Rainforest Alliance believes in the value of data.

We are looking for a performance oriented, collaborative, and impact driven Enterprise Data & Information Architect to join our Data Excellence department. The team sets the vision for the organization’s use of data through data design, to meet the business needs.

The role of the Enterprise Data & Information Architect will be to translate the overall Enterprise Strategy that is currently being defined into concrete Enterprise Data models that enable the data ambitions of the organization. The Architect will also play a key role in enabling data sharing with external partners and ingestion of third party data.

Rainforest Alliance has an ambition to integrate its different programs and interventions to achieve greater impact. As such, the Enterprise Data & information Architect will define and own the Enterprise Conceptual & Logical models that enable that ambition, in line with the new Data Strategy.

Those models will then be shared with the different teams in charge of the technical solutions as a blueprint for implementation.

The position will report to the Senior Manager Data Excellence and the incumbent will work closely with many different business units, especially the team of Enterprise Architects, Supply Chain Excellence, Innovation, LandScale, Landscape & Community, Training, Fundraising, HR and Finance.

The position requires a person that establishes collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive enterprise data and information architecture decisions forward while fostering open dialogue amongst team members and stakeholders. The incumbent will play a crucial role in designing the enterprise data and information architecture that supports Rainforest Alliance’s strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Develop an information architecture strategy based on the business model and awareness of various business scenarios and motivations;
• Apply a structured architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the organization;
• Define and maintain the Enterprise Conceptual and Logical Data Models to enable the Enterprise Strategy and support the LT vision and roadmap;
• Oversee data flows between platforms, including accountability for system integration architecture and testing protocols;
• Privacy/security: design and oversee implementation of data privacy initiatives where defined by Rainforest Alliance’s Data Governance Council and Legal operations;
• Support data sharing initiatives with 3rd parties, ensuring that the data flows are compliant with RA’s position;
• Design the reporting and analytics frameworks;
• Work with the data scientists to include predictive models into the information architecture;
• Master Data Management: define the relevant architecture for all Master Data Domains, and oversee its implementation;
• Define the Data Standards that each platform will have to adhere to, including metadata management;
• Validate each platform data model;
• Where critical data elements are exchanged, be accountable for data migration and integrations strategies across RA platforms;
• Working closely with the Enterprise Strategy team, capture the tactical and strategic goals that guide the organization and use that information to develop the right enterprise information architecture.