leadership and ensure effective governance execution.
• Develop and align enterprise data architectures including lakehouse and data mesh concepts.
• Guide transformation programs and mentor technical teams with reusable methodologies.

Skills

Data architecture

Governance

Strategy

Cloud data platforms

Consulting

Communication skills

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Purview

Informatica

Snowflake Horizon

Databricks Unity Catalog

Job description

AtElectric Mind,Engineeringis where strategy meets action. Our team helps organizations cut through complexity - aligning business ambition with technology execution to unlock real, lasting change.You’llwork alongside curious, driven people tackling high-impact challenges for everyone from scaling startups to global enterprises. Each engagement is different, pushing you to learn, adapt, and grow.

Electric Mind's Technology Practice brings together deep engineeringexpertise, modern delivery disciplines, and pragmatic architectural thinking to help clients execute complex, mission-critical transformation. We design and implement scalable, secure, high-impact technology solutions that accelerate business outcomes.

Role Overview

We are seeking a senior hands-on leader to drive enterprise data strategy, architecture, and governance initiatives for large organizations.

This role combines strategic advisory with implementation leadership and requiresstrong communicationskills, deep architecture knowledge, and real-world governance execution experience.

Strategy & Advisory

• AssessandDefine enterprise data strategies and roadmaps
• Conduct executive workshops and stakeholder alignment
• Design AI-ready data operating models
• Understand, Align andTranslate businessobjectivesinto data capabilities

Data Governance Leadership

• Conduct data governance maturity assessments
• Design governance frameworks
• Data ownership and stewardship models
• Data quality management
• Metadata and lineage strategies
• Policy-as-code approaches

Architecture

• Develop enterprisecloud data architectures
• Lakehouse architectures
• Data Mesh / Data Products
• Event-driven architectures
• Align architecture withstrategy,governanceand security models

Delivery Leadership

• Lead enterprise transformation programs
• Guide technical teams
• Define reusable methodologies and accelerators
• 15+ years in data architecture, governance, or strategy
• Experience implementing governance programs at scale
• Strong consulting and communication skills
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms
• Demonstrated architecture design experience
• BFSI domain experience
• Exposure to tools such as Collibra, Alation, Purview, Informatica, Snowflake Horizon, Databricks Unity Catalog
• Knowledge graph or semantic modeling experience
• You will help shape enterprise technology strategy for industry-leading clients while influencing the growth of Electric Mind's engineering culture. You will work on high-impact, high-visibility programs and help mentor the next generation of technical leaders.

About Electric Mind

Electric Mind is a fast-growing, AI-native advisory and digital engineering firm built for those who want to shape the future, not just watch it happen.We blend premium strategyexpertisewithcutting-edgeAI-centric engineering to solve complex, meaningful problems for industry-leading clients.

We pride ourselves on a high-touch delivery model and a culture that values diverse talent, innovation, and true client partnership - creating an environment where your ideas matter and your impact is visible.

If you're looking for a place where you can grow fast, collaborate with exceptional teammates, and help build a company scaling its capabilities and global footprint at speed - Electric Mind is the place to ignite your career. The future is bright!

Electric Mind is committed to diversity in the workplace. We are an inclusive employer and welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates. Applicants' needs will be accommodated during our recruitment and selection process so please advise us if you require accommodation.