HNI Corporation · 2 weeks ago
Vice President, Data Enterprise Architecture
Muscatine, IA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
12+ years expHNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. The Vice President, Enterprise Data Architecture is a senior IT leader responsible for defining, designing, and governing the enterprise-wide data architecture that powers reporting, analytics, business intelligence, data science, and generative AI capabilities across HNI.
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Responsibilities
Define the enterprise data architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and digital transformation initiatives
Lead the design of scalable, secure, and future-ready data architectures that support BI, analytics, data science, and generative AI workloads
Establish architectural guardrails, principles, and standards governing how data is modeled, stored, integrated, and consumed across the enterprise
Lead adoption of modern data principles including Data Mesh, data products, and federated governance
Directly supervise the Master Data Management (MDM) team, providing leadership, performance management, and strategic direction for MDM analysts, specialists, and system administrators
Oversee the administration, configuration, and performance of MDM tools and technologies, ensuring reliable management of product, customer, vendor, distributor, sales, and other critical data domains
Define and maintain authoritative sources of truth and ensure consistent master data usage across ERP, CRM, and downstream systems
Partner with data governance teams to enforce metadata standards, lineage tracking, and data quality frameworks
Lead data quality improvement programs, including cleansing, enrichment, and stewardship efforts supporting enterprise-wide accuracy and consistency
Architect seamless data flows among ERP systems (Oracle/SAP), CRM systems, cloud data environments, third-party platforms, and internal applications
Establish integration patterns—APIs, event-driven architecture, ETL/ELT, microservices, data streaming—supporting operational and analytical needs
Ensure enterprise data is accessible in consistent, well-structured formats for downstream consumption
Design and optimize cloud-based data environments—preferably Azure—including data lakes, warehouses, cataloging tools, and analytics platforms
Support BI, Data Science, and Data Engineering teams by ensuring data architecture enables self-service analytics, predictive modeling, and AI/ML
Define architectural requirements for generative AI adoption, including vector storage, embeddings, knowledge repositories, and RAG pipelines
Partner with IT leadership, business executives, and solution architects to define data architecture that meets enterprise needs
Communicate architectural decisions, technology roadmaps, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership
Act as a strategic advisor to business units implementing ERP, CRM, MDM, and analytics transformations
Collaborate with cybersecurity, internal audit, and governance leaders to ensure compliance with privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks
Establish access models, retention rules, and data lifecycle practices that support secure and responsible data usage
Drive consistent adoption of data governance policies across business domains
Lead, mentor, and develop enterprise architects and senior technologists responsible for data systems and integration patterns
Manage relationships with vendors, cloud providers, and system integrators to evaluate and implement best-fit data technologies
Ensure the data architecture team has the tools, competencies, and processes necessary to maintain a modern enterprise data ecosystem
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field
12+ years of experience in data architecture or enterprise data systems leadership
5+ years of IT leadership experience managing architecture or data platform teams
Strong business knowledge and understanding of value drivers within manufacturing environment
Hands-on experience integrating and architecting data solutions across major enterprise platforms, preferably including:
Extensive experience designing and managing cloud-based data environments (Azure strongly preferred)
Proven success architecting data solutions for analytics, BI, data science, or AI/ML
Preferred
Master's degree in Information Systems, Data Architecture, or related discipline
Experience with Azure tools such as Data Factory, Synapse, Purview, Databricks, Data Lake Storage
Experience with MDM platforms (Informatica, SAP MDG, Oracle MDM, Semarchy, etc.)
Experience integrating generative AI capabilities into enterprise data ecosystems
Benefits
Benefits starting from Day 1
Company
HNI Corporation
At HNI Corporation, we go beyond simply building great desks, chairs, file cabinets and fireplaces.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.73B2025-09-05Post Ipo Debt· $1.73B
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Leadership Team
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Jeffrey Lorenger
Chairman, President & CEO
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Steven Bradford
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
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