[Hiring] Enterprise Data Architect & Governance Lead @Turnitin, LLC

Role Description

Turnitin is looking for an experienced Enterprise Data Architecture & Governance Lead to help define the future of how we use data to run our business. This role represents a unique opportunity to shape Turnitin's enterprise data strategy by establishing the foundations for trusted, scalable and decision-ready information.

What you’ll do:

• Assess Turnitin's current reporting and analytics landscape;
• Identify the root causes of fragmented reporting and conflicting metrics;
• Define ownership and governance principles for critical enterprise data;
• Develop a high-level target-state architecture for enterprise reporting and analytics;
• Establish standards for enterprise metric definitions and trusted reporting;
• Recommend an operating model that balances enterprise consistency with functional autonomy;
• Produce a practical roadmap for future implementation and investment;
• Facilitate alignment across executive and business stakeholders.

What success looks like:

• A shared understanding of its current data landscape;
• Clear ownership of priority enterprise metrics;
• Improved confidence in Executive and Board reporting;
• A pragmatic governance framework;
• A target-state blueprint for enterprise reporting and analytics;
• A prioritised roadmap for implementation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise data governance, architecture, analytics governance, or enterprise reporting controls.
• Experience operating across Finance, Sales, Revenue Operations, HR, Engineering, Product, and Business Intelligence functions.
• Strong understanding of data lineage, data quality controls, source-system reconciliation, data transformation processes, and reporting controls.
• Experience supporting Executive, Board & Investor Reporting.
• Experience defining governance frameworks, ownership models, and metric standards.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating cross-functional agreement on enterprise metric definitions and ownership.
• Experience designing operating models for enterprise data functions.
• Familiarity with privacy considerations relating to the use of customer and employee data.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong documentation, process design, and executive communication skills.

Requirements

• Experience in SaaS, subscription businesses or distributed analytics environments would be highly advantageous.

Benefits

• Remote First Culture
• Health Care Coverage*
• Education Reimbursement*
• Competitive Paid Time Off
• Self-Care Days
• National Holidays*
• 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed
• Paid Volunteer Time*
• Charitable contribution match*
• Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement/*
• Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
• Parental Leave*
• Retirement Plan with match/contribution*

* varies by country