Senior Director Data and Applications Architecture Full Time

Description:

• As the data architecture leader at Avetta, you’ll be responsible for defining and driving the data architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and establishing best data management and governance practices.
• This leader will play a critical role in shaping our data systems landscape and data applications, driving innovation, and ensuring effective data management practices enterprise wide.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and evolve the enterprise data strategy and target state architecture to support delivery of business objectives.
• Ensure alignment and drive advancement of the enterprise systems roadmap towards the target state architecture in alignment with enterprise technology strategy.
• Support the advancement of standard methodologies and core principles around data governance to enable alignment with long term objectives.
• Provide technical oversight to solution delivery in creating business driven solutions adhering to the enterprise architecture and data governance standards.
• Advocate for the advancement of our AI/GenAI capabilities in support of business opportunities (data products, underwriting, business analytics, etc).
• Build strong working relationships with systems architects and delivery leaders in across data and application organizations.
• Build a team of data architects and data engineers and work successfully across organizational boundaries.
• Advocate for the adoption of modern data-centric technologies & techniques with teams across NM to improve access and quality of data.
• Provide insight and oversight into the BI and application roadmaps to make sure our architecture scales appropriately.
• Ability to be involved in several projects at once while maintaining realistic expectations of your own deliverables and those around you.
• Prioritize roadmap delivery based on business impact.
• Create enterprise applications and data integration strategy, and execute upon that strategy.

Requirements:

• Curiosity and passion about data, architecture, and solving problems.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and influence others.
• Creativity to determine the best solution for a real-world problem.
• Experience with integrating application landscapes that include Salesforce.com and NetSuite.
• Enjoyment from collaborating with others in a team environment.
• Eagerness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
• Drive and self-reliance.
• 10 years of relevant experience in a growth-oriented technology company.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer systems, data science or technology.
• Commensurate continuing education to remain at the forefront of your discipline and demonstrate a continuous learning mentality.
• Advanced level SQL proficiency.
• Experience working with multiple BI reporting tools and data warehouses.
• Experience designing and implementing highly visible and innovative analytical solutions.
• Deep expertise and understanding of modern data, Generative AI and cloud technology required.
• Extensive data modeling experience with operational and analytical data stores.
• Deep understanding of data governance principles and standard methodologies, ability to apply a practical approach to driving data governance maturity.
• Experience using AI/ML models to drive recommendation engines or other data products.
• Demonstrable ability to drive broad enterprise alignment and the successful implementation of impactful technology solutions.
• Proven track record in driving enterprise-wide data initiatives, leveraging advanced analytics, and delivering innovative data solutions.
• Excellent leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams to achieve organizational objectives.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Experience with modern iPaas/orchestration platforms such as Boomi, Mulesoft, and Workato.

Benefits:

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