Enterprise Data Architect (9-month engagement)

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

• Over time, our reporting capabilities have evolved across multiple functions including Finance, Revenue Operations, Product, HR and Engineering
• Whilst these capabilities provide value locally, they have developed independently, resulting in inconsistent metric definitions, fragmented ownership and varying levels of confidence in enterprise reporting
• This role represents a unique opportunity to shape Turnitin’s enterprise data strategy by establishing the foundations for trusted, scalable and decision-ready information
• Working closely with executive stakeholders across the organisation, you will assess our current environment, define a practical target state and provide a roadmap that enables future execution
• 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:
• By the end of the engagement, Turnitin will have:
• 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

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Supplemental Life Insurance

We’re seeking a pragmatic enterprise data leader who is equally comfortable engaging with executives and technical teams, Data quality and reporting controls, Analytics and reporting governance, Enterprise data architecture and governance, Metric definition and stewardship, Executive and Board reporting environments, Cross-functional stakeholder management.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in SaaS, subscription businesses or distributed analytics environments would be highly advantageous.
• Strong documentation, process design, and executive communication skills.
• Experience operating across Finance, Sales, Revenue Operations, HR, Engineering, Product, and Business Intelligence functions.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating cross-functional agreement on enterprise metric definitions and ownership, particularly in environments where multiple functions have independently built reporting capabilities and no shared standard exists.
• Experience supporting Executive, Board & Investor Reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Experience defining governance frameworks, ownership models, and metric standards.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of data lineage, data quality controls, source-system reconciliation, data transformation processes, and reporting controls.
• Familiarity with privacy considerations relating to the use of customer and employee data.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise data governance, architecture, analytics governance, or enterprise reporting controls.
• Experience designing operating models for enterprise data functions, including roles and responsibilities, decision rights, escalation mechanisms, governance forums, and resourcing requirements to sustain an ongoing data governance capability.
• Familiarity with sales, bookings, ARR, pipeline, retention, customer, usage, and financial reporting data.
• Experience in SaaS, subscription, EdTech, or other data-intensive technology businesses.
• Exposure to ERP, HRIS, and production data environments.
• Experience working with Salesforce and related GTM data structures.
• Experience supporting reporting used for Board materials, executive reviews, financial planning, or investor reporting.
• Management consulting or specialist data advisory background, with experience leading multiple data governance or data strategy engagements across different client organisations.
• Experience designing governance models in a distributed analytics environment where multiple functions have independently developed reporting capabilities.

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