Enterprise Data Architect & Governance Lead (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
• 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
• This is an opportunity to define how an established global SaaS organisation measures performance and makes decisions
• You won’t simply be building dashboards
• You’ll help shape the principles, governance and architecture that underpin trusted enterprise insight across the business

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
• Experience in SaaS, subscription businesses or distributed analytics environments would be highly advantageous
• Executive and Board reporting environments
• Data quality and reporting controls
• Enterprise data architecture and governance
• You’ll bring experience in areas such as:
• Analytics and reporting governance
• Cross-functional stakeholder management
• Metric definition and stewardship
• 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
• Familiarity with privacy considerations relating to the use of customer and employee data
• Experience defining governance frameworks, ownership models, and metric standards
• Strong understanding of data lineage, data quality controls, source-system reconciliation, data transformation processes, and reporting controls
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise data governance, architecture, analytics governance, or enterprise reporting controls
• Strong documentation, process design, and executive communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience supporting Executive, Board & Investor Reporting
• 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
• Experience operating across Finance, Sales, Revenue Operations, HR, Engineering, Product, and Business Intelligence functions
• At Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and unleash your potential alongside us, join our team!
• Management consulting or specialist data advisory background, with experience leading multiple data governance or data strategy engagements across different client organisations
• Familiarity with sales, bookings, ARR, pipeline, retention, customer, usage, and financial reporting data
• Exposure to ERP, HRIS, and production data environments
• Experience in SaaS, subscription, EdTech, or other data-intensive technology businesses
• Experience designing governance models in a distributed analytics environment where multiple functions have independently developed reporting capabilities
• Experience supporting reporting used for Board materials, executive reviews, financial planning, or investor reporting
• Experience working with Salesforce and related GTM data structures