Technology - Enterprise Data Architect

Aritzia; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 419,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Product Discount

Baby Leave Program

A-OK Commissary & Café

In-office gym

Job summary

Aritzia is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to shape the future of our data architecture in Vancouver. You will translate business priorities into multi‑year roadmaps, define canonical models and governance standards, and drive scalable data capabilities across analytics, engineering, and business domains.

Lead enterprise data governance initiatives, oversee documentation and architecture reviews, and collaborate with Global Architecture to enable AI‑ready data foundations that support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Management, or equivalent.
• 15+ years in enterprise data, analytics, or data engineering leadership roles.
• Hands-on cloud data ecosystems across GCP, AWS or Azure; BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Synapse.
• Experience establishing data governance: metadata, glossary, catalog, lineage, privacy, retention.
• Experience enabling Data Mesh and federated data product models.

Responsibilities

• Translate priorities into enterprise data architecture strategies and roadmaps.
• Establish canonical models, shared vocabularies, and reference data mappings.
• Oversee data model repositories, semantic artifacts, and reusable patterns.
• Lead architecture reviews and governance with cross‑functional teams.
• Promote data literacy and governance practices across the enterprise.

Skills

Data governance

Cloud data platforms

Data modeling

Architecture governance

Stakeholder influence

AI/ML readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

dbt

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Denodo

Job description

THE BUSINESS

We are Everyday Luxury™. It'swhat we do and how we do it — together. It'sworking alongside world-class talent in pursuit of world-class results. It'smaximizing your potentialina high-performance culture. It'sknowing that wherever you are, you belong. It'selevating your world — and the world of those who love and will love Aritzia. It'sYou. And an endless runway of opportunity. WithaGlobalSupportCampus in Vancouver andadditionalSupport Office hubsin major cities across North America—includingToronto, New York,LosAngelesandSeattle—ourworkplace network is strategically designed tosupport our People and serve ourClientsa frictionlessexperience. So, you can do what you do best — with us.

THE TEAM

The mission of the Data Governance department is to enable the governance of data across the enterprise.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Aritzia is growing and our Data Governance team is growing with it. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the team responsible for defining and shaping the future of Aritzia’s data architecture. As the Enterprise Data Architect, you will lead the strategic standards definition, and governance of Aritzia’s enterprise data architecture. Reporting directly to the Director of Data Governance (with a matrix link to Global Architecture), you will not be building pipelines in isolation; instead, you will define the architectural guardrails, canonical models, and semantic standards that empower our engineering squads, analytics teams, and business domains to build trusted, scalable data capabilities. You will play a pivotal role in establishing architecture reviews, driving AI-ready data literacy, and ensuring enterprise-wide data interoperability across our modern tech stack. With your valuable contribution to the business in this role, the opportunities are endless — from a rewarding career in data to continued growth with Aritzia.

THE ROLE

As the Enterprise Data Architect, you will: Translate business priorities into enterprise data architecture strategies, multi-year target‑state data roadmaps, and federated data product standards. Establish enterprise data standards for canonical models, shared vocabularies, reference data mappings, data flow diagrams, and business glossaries. Oversee the central repository of data model system architectures, semantic artifacts, reference patterns, and reusable assets; driving accountability across authoring teams (Solution Delivery, Data & Analytics, Global Architecture) to maintain compliant, accessible, and up‑to‑date documentation. Represent Data Governance in formal Architecture Review Boards to evaluate proposed solutions for data target‑state alignment. Drive architecture governance by leading standards development, architectural reviews, reusable patterns, and best practices that improve consistency, quality, security, and scalability in partnership with Analytics Engineering Excellence. Global Architecture and Engineering Enablement teams. Assess and mature enterprise data and governance capabilities through benchmarking, capability assessments, and target‑state roadmaps. Enable technical & business teams by promoting data literacy across the enterprise through teaching, coaching, and leading tailored Communities of Practice (COP) sessions.

