Director, Enterprise Data Architecture

Invenergy • Chicago, IL

68d • $175,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Invenergy is seeking a Director of Enterprise Data Architecture to lead the design, implementation, and governance of the company's enterprise-wide data architecture. This role sits in the front office of IT, partnering closely with technology, business, and operations teams while ensuring that the back-end data environment-storage, pipelines, cost-effective access, and governance-is optimized for scalability, performance, and value creation. The Director will serve as a strategic thought leader and hands-on practitioner, aligning Invenergy's enterprise data strategy with business needs, driving cloud adoption, and ensuring robust data governance across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10+ years of professional experience in quantitative analysis, data modeling, reporting, relational database tools, data warehousing, and database architecture.
• 3+ years in the Microsoft BI stack including SSIS and ADF.
• Expertise in data warehousing concepts and relational data models.
• Experience with commercial ETL platforms and in-depth knowledge data transformation and data pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data ingestion design, data modeling patterns, and multiple data modeling techniques.
• Strong understanding of SDLC best practices with an emphasis on DW/BI practices.
• Significant, demonstrated experience with development and support of mission-critical BI/data analytics applications in both large and high growth organizations.
• Must be forward and strategic thinking, with a strong passion for evaluating emerging technologies along with a demonstrated history of technology and process innovation.
• Experience innovating with cloud-first technologies.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated problem solving, decision making, and leadership skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong cognitive ability.
• Demonstrated ability to organize information, manage tasks and projects to support business needs.
• Ability to flexibly accept dynamically changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture vision, roadmaps, and reference models.
• Ensure scalable, secure, and cost-optimized data storage, access, and processing architectures across on-prem and cloud platforms.
• Partner within IT and business leaders to align architecture decisions with analytics, reporting, and AI/ML needs.
• Oversee the design and delivery of enterprise-grade data pipelines (batch and real-time) for ingestion, transformation, and consumption.
• Establish best practices for metadata management, lineage tracking, and performance optimization.
• Evaluate and implement modern data technologies (streaming, orchestration, API integration).
• Drive the adoption of enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Champion data stewardship and quality initiatives in partnership with business and data governance leaders.
• Implement cost-effective data management strategies, including cloud cost governance and resource optimization.
• Establish monitoring and optimization processes for data infrastructure performance and spend.
• Partner with Finance and Procurement to evaluate data platform contracts and usage.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of data architects and engineers.
• Act as a bridge between IT front-office leadership and back-end teams, ensuring alignment of business needs with technical delivery.
• Influence cross-functional stakeholders on the value of enterprise data assets and architecture.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k
• Paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees