Remote Data Architecture & AI Strategy Lead

Kforce Technology Staffing; Orlando (FL); Remote; USD 123,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce Technology Staffing is seeking a Remote Data Architecture Strategy Lead in the Eastern Time zone to partner with senior business and technology leaders. You will shape a scalable data architecture, governance, and analytics strategy, guiding modernization and AI initiatives across regions.

The role requires deep expertise in data platforms, governance, and organizational design, with a proven ability to present strategic recommendations to executives and influence decision-makers.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise data architecture, data strategy, or large-scale data transformation.
• Deep expertise in enterprise data platforms, data warehouses, lakehouses, data governance, and integration architecture.
• Experience assessing structured and unstructured data for AI, machine learning, or advanced analytics business cases.
• Strong understanding of data operating models, governance frameworks, and organizational design.
• Experience advising executive leaders on enterprise-wide technology and data strategy.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills, including the ability to engage senior executives and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assess enterprise data environments, platforms, processes, and capabilities.
• Review data architecture and practices for governance, quality, lineage, metadata, integration, security, privacy, and compliance.
• Define a target-state data architecture and long-term modernization roadmap.
• Evaluate organizational readiness for AI and advanced analytics.
• Identify opportunities to use structured and unstructured data for analytics, automation, predictive modeling, and AI solutions.
• Establish scalable frameworks for data governance, ownership, stewardship, and decision-making.
• Lead workshops and interviews with business, technology, security, analytics, and compliance stakeholders.
• Turn technical assessments into clear recommendations, priorities, risks, and business cases for leadership.
• Develop executive presentations and strategic recommendations.
• Recommend implementation phases, investment priorities, and measurable success criteria.

Skills

Data architecture

Data strategy

Data governance

AI/ML strategy

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Data integration

Tools

AI

Machine Learning

Security

Architect

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Job description

Kforce Technology Staffing is seeking a Remote Data Architecture Strategy Lead in the Eastern Time zone to partner with senior business and technology leaders. You will shape a scalable data architecture, governance, and analytics strategy, guiding modernization and AI initiatives across regions.

The role requires deep expertise in data platforms, governance, and organizational design, with a proven ability to present strategic recommendations to executives and influence decision-makers.