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As a Senior Director in Architecture & Strategy for Data & Analytics, your role involves driving the function within the Chief Data Office organization. You will be responsible for defining enterprise-wide technology architecture, shaping cross-product strategy, and driving innovation across data and analytics capabilities. Reporting directly to the leader of Product, you will operate at the intersection of technology, product, and business strategy to ensure architectural decisions enable scalable, sustainable, and value-driven outcomes. Key Responsibilities: - Define and evolve enterprise data and analytics architecture, including reference architectures, patterns, and standards. - Establish and govern architecture frameworks, best practices, and design principles. - Lead architecture governance mechanisms to ensure consistency, scalability, and compliance. - Own technology lifecycle management, including standards for adoption, containment, and deprecation. - Provide architectural leadership for enterprise data and analytics products and platforms. - Define integration, platform, and solution architecture patterns. - Ensure sustainability, scalability, and interoperability across the product ecosystem. - Continuously scan the market for emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends. - Establish frameworks for evaluation, incubation, and scaling of new capabilities. - Lead the adoption of next-generation architectures and innovation initiatives. - Define and drive technology strategy across products and platforms, including investment prioritization. Qualifications & Experience: - 10 years of experience in data, analytics, and enterprise architecture. - Proven track record of leading enterprise-scale architecture and strategy functions. - Strong experience across data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and modern architecture patterns. - Demonstrated ability to operate across product, engineering, and business domains. - Experience driving technology strategy, cost optimization, and platform rationalization. In this role, you will be a forward-looking leader who can anticipate and shape the future of data and analytics capabilities within the organization. Your decisions will have a long-term impact on the enterprise, and you will play a critical role in building a future-ready data ecosystem that drives measurable business impact. As a Senior Director in Architecture & Strategy for Data & Analytics, your role involves driving the function within the Chief Data Office organization. You will be responsible for defining enterprise-wide technology architecture, shaping cross-product strategy, and driving innovation across data and analytics capabilities. Reporting directly to the leader of Product, you will operate at the intersection of technology, product, and business strategy to ensure architectural decisions enable scalable, sustainable, and value-driven outcomes. Key Responsibilities: - Define and evolve enterprise data and analytics architecture, including reference architectures, patterns, and standards. - Establish and govern architecture frameworks, best practices, and design principles. - Lead architecture governance mechanisms to ensure consistency, scalability, and compliance. - Own technology lifecycle management, including standards for adoption, containment, and deprecation. - Provide architectural leadership for enterprise data and analytics products and platforms. - Define integration, platform, and solution architecture patterns. - Ensure sustainability, scalability, and interoperability across the product ecosystem. - Continuously scan the market for emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends. - Establish frameworks for evaluation, incubation, and scaling of new capabilities. - Lead the adoption of next-generation architectures and innovation initiatives. - Define and drive technology strategy across products and platforms, including investment prioritization. Qualifications & Experience: - 10 years of experience in data, analytics, and enterprise architecture. - Proven track record of leading enterprise-scale architecture and strategy functions. - Strong experience across data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and modern architecture patterns. - Demonstrated ability to operate across product, engineering, and business domains. - Experience driving technology strategy, cost optimization, and platform rationalization. In this role, you will be a forward-looking leader who can anticipate and shape the future of data and analytics capabilities within the organization. Your decisions will have a long-term impact on the enterprise, and you will play a critical role in building a future-ready data ecosystem that drives measurable business impact.
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