Director of Strategic Data Architecture – Cloud & AI

Harnham; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham seeks a Director, Senior Information Architect to lead architectural direction for its enterprise data ecosystem, shaping standards and scalable patterns while guiding governance, security, and regulatory practices.

The role collaborates with business and technical stakeholders to bridge strategy with execution, influence senior leaders, and drive modernization of data platforms, pipelines, and AI/ML capabilities.

Deep expertise in cloud-native platforms and lakehouse designs is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience shaping enterprise data architecture and standards.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native data platforms and lakehouse designs.
• Proven ability to govern data quality, privacy, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Evolve enterprise data architecture strategy and patterns.
• Design scalable data ingestion, integration, storage, and consumption solutions.
• Establish standards for data modeling, governance, and platform design.
• Lead architecture decisions for cloud data platforms and lakehouse environments.
• Develop governance frameworks for data quality, metadata management, privacy, and compliance.
• Support AI, ML, and advanced analytics initiatives.
• Guide large-scale modernization of data platforms and advise stakeholders.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud platforms

Governance

Stakeholder collaboration

AI/ML platform design

Tools

Hadoop

Metadata/catalog solutions

Medallion architecture

AI/ML platforms

Job description

Harnham seeks a Director, Senior Information Architect to lead architectural direction for its enterprise data ecosystem, shaping standards and scalable patterns while guiding governance, security, and regulatory practices.

The role collaborates with business and technical stakeholders to bridge strategy with execution, influence senior leaders, and drive modernization of data platforms, pipelines, and AI/ML capabilities.

Deep expertise in cloud-native platforms and lakehouse designs is essential.