Data Strategy, Advisory & Architecture - Associate Director

Electric Mind Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Electric Mind Inc. seeks an associate director to drive enterprise data strategy, architecture, and governance across large organizations. This senior hands-on leader will balance advisory with implementation, collaborating with executive stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions.

The role requires strong communications, deep architecture knowledge, and practical governance execution experience, guiding teams through modern cloud data platforms and governance tooling.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in data architecture, governance, or strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define and guide enterprise data strategy and roadmaps.
• Lead data governance programs at scale and implement governance with measurable outcomes.
• Architect data solutions aligning with strategy, governance, and security models.
• Mentor and coach delivery teams and junior data leaders.

Skills

Data architecture

Governance

Strategy consulting

Cloud data platforms

Data mesh / lakehouse

Knowledge graph modeling

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Purview

Informatica

Snowflake Horizon

Databricks Unity Catalog

Job description

Data Strategy, Advisory & Architecture - Associate Director

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.

What You’ll Do

• Strategy & Advisory
• AssessandDefine enterprise data strategies and roadmaps
• Conduct executive workshops and stakeholder alignment
• Data Governance Leadership
• Conduct data governance maturity assessments
• Design governance frameworks
• Data ownership and stewardship models
• Metadata and lineage strategies
• Policy-as-code approaches
• Lakehouse architectures
• Data Mesh / Data Products
• Event-driven architectures
• Align architecture withstrategy,governanceand security models
• Delivery Leadership
• Guide technical teams
• Define reusable methodologies and accelerators

What You’ll Bring

• 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
• Exposure to tools such as Collibra, Alation, Purview, Informatica, Snowflake Horizon, Databricks Unity Catalog
• Knowledge graph or semantic modeling experience

What You’ll Gain

• 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.