USAA - San Antonio, TX
posted 2 months ago
As a talented Data & Information Architect Lead under the Chief Technology Office, you will support one of the three groups identified below, providing guidance and clarity through the use of common language to drive consistency throughout the USAA data ecosystem and enabling strategic business initiatives and outcomes leveraging data and information as a strategic asset. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact as the Chief Technology Office matures Enterprise Architecture, better aligning the Business Architecture, Data & Information Architecture, and Technical Architecture disciplines. You will guide peers using expert knowledge on application of all Data Governance policy and standard, while enforcing those specific to Information Architecture as it relates to data structures, data movement, risks, and controls. You will lead efforts to define the information architecture practice mission, goals, strategy, critical success factors, principles, and policies and standards, and the overall Information Strategy and Architecture (IS&A) plans. Your role will involve identifying, defining, documenting, and communicating information and data requirements to enable information capabilities within USAA's information architecture tools and metadata repository/catalog. You will influence direction for metadata storage and entity relationships in metadata repository/catalog and data modeling tools, guiding and influencing stakeholders by leveraging the knowledge of end-to-end data lineage impacts within operational and analytical assets (i.e., databases and reports). Additionally, you will educate stakeholders on the value and practice of IS&A; demonstrate the development and nurturing of healthy stakeholder relationships; create effective models to convey complex concepts; and lead stakeholders to recognize, explore, and state information needs. You will oversee complex information and data development activities that align to the USAA Enterprise Information Model (UEIM) to ensure that the CoSA is following the appropriate CoSA and Enterprise IS&A direction, respectively. Cultivating and influencing Business Partners, other Practitioners, and Mentees on the value and practice of IS&A program will also be part of your responsibilities. You will drive integration of the Measurement Framework and utilization of industry reference models that combine to help shape and influence business outcomes. Your leadership will extend to consulting with other architectural disciplines to influence information disciplines, direction, technical and data flow, and solution agnostic design decisions. You will guide peers in developing information architecture skills while maturing and nurturing healthy peer and mentee relationships. Furthermore, you will lead efforts to help stakeholders shape business cases and secure approval/funding when data and analytic needs requirements arise. Setting the direction regarding appropriate data sources to be used in solution development and delivery as it relates to Fit for Purpose and Authoritative Data Source will be crucial. You will also lead the performance of regular assessments of the health and maturity of information capabilities for a given domain, developing, approving, and governing artifacts to include statements of direction, conceptual models, decision matrices, information capabilities, information categories, business entities, and others identified by need. Ensuring risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures will be a key aspect of your role.