Senior Director Data Architecture

Data architecture leadership at RBC requires enterprise-scale simplification, machine-readable standards, and agent-ready data products across the full lifecycle.As Senior Director, Data Architecture, you will own RBC’s target architecture and operate the architecture function with agents at its core. You will align canonical data models, business glossaries, producer contracts, platform patterns, governance, and consumption archetypes. The mandate spans manufacturing, distribution, discovery, consumption, and governance.Key Responsibilities:
Own target data architecture and enterprise standardsName authoritative sources for critical data elementsSet contracts covering schemas, semantics, quality, and SLAsDefine semantic layers, ontologies, and data product metadataEstablish agent governance, evaluations, and audit trailsRequirements:
15+ years in data architecture or data engineering5+ years leading architects at enterprise scaleDepth across lakehouse and warehouse platformsExperience with streaming and change data captureKnowledge of data products and agent infrastructureShape RBC’s data architecture future through trusted data products, agent governance, machine readability, and enterprise-scale transformation.
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