Senior Data Architect: Data as a Product & Governance

Kohl's Corp.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohl’s is seeking a Staff Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture, drive data governance, and establish data contracts across domains. You will shape how data is designed, produced, and consumed to enable reuse and trusted data products.

You will define standards, steward canonical models, and embed governance into design and delivery workflows, collaborating with product, engineering, and analytics teams to deliver scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data management within large, complex environments.
• Deep expertise in data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical) and canonical enterprise data models.
• Strong understanding of distributed data architectures and modern cloud data platforms (e.g., BigQuery, Kafka, Spark).
• Experience defining and operationalizing data contracts, schema standards, and data design conventions.
• Hands-on experience with metadata, lineage, and governance tooling (e.g., DataHub, data catalogs, schema registries).
• Proficiency in SQL and Python, with ability to review designs and partner with engineering teams.
• Ability to influence without authority and mentor engineers and architects.

Responsibilities

• Define and steward enterprise data architecture standards, data models, contracts, and domain ownership to ensure consistency and reuse.
• Own and maintain enterprise data models (Customer, Product, Order, Inventory) with clear definitions and lineage.
• Guide source data design with product and engineering teams to embed governance at origination.
• Embed governance by design via automation for metadata capture, lineage, and validation.
• Produce and maintain architecture artifacts and lead design reviews for architectural integrity.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Cloud data platforms

Data contracts

Metadata & lineage

Data governance

SQL

Python

Cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/IS/Data engineering

Tools

DataHub

Data catalogs

Schema registries

Job description

Kohl’s is seeking a Staff Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture, drive data governance, and establish data contracts across domains. You will shape how data is designed, produced, and consumed to enable reuse and trusted data products.

You will define standards, steward canonical models, and embed governance into design and delivery workflows, collaborating with product, engineering, and analytics teams to deliver scalable data solutions.