Lead Enterprise Data Architect for Advertiser Intelligence Platform

USA Today Co.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

USA TODAY Co., Inc. is seeking a Sr Director - Enterprise Data Architect to lead strategy and hands-on delivery of a next-generation Advertiser Intelligence Platform.

You will build trusted data and AI foundations enabling unified advertiser profiles, benchmarking, and predictive insights across sales, customer success, and operations. This high-impact leadership role combines strategic architecture with hands-on delivery, shaping a platform that powers advertising, subscriptions, commerce,

Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise data architecture and leadership roles.
• Experience designing scalable data platforms and governance.
• Proven success building advertiser/revenue intelligence platforms.
• Strong cloud analytics background, incl. AI/ML-enabled architecture.
• Ability to lead with executive-level influence and execution discipline.
• Experience partnering with sales, product, and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture and phased roadmap for the Advertiser Intelligence Platform.
• Lead canonical advertiser profile strategy and data modeling.
• Architect AI enrichment, scoring, similarity matching, and predictive capabilities.
• Partner with engineering/product to deliver MVP through scale.
• Integrate insights into CRM, BI, and business workflows.
• Establish governance for data quality, privacy, lineage, and cost control.
• Collaborate with GTM and operations to drive measurable business results.

Skills

Data architecture

Platform development

Cloud analytics

Executive leadership

Communication

Tools

BigQuery

Orchestration patterns

Semantic modeling

Vector search

Job description

USA TODAY Co., Inc. is seeking a Sr Director - Enterprise Data Architect to lead strategy and hands-on delivery of a next-generation Advertiser Intelligence Platform.

You will build trusted data and AI foundations enabling unified advertiser profiles, benchmarking, and predictive insights across sales, customer success, and operations. This high-impact leadership role combines strategic architecture with hands-on delivery, shaping a platform that powers advertising, subscriptions, commerce,