Director, Integrated Data & Architecture
Role Purpose
The Director, Integrated Data & Architecture is accountable for establishing a secure, trusted, and interoperable data foundation across the airport company and its aviation ecosystem.
The role will create a unified single source of truth, define enterprise and cross-partner data standards, lead architecture integration across legacy and future systems, and enable data-driven operations, performance management, and digital innovation.
This position is central to reducing fragmentation across more than 20 data environments and transforming data into a strategic asset for operational excellence, commercial growth, safety, and regulatory confidence.
Key Accountabilities Integrated Data Strategy- Define and execute the multi-year roadmap for data integration, governance, and platform modernization.
- Align investments to corporate strategy, operational resilience, and customer experience.
- Establish principles for interoperability across current and future systems.
- Own end-to-end data architecture including integration patterns, master data, metadata, APIs, and information flows.
- Rationalize legacy platforms and reduce duplication.
- Ensure scalability for AI, automation, and predictive capabilities.
- Establish data ownership and stewardship across business units.
- Implement policies covering quality, security, privacy, retention, and lifecycle.
- Lead governance councils and enforce adherence to standards.
- Deliver certified, trusted datasets for executive reporting and operational control.
- Harmonize definitions, KPIs, and metrics across stakeholders.
- Eliminate conflicting reports.
- Define frameworks for data exchange with airlines, ground handlers, authorities, concessionaires, and mobility partners.
- Support collaborative decision making through shared and synchronized data.
- Lead data standardization in line with international best practice.
- Sponsor and oversee implementation of the enterprise data hub / lake / warehouse.
- Govern vendors, integrators, and technology partners.
- Ensure value realization from investments.
- Reduce operational and regulatory risk arising from inconsistent or poor-quality data.
- Ensure secure cross-organizational information exchange.
- Promote data literacy and accountability.
- Embed governed, data-driven ways of working.
Typically reports to: VP Digital Transformation & Innovation
Acts as a strategic peer to leaders in Operations, Commercial, Finance, Technology, Security, and Risk.
Leadership Scope- Build and lead capabilities across governance, architecture, engineering, and analytics enablement.
- Chair enterprise and cross-partner data forums.
- Direct major transformation programs and associated budgets.
- Bachelor's degree in IT engineering
- 12–15+ years in data, digital, or enterprise architecture leadership.
- Proven success integrating complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Experience implementing governance and master data frameworks.
- Strong executive influencing and change leadership capability.
- Aviation, transport, or regulated infrastructure experience preferred.
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