Senior Enterprise Data Strategy & Architecture Lead

Electric Mind

Toronto (SD)

On-site

USD 170,000 - 220,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Electric Mind is seeking a senior hands-on leader to drive enterprise data strategy, architecture, and governance initiatives for large organizations. You will combine strategic advisory with implementation leadership, requiring strong communications skills and real-world governance execution experience.

We expect 15+ years in data architecture or governance, and experience with modern cloud data platforms and data governance tools.

Qualifications

15+ years in data architecture, governance, or strategy.
Experience implementing governance programs at scale.
Strong consulting and communication skills.
Experience with modern cloud data platforms.
Demonstrated architecture design experience.
BFSI domain experience.
Exposure to governance/tools like Collibra, Alation, Purview, Informatica, Snowflake Horizon, Databricks Unity Catalog.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Advisory: Assess and define enterprise data strategies and roadmaps; conduct executive workshops; design AI-ready data operating models; align business objectives with data capabilities.
Data Governance Leadership: Conduct governance maturity assessments; design governance frameworks; data ownership and stewardship; data quality; metadata and lineage strategies; policy-as-code approaches.
Architecture: Develop enterprise cloud data architectures; lakehouse architectures; Data Mesh / Data Products; event-driven architectures; align architecture with strategy, governance and security models.
Delivery Leadership: Lead enterprise transformation programs; guide technical teams; define reusable methodologies and accelerators.