Senior Data Architecture & Engagement Lead

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

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.