Engagement Lead / Principal Architect

Delan Associates, Inc; United States; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Delan Associates, Inc. in New York, NY, is seeking a senior Engagement Lead / Principal Architect to drive a strategic data‑transformation and target‑state architecture engagement for a major banking client.

You will lead enterprise data architecture, governance and executive stakeholder management, establishing delivery frameworks while owning risk, issues and dependencies across multiple domains.

Qualifications

• Senior data architecture engagement lead with 10+ years of experience.
• Proven track record in data transformation programs.
• Banking client exposure is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Secure read-only access to SQL Server system metadata and stand up the approved analysis workspace and repository within the first two weeks; this gate governs the whole plan.
• Agree the RACI, standards, templates and working cadence with Mizuho, and lock the fortnightly delivery‑leadership review and the escalation path into the architecture board.
• Map stakeholders and secure a single named coordination point per business domain (a stated dependency of the proposal, and the primary schedule risk).
• Own the risk, issue and dependency log; escal…
• Chair the DACI forum for contested and multi‑domain items

Skills

Stakeholder management

Strategic leadership

Enterprise data architecture

Tools

Azure

SQL Server

Databricks

Job description

We’re Hiring: Engagement Lead / Principal Architect

New York, NY · Hybrid

W2

Experience: 10 yrs

Skills: Azure, SQL Server, Databricks

We’re seeking a senior Principal Data Architecture Engagement Lead to lead a strategic data‑transformation and target‑state architecture engagement for a major banking client. This role combines engagement leadership, enterprise data architecture, governance and executive stakeholder management. The successful candidate will be accountable for establishing the delivery framework, managing r…

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Secure read-only access to SQL Server system metadata and stand up the approved analysis workspace and repository within the first two weeks; this gate governs the whole plan.
• Agree the RACI, standards, templates and working cadence with Mizuho, and lock the fortnightly delivery‑leadership review and the escalation path into the architecture board.
• Map stakeholders and secure a single named coordination point per business domain (a stated dependency of the proposal, and the primary schedule risk).
• Own the risk, issue and dependency log; escal…
• Chair the DACI forum for contested and multi‑domain items