Director, Enterprise Data Architecture
About the role
Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve. The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the enterprise data architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with business and regulatory objectives.
- Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, reference architectures, and best practices that drive consistency, scalability, and innovation.
- Lead the design of modern data platforms, integration architectures, and data products that enable enterprise-wide analytics and decision-making.
- Partner with business, technology, risk, compliance, and product teams to align data initiatives with strategic priorities.
- Champion data governance, metadata management, data quality, lineage, and stewardship across the enterprise.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and guide platform modernization and investment decisions to support long-term business objectives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Advanced degree preferred.
- 12+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Data Engineering, or related disciplines, including leadership experience within large-scale enterprise environments.
Skills
- Deep expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, and DAMA-DMBOK.
- Proven experience designing and governing enterprise data architectures, reference architectures, and architecture standards.
- Strong expertise in modern cloud data platforms and architectures, including Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, or Google BigQuery.
- Experience designing scalable data integration solutions, including ETL/ELT, CDC, event-driven architectures, APIs, and Lakehouse platforms.
- Knowledge of Data Mesh, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), semantic modeling, and data product strategies.
- Deep understanding of Financial Services data domains, including Risk, Regulatory Reporting, Trade & Position, Payments, KYC, Reference Data, and General Ledger.
- Strong experience with architecture governance, documentation, and enterprise decision-making processes.
- Leadership capabilities: shape the future by defining and championing an enterprise data vision; influence at scale by aligning executive stakeholders; lead through excellence by establishing governance, standards, and architecture practices; develop talent by building and mentoring high‑performing teams; create lasting impact by delivering modern data capabilities.
Pay
- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
- The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well‑being benefits, based on location.
- Pension / Retirement benefits.
- Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support physical, financial, and emotional well‑being.