Vice President Data and Enterprise Architecture

The Vice President, Data and Enterprise Architecture, is responsible for leading Our Client’s business and technology on a unified path towards an enterprise target architecture that enables innovation, scalability, and sustainable business growth. This role defines and drives the strategic vision for data, integration, business architecture, and technology platforms —ensuring that architecture and technology investments accelerate business strategy, reduce cost, and position the organization for AI readiness.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Architecture Leadership
• Define and execute the enterprise data and technology architecture strategy aligned with business growth objectives.
• Partner with the CTO and executive team to shape the future-state architecture, ensuring scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency across all platforms.
• Build and use technology to meet business strategies while maintaining a focus on cost optimization and operational efficiency.

• Enterprise Data, Governance & AI Readiness
• Quickly assess current state architecture platforms and design.
• Plan and develop a future state end-to-end architecture company-wide.
• Design and implement a forward-looking data architecture that enables seamless data flow, strong governance, and enterprise-wide AI readiness. Establish frameworks for data quality, lineage, privacy, and accessibility to ensure trusted insights and responsible AI adoption.

• Technology Rationalization & Debt Management
• Ensure that technical debt is systematically identified, prioritized, and reduced across platforms and applications.
• Lead the development and execution of a technology rationalization plan that streamlines the portfolio, modernizes legacy systems, and maximizes ROI from technology investments.

• Cloud Architecture Strategy & Enablement
• Oversee the modernization and governance of enterprise cloud ecosystems and infrastructure.
• Lead cloud migration and optimization efforts, ensuring security, compliance, and scalability.
• Introduce automation, observability, and innovation in platform engineering.

• Operational Excellence & Governance
• Establish governance frameworks, standards, and performance metrics (KPIs, SLAs) for architecture and data platforms. Oversee cybersecurity, risk management, and regulatory compliance aligned with enterprise information security policies.

• Collaboration, Leadership & Partnerships
• Partner across business, engineering, product, and data teams to align architecture with strategic business outcomes.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing, diverse team that fosters innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Build and manage strategic relationships with vendors and technology partners to drive efficiency, modernization, and data-driven innovation.
• Requirements
• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership in enterprise architecture, data strategy, and platform modernization
• Proven experience in rationalizing complex technology environments, reducing technical debt, and delivering measurable cost efficiencies
• Demonstrated success leading transformation of large-scale data and technology ecosystems in financial services or similarly regulated industries
• Strong track record of building AI- and data-ready enterprise architectures
• Experience marrying business architecture with future state architecture
• Expertise in enterprise data architecture, governance, and analytics
• Deep understanding of cloud-native design, integration, and modernization
• Strategic ability to balance innovation, performance, and cost optimization
• Knowledge of cybersecurity, compliance, and regulatory frameworks
• Strong executive communication, influence, and leadership capabilities
• Education and Certifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
• TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification
• CISSP / CISM (information security)
• AWS, Azure, or GCP Cloud Architecture certifications