Wintrust provides community and commercial banking, specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused, personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “WTFC.”

SVP, Enterprise Data Architect

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)

• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible

• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few

• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business

• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun

Position Overview

The Enterprise Data Architect is a key leadership position within the Data Management team reporting directly to the Chief Data Officer. This role will be responsible for a team of subject-area data architects, ensuring we are applying sound architectural frameworks, standards, policies, and practices relating to data solution design & implementation. Successful candidates will have a proven track record of establishing strategy around data architecture and managing a roadmap for implementation.

What You’ll Do

• Define & maintain the enterprise data architecture strategy aligned with business objectives

• Establish data architecture principles, policies, standards, and frameworks

• Design and oversee the data architecture strategy for the organization, capturing current state data architecture and definition of target state along with roadmap for implementation

• Collaboration with key stakeholders across the organization including Data Governance, Information Security, Business leadership, and Technology Architecture teams.

• Represents data architecture and participates in Technology Architecture groups for the enterprise ensuring best-in-class implementations with an eye towards simplification and re-use.

• Provide technical oversight to Data Solution Architects in designing solutions that adhere to enterprise architecture and data governance standards.

• Evaluate and recommend data management technologies and tools

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years’ experience or Master’s degree with 8+ years’ experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or other quantitative field.

• Has 7+ years’ experience in an architect role working on multiple, complex deployments

• Experience managing multiple projects and mentoring team members.

• Should have worked with enterprise architects, data engineers, database administrators, business analysts to determine project requirements and capabilities, and strategized development and implementation timelines

• Experience in developing standards and procedures as well as programming architectures for code reuse.

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $169, 000.00- $240, 000.00, along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience.

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From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To build a company that reflects the communities we serve, we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.