THE QUALIFICATIONS

The Enterprise Data Architect has: Proven skills, education, and/or applicable certifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Management, or equivalent experience; Master's preferred. 15+ years of progressive experience across enterprise data, analytics, data platforms, enterprise architecture, or data engineering leadership, including significant experience in principal or lead architecture roles. Deep expertise defining enterprise data strategy, target‑state architecture, standards, reference architectures, and multi‑year roadmaps across complex, multi‑domain environments. Hands‑on architecture experience with modern public cloud data ecosystems across GCP, AWS, or Azure, and platforms such as BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, or equivalent. Strong experience architecting lakehouse, warehouse, streaming, orchestration, semantic, BI, and ML/AI consumption patterns with a focus on scalability, reliability, governance, observability, and cost‑to‑serve. Strong information architecture and data modeling experience across conceptual, logical, and physical layers, including canonical models, semantic layers, metrics layers, dimensional modeling, data contracts, and domain data products. Proven experience establishing enterprise data governance capabilities, including ownership, stewardship, metadata, glossary, catalog, lineage, quality, classification, privacy, retention, and lifecycle management. Experience building or enabling federated data product operating models, Data Mesh principles, domain ownership, reusable data templates, automation, standards, and platform paved roads. Experience with data catalog, governance, lineage, MDM, observability, and quality tools such as dbt, Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Denodo, cloud‑native governance services, or equivalent. Knowledge in data integration and engineering patterns including batch, streaming, CDC, APIs, event‑driven architecture, Kafka or cloud‑native messaging, pipeline orchestration, and ELT/ETL. Experience enabling AI‑ready data foundations for governed reporting, analytics, machine learning, GenAI, semantic search, knowledge representation, and emerging agentic use cases. Experience partnering across Digital, Retail, Product, Supply Chain, Corporate, Finance, Customer, ESG, or similarly complex consumer domains strongly preferred. Demonstrated ability to influence VP and C‑level stakeholders through clarity of technical thought, balanced trade‑off analysis, business‑aligned recommendations, and executive‑ready storytelling. A commitment to learn and apply Aritzia’s Business and People Leadership principles

THE COMPENSATION

At Aritzia, we provide market‑leading compensation packages designed to reward impact through our pay‑for‑performance philosophy. The range for roles at this level is $100,000 - $300,000 per year. Total compensation may include base, bonus and/or equity depending on the role, which has the potential to be greater than this range. With comprehensive benefits, aspirational workspaces, and elevated perks and experiences — we provide it all.

THE PERKS

Some of the industry‑leading benefits you will receive working at Aritzia: Product Discount — Maybe you’ve heard of our famous product discount? Or our exclusive private shopping events? You have now. Baby LeaveProgram — We provide up to 16 weeks of paid time to support you and your growing family. A-OK Commissary & Cafe — Everyday Luxury dining, exclusive to Aritzia. Our in‑house bistro and cafe is a private oasis where employees can enjoy curated, subsidized Everyday Luxury dining. The SET — Our in‑office fitness studio and gym with state‑of‑the‑art equipment, custom‑created classes and optional personal training. Open 7 days a week, it works out well. Aritzia Virtual Wellness — Because your health, happiness and safety matter, we provide 24/7 resources to support you in your wellbeing goals, whether they’re physical, mental, social or financial. Aspirational Workplace — Our offices are specially designed to be spaces of creativity, productivity and inspiration. They’re also dog friendly. Woof.

ARITZIA Aritzia is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer

Our goal is to be inclusive, diverse, and representative of the communities where we work while creating an environment where every person can enjoy a successful career. This commitment applies to all candidates and employees regardless of race, ethnicity, citizenship, creed, place of origin, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, disability, age, and any other protected characteristic. Requests for accommodation due to a disability or any other protected characteristic can be made at any stage of the recruitment process and during employment by contacting our People & Culture Team. We’re committed to making your experience positive and transparent. Please note, our recruiters will only contact you using an @aritzia.com email address. If you receive recruitment‑related messages from other domains, please disregard them.

Everyday Luxury. To Elevate Your World.™

We are Everyday Luxury. It’s what we do and how we do it — together. It’s working alongside world‑class talent in pursuit of world‑class results. It’s maximizing your potential in a high‑performance culture. It’s knowing that wherever you are, you belong. It’s elevating your world — and the world of those who love and will love Aritzia. It’s You. And an endless runway of opportunity. Join us to elevate your world. Curious to learn more? What we do Who we are Sustainability Community Giving We’re committed to making your experience positive and transparent. Please note, our recruiters will only contact you using an @aritzia.com email address. If you receive recruitment‑related messages from other domains, please disregard them.