Senior Director, Data Architecture – Data Ventures Data Globalization

* Leadership experience in global data architecture, enterprise data strategy, large‑scale analytics, or complex multi‑market data environments.* Proven success designing and governing global, harmonized, compliant data ecosystems, including data sovereignty, privacy, and retention.* Demonstrated ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable global data strategies with clear ROI, roadmap alignment, and measurable commercial impact.* Experience leveraging enterprise data for monetization, partnering with cross-functional teams to develop new revenue streams and build data‑driven product strategies.* Experience developing and deploying Generative AI and agentic capabilities on extremely complex retail datasets, including vectorized metadata, semantic layers, and AI‑ready data architectures.* Strong track record building trusted internal relationships with cross‑segment business partners, providing consulting, data architecture guidance, and adoption support across the product development lifecycle.* Demonstrated ability to collaborate with Enterprise Architecture teams to design reusable patterns, blueprints, and standards deployed across multiple business units and geographies.* Customer‑centric mindset with expertise in design thinking, journey mapping, dependency mapping, process optimization, and influencing techniques to uncover unmet customer and supplier needs.* Strong analytical and operational rigor; ability to evaluate global performance by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data quality metrics, pipeline indicators, architectural KPIs, and operational trends.* Experience creating intellectual property assets, including frameworks, tooling approaches, operating models, and methodologies that scale across teams and markets.* Executive‑level communication and storytelling skills with the ability to shape narratives for senior leadership, influence priority decisions, and align stakeholders on the most critical global data work.* Demonstrated success leading globally distributed teams, developing high‑performing data architects, modelers, and governance specialists, and building strong cross‑functional influence.* Strong understanding of identity systems, omni‑transactional retail data, supplier‑facing analytics, and enterprise data governance frameworks.Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. *This is that place* where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of. #J-18808-Ljbffr