Director, Data Architect

Director, Data Architect

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators and champions of inclusion, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Director, Data Architect, to join our Engineering team. This role is located in Pune, MH.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models for data marts and enterprise data products.
• Develop schemas optimized for analytics, reporting, and federated data access across Corporate Functions.
• Ensure alignment of data models with enterprise data standards and governance practices.
• Build solutions leveraging Snowflake, Oracle, and AWS S3 as core platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure efficient ingestion, storage, and retrieval of structured and semi-structured data.
• Apply best practices for partitioning, indexing, and performance tuning.
• Work with central data lake teams to ensure authorized, standardized data sources are used.
• Design federated data marts to support specialized Corporate Functions analytics while minimizing duplication.
• Ensure data lineage, quality, and accessibility meet business and compliance requirements.
• Partner with business stakeholders in Finance, HR, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Treasury to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Collaborate with data governance, data engineering, and AI/ML teams to enable advanced use cases.
• Document metadata, business rules, and data definitions to support transparency and governance.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience as a Data Modeler, Data Architect, or related role in the financial services industry.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake, Oracle, and AWS S3.
• Familiarity with data lakes, federated data marts, and enterprise data architecture principles.
• Expertise in designing data models for Finance, Risk, HR, Compliance and Legal domains.
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills (e.g., normalization, dimensional modeling, star/snowflake schemas).
• Experience working with large-scale, high-volume datasets in a regulated environment.
• Experience with metadata management and data catalog tools.
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks (e.g., BCBS 239, GDPR, SOX).
• Familiarity with modern data product principles and data mesh concepts.
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven data products in a financial services context.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
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• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025

Our Benefits And Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. 

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.