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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # VP - Data Architecture Governance - **Company:** Synchrony Financial - **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, DevOps, Apache Hadoop, Issue Tracking Systems, Metadata, Oracle (Applications), SAS (Software), Policy as Code, Snowflake, Ab Initio, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Apache Kafka, Legacy Systems - **Published:** June 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/us/en/find-jobs-in-United-States/-54CFAF32C5C692C7B2/ ## About the Role * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and a minimum 10+ years' experience in information technology or in lieu of degree, High School/GED and 15+ years of Information technology experience., * Proven experience owning data platform architecture governance and control frameworks and driving compliance activities from design through implementation and evidence. * Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with architects, engineers, risk, and audit teams. * Experience managing audit coordination and regulatory compliance activities for technology platforms. * Knowledge of industry best practices in data architecture and governance, with focus on cloud modernization initiatives. * Strong communication skills, including ability to brief executive leadership on risk and compliance matters. * Familiarity with risk management and issue tracking tools and processes is preferred. * Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required, * Strategic thinker with a strong risk management mindset. * Proactive, results-oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities. * Influential leader capable of driving change across complex, matrixed organizations. * Passion for continuous improvement of data architecture controls and governance. * Recognized thought leader with strong technical writing and storytelling skills; able to translate complex architecture and control topics for executive and regulatory audiences., * You must be 18 years or older * You must have a high school diploma or equivalent * You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process * You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. * New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles. Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months' time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles. Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months' time in position before they can post. All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don't meet the time in position or performance expectations). ## Description The VP - Data Architecture Governance leader is a strategic leadership role within Synchrony's Data & Analytics Engineering organization responsible for enterprise data platform architecture governance, risk & controls oversight, and architecture decision leadership. This role ensures enterprise-wide alignment of data architecture standards, reference patterns, and control requirements to support Synchrony's evolving data landscape and long-term business objectives. As a leader, you will work extensively with senior architects, engineering teams, Internal Audit, risk and compliance functions to design "controls-by-design" architecture guardrails and ensure they are implemented and evidenced through engineering workflows -across AWS cloud services (eg, Redshift, EMR, SageMaker, etc.), Ab Initio, Kafka, Hadoop, Oracle, Snowflake and SAS - which collectively support Synchrony's enterprise-wide data, AI and analytics needs to enable informed decision-making and business growth. You will lead governance activities including issue management, risk & controls assessment, and audit/regulatory coordination (eg, SOX), while mentoring teams and promoting architectural excellence. Our Way of Working We're proud to offer you choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training and culture events. Essential Responsibilities: * Own the L3 data architecture governance process, ensuring standards, procedures, and job aids are defined, maintained, and aligned with Synchrony's strategic objectives including cloud modernization efforts. * Collaborate with enterprise and domain architects to align data architecture standards and controls across Synchrony. * Lead issue and risk management activities for data architecture, including tracking, resolving, and documenting closure of control gaps and audit findings drive root-cause analysis and sustainable remediation (not just closure). * Drive coordination of audits, regulatory requests, and certifications (eg, SOX), ensuring timely responses and remediation. * Author and curate executive and regulator ready architecture governance content (eg, standards, policies, control narratives, procedures, evidence packs, and briefing materials), ensuring clarity, consistency, and auditability. * Partner with compliance, risk, business stakeholders and engineering teams to embed controls into data platform processes supporting operational resilience and regulatory compliance. * Maintain risk and control documentation and update governance tools to track risk posture and mitigation actions. * Communicate progress and risk exposure regularly to senior leadership. * Chair/lead architecture design reviews for critical data engineering initiatives (batch + streaming), approving reference patterns for ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption (APIs, datasets, events) and ensuring alignment to target-state architecture. * Define technical guardrails and ensure adherence to approved reference architectures for data domains and products (data modeling, data contracts, metadata/lineage, data quality, security), including standards for cloud-native implementations and migration from Legacy platforms. * Drive automation of architecture compliance by partnering with platform/DevOps teams to embed controls into engineering workflows (eg, CI/CD checks, configuration baselines, policy-as-code, automated evidence capture/monitoring). * Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned., * A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in governance role supporting engineering org or senior data architecture roles within regulated environments, with preference for financial services., * If you need special accommodations, please call our Career Support Line so that we can discuss your specific situation. 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