Senior Data Architect & Governance Lead — Remote

Royal Mencap Society; United States; Remote; USD 87,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Remote‑based with travel

Job summary

Mencap is seeking an experienced Data Architect & Governance Lead to establish and champion architecture, governance and standards across the organisation. The role collaborates with leaders to ensure data is trusted, well-managed and used responsibly, including for AI-enabled solutions.

You will define architecture principles, develop data models, and embed governance across business domains while shaping strategic direction and remaining hands-on with design and assurance activities.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Data Architecture, Data Governance or senior Data Management roles within a complex organisation.
• Strong expertise in enterprise data models, architecture standards, data governance frameworks and information management practices.
• Experience establishing and embedding data ownership, stewardship and accountability models across business and technology teams.
• Proven knowledge of data quality, metadata management, business glossaries, data lineage and data lifecycle management.
• Experience providing governance, assurance and oversight for data solutions, integrations, migrations and analytics platforms.
• Strong understanding of modern cloud data and analytics technologies, including Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
• Experience working with data across a range of business systems such as CRM, finance, workforce, care or case management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain data architecture principles, standards and best practices.
• Develop conceptual and logical data models, definitions and integration patterns.
• Establish standards covering data design, exchange, retention and decommissioning.
• Ensure data architecture aligns with wider enterprise architecture principles.
• Lead and improve data governance framework; clarify data owner/steward responsibilities across domains; chair monthly Data Quality Reviews.

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Governance

Enterprise data models

Data quality

Data lineage

AI governance

Information management

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Salesforce

Job description

Mencap is seeking an experienced Data Architect & Governance Lead to establish and champion architecture, governance and standards across the organisation. The role collaborates with leaders to ensure data is trusted, well-managed and used responsibly, including for AI-enabled solutions.

You will define architecture principles, develop data models, and embed governance across business domains while shaping strategic direction and remaining hands-on with design and assurance activities.