VP, Data Strategy and Architecture

Technology Vice President Opportunity in Financial Services

Vice President, Data Architecture & Standards

Location(s):

2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30339
877 Executive Center Drive West, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
7755 Third Street North, Oakdale, MN 55128
12325 Port Grace Boulevard, La Vista, NE 68128
18700 N Hayden Rd, Suite 255, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

Schedule: Osaic has returned to the office on a hybrid schedule requiring a minimum of 4 days weekly in the office. Applicants must be willing to work this schedule.

Role Type: Full time

Salary: $175,000 - $190,000 per year + annual bonus

Actual compensation offered will be determined individually, based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education.

Our competitive compensation is just one component of Osaic's total compensation package. Additional benefits include health, vision, dental insurance, 401k, paid time away, volunteer days and much more. To view more details of what you can look forward to, visit our careers page: .

Osaic is seeking a Vice President of Data Architecture & Standards to contribute to the firm's enterprise data strategy, striking the critical balance between being a core technical architect and a business leader who can operationalize governance at scale.

This role will ensure that Osaic's data - spanning Compensation & Revenue, Investors/Households, Advisors/Practices, Accounts, Asset Positions & Flows, and Client Performance - is trusted, accessible, and strategically enabling across the Independent Broker-Dealer (IBD) and RIA business lines.

The VP will design and scale Osaic's entire data ecosystem, which consists of multiple transactional data stores, a single operational data store, and a cloud-based data warehouse capable of hosting both structured and unstructured data. This leader will also oversee ingestion from custodians and platforms (Pershing

X, NFS, Fidelity, Schwab) and work closely with the Data Governance Committee and Osaic's Chief Data and Analytics Officer to embed governance into business, compliance, and operational practices.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the entire data backbone of one of the nation's largest wealth management platforms. You will modernize a multi-layered enterprise data ecosystem, establish the governance framework for trusted and compliant data, and directly impact advisor productivity, payout accuracy, and client transparency. This role blends technical change leadership with business impact, ensuring data becomes a strategic asset powering Osaic's growth.

• Own the enterprise data architecture blueprint across operational, analytical, and distribution layers.
• Partner with Osaic's Chief Data and Analytics Officer and across business and technology teams to establish stewardship, cataloging, lineage, and quality frameworks.
• Collaborate with the Data Governance Committee to operationalize governance across ingestion, transformation, and distribution processes.
• Partner with business leaders in Finance, Compensation, Operations, and Advisor Experience to translate metrics into trusted, governed data sources.

• Architect and scale Osaic's entire data ecosystem, which consists of multiple transactional data stores, a single operational data store, and a single cloud-based data warehouse capable of hosting both structured and unstructured data.
• Oversee data ingestion pipelines from custodians and platforms (Pershing
  
  X, NFS, Fidelity, Schwab).
• Enable secure, efficient data distribution through APIs and data-as-a-service models.
• Ensure high performance, scalability, and cost optimization across the full data ecosystem.
• Establish data observability, monitoring, and lineage to guarantee trust and transparency.

• Work closely with the Data Governance Committee to define and enforce ownership, classification, retention, and access policies.
• Embed governance into ingestion, transformation, and distribution processes.
• Ensure compliance with FINRA, SEC, Reg BI, and data privacy regulations.

• Ensure accurate, reconciled data is available across the advisor and…