Director, Data Architecture
13 hours ago
Dallas
We’re on a mission to redefine the future of technology in financial services—and we’re looking for a hands-on, visionary Director of Data Architecture to lead our enterprise-wide data transformation. This is not a purely strategic role. In addition to your people management skills, we need someone who can architect and build scalable, governed, and insight-ready data ecosystems from the ground up. You’ll be the technical authority behind our data architecture, working directly with engineers, modelers, and business leaders to ensure our data is trusted, connected, and driving real business value. What You’ll Do: • Architect and govern enterprise data architecture standards, patterns, and principles, • Define and maintain a Common Vocabulary for key data concepts across domains, • Identify and manage Authoritative Data Sources for critical business entities and metrics, • Design and document end-to-end Data Lineage from source systems to business reporting, • Build integrated data flows across ingestion, processing, storage, and consumption layers, • Lead the design and evolution of enterprise data models:, • 3NF models for Operational Data Stores (ODS), • Dimensional models for analytics and dashboards, • Logical models to support semantic layers and shared business understanding, • Define scalable architectures for data lakes, warehouses, marts, and ODS, • Ensure reusability and adaptability of data models and platform designs, • Collaborate across engineering, analytics, governance, and business teams, • Apply modern methodologies like Agile, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and Data Mesh, • Influence platform decisions (Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, Informatica), • Contribute to metadata management, data catalog strategy, and data governance, • Partner with security and privacy teams to ensure compliant data architecture, • Participate in architecture review boards, data councils, and strategic forums What You Bring: • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience, • 12+ years in enterprise data architecture or advanced data engineering, • Proven experience architecting and building enterprise-scale data ecosystems, • Deep expertise in data modeling: 3NF, dimensional, and logical, • Strong knowledge of metadata, lineage, and authoritative source management, • Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Azure, Databricks), • Familiarity with ELT/ETL, data virtualization, APIs, and streaming data, • Ability to align architecture with business strategy and value, • Excellent communication skills across technical and executive audiences, • Experience with data governance tools (Collibra, Alation, Informatica) Ideal candidates will have: • Experience in financial services, wealth management, or regulated industries, • Knowledge of data privacy and compliance (GDPR, SEC, FINRA), • Background in enterprise information architecture or data product thinking, • Experience with cloud migrations, platform selection, or data strategy Ready to Apply? Please submit your application along with a cover letter or summary that outlines how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and qualifications listed above. We’re excited to learn how you’ve architected and built enterprise data ecosystems—and how you’ll help shape the future of data at scale. Compensation: The salary range for this role is $219,000 - $320,000 plus competitive performance-based bonus. Compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific office location. Compensation ranges may differ in differing locations due to cost of labor considerations. What we give you in return: Not many teams can say that they support people’s dreams coming to life… We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there’s a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our Employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full-time roles, a benefits package including: • Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship., • Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are., • 20+ days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities., • 401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years., • Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and foster., • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more., • Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more. 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