Information Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Portugal.

📋 Description

• Oversee the creation, upkeep, and advancement of conceptual and logical information models that foster a shared understanding of essential business concepts throughout the organization.

• Take ownership of and contribute to central information architecture artifacts such as the Enterprise Data Model and Data Domain Map, ensuring consistency across various domains and initiatives.

• Spearhead the definition and adoption of business concepts, taxonomies, and semantic standards.

• Collaborate extensively with business stakeholders, data product teams, solution architects, and engineers to convert business requirements into precise information models that inform downstream implementations.

• Ensure coherence between information architecture, data governance policies, and quality expectations.

• Evaluate current information flows and define target-state information architectures that support interoperability and traceability.

• Establish guidelines and best practices for information modeling across initiatives.

• Assist teams in implementing enterprise information models in local delivery contexts.

• Advocate for reuse-first and business-aligned modeling principles.

• Educate, guide, and mentor stakeholders and architects, facilitating the integration of information architecture thinking across teams.

• Mentor architects and contribute to the development of skills within the architecture community.

• Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of architecture tools and workflows, including integration with data catalogs and metadata management systems.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in an Information Architect, Data Architect, or comparable senior role.

• Demonstrated ability to convert intricate business concepts into clear information models, taxonomies, and definitions.

• Proven expertise in enterprise-level conceptual and logical data modeling.

• In-depth knowledge of semantic modeling, taxonomies, ontologies, and business glossaries.

• Strong understanding of the interplay between information architecture, data management, and data governance.

• Experience collaborating closely with data governance and architecture communities.

• Hands-on experience with ontology or semantic standards (e.g., RDF, OWL, SKOS, SPARQL) or equivalent conceptual modeling methodologies.

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and achieve alignment across various domains.

• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and coaching abilities.

• Experience in large-scale, transformation-driven organizations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunities.

• Merit-based promotions.

• Support for individuals with disabilities.