Enterprise Data Architect (9-month engagement)

• Turnitin is looking for an experienced Enterprise Data Architecture & Governance Lead to help define the future of how we use data to run our business
• Over time, our reporting capabilities have evolved across multiple functions including Finance, Revenue Operations, Product, HR and Engineering
• Whilst these capabilities provide value locally, they have developed independently, resulting in inconsistent metric definitions, fragmented ownership and varying levels of confidence in enterprise reporting
• This role represents a unique opportunity to shape Turnitin’s enterprise data strategy by establishing the foundations for trusted, scalable and decision-ready information
• Working closely with executive stakeholders across the organisation, you will assess our current environment, define a practical target state and provide a roadmap that enables future execution
• Assess Turnitin’s current reporting and analytics landscape
• Identify the root causes of fragmented reporting and conflicting metrics
• Define ownership and governance principles for critical enterprise data
• Develop a high-level target-state architecture for enterprise reporting and analytics
• Establish standards for enterprise metric definitions and trusted reporting
• Recommend an operating model that balances enterprise consistency with functional autonomy
• Produce a practical roadmap for future implementation and investment
• Facilitate alignment across executive and business stakeholders
• What success looks like:
• By the end of the engagement, Turnitin will have:
• A shared understanding of its current data landscape
• Clear ownership of priority enterprise metrics
• Improved confidence in Executive and Board reporting
• A pragmatic governance framework
• A target-state blueprint for enterprise reporting and analytics
• A prioritised roadmap for implementation

Benefits

• Social impact programs
• Charity donation matching
• Paid volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups
• Great Place To Work community
• Virtual and in-person team events
• Tuition reimbursement
• Action & Ownership recognition
• Focused development plan
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Annual learning festival
• Remote-first working arrangements
• Mental health & coaching support
• Wellness/Home office allowance
• Company & national holidays
• Self-care days

• We’re seeking a pragmatic enterprise data leader who is equally comfortable engaging with executives and technical teams
• Metric definition and stewardship
• Enterprise data architecture and governance
• You’ll bring experience in areas such as:
• Cross-functional stakeholder management
• Data quality and reporting controls
• Analytics and reporting governance
• Executive and Board reporting environments
• Experience in SaaS, subscription businesses or distributed analytics environments would be highly advantageous
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills
• Experience defining governance frameworks, ownership models, and metric standards
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise data governance, architecture, analytics governance, or enterprise reporting controls
• Experience supporting Executive, Board & Investor Reporting
• Strong documentation, process design, and executive communication skills
• Experience operating across Finance, Sales, Revenue Operations, HR, Engineering, Product, and Business Intelligence functions
• Demonstrated experience facilitating cross-functional agreement on enterprise metric definitions and ownership, particularly in environments where multiple functions have independently built reporting capabilities and no shared standard exists
• Strong understanding of data lineage, data quality controls, source-system reconciliation, data transformation processes, and reporting controls
• Experience designing operating models for enterprise data functions, including roles and responsibilities, decision rights, escalation mechanisms, governance forums, and resourcing requirements to sustain an ongoing data governance capability
• Familiarity with privacy considerations relating to the use of customer and employee data
• Experience in SaaS, subscription, EdTech, or other data-intensive technology businesses
• Familiarity with sales, bookings, ARR, pipeline, retention, customer, usage, and financial reporting data
• Exposure to ERP, HRIS, and production data environments
• Experience working with Salesforce and related GTM data structures
• Experience supporting reporting used for Board materials, executive reviews, financial planning, or investor reporting
• Management consulting or specialist data advisory background, with experience leading multiple data governance or data strategy engagements across different client organisations
• Experience designing governance models in a distributed analytics environment where multiple functions have independently developed reporting capabilities