Senior Enterprise Data Strategy & Architecture Lead

Electric Mind; Toronto (SD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

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.

Skills

Data Architecture

Governance

Strategy

Consulting

Communication

Cloud data platforms

Knowledge graph

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Purview

Informatica

Snowflake Horizon

Databricks Unity Catalog

Job description

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.