Director of Data Architect

Join ABC Fitness and become part of a culture that’s as ambitious as it is authentic. Let’s transform the future of fitness—together!

Our Values Best Life We believe great work begins with great people. That’s why our culture is built on respect, trust, and belonging. We create an inclusive environment where every team member can bring their authentic self to work—because diverse perspectives drive innovation and meaningful impact.

Growth Mindset We are doers, thinkers, and dreamers. At ABC Fitness, your growth is our investment. Through continuous learning, mentorship, and professional development opportunities, we empower you to reach new heights—personally and professionally.

One Team From day one, you’ll be part of a team that collaborates, celebrates, and cares. We move fast, support one another, and have fun along the way. Because when you thrive, we all thrive.

What You’ll DoDefine and communicate ABC’s data architecture strategy, roadmap, and standards.

Lead the architectural evolution from batch and latency-driven processing toward real-time data.

Partner with executive, product, and engineering leaders to connect data architecture decisions to business and customer outcomes.

Identify practical opportunities to use AI to improve engineering productivity, data generation, quality, and decision-making.

Lead, coach, and develop a global team of four to five senior data architects.

Establish consistent design review practices across the Data and Reporting organization.

Guide architecture decisions related to data quality, governance, security, compliance, scalability, and reliability.

Partner with Product leaders early in the planning process to shape data and reporting capabilities.

Explain complex technical strategies clearly to both executive and technical audiences.

Build alignment across teams and influence decisions beyond your direct reporting relationships.

What You’ll Need
10+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or a related discipline, including experience leading senior technical professionals.

Demonstrated experience moving data platforms from batch processing toward real-time or near-real-time architectures.

Deep experience with modern cloud data platforms and lakehouse architecture.

Experience with AWS, Databricks, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog is highly valued.

Strong foundations in data modeling, data warehousing, data governance, and distributed data systems.

Working knowledge of SQL and Python sufficient to review designs and engage credibly with engineers.

Practical experience using AI in your own work, along with sound judgment about where AI creates meaningful value.

Strong communication skills, with the ability to make technical strategy clear to executive leaders and design decisions clear to engineers.

Demonstrated ability to influence product and engineering partners without relying solely on formal authority.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

And It’s Great to Have Experience in fitness, wellness, SaaS, payments, or another subscription-based business.

Experience building customer-facing analytics or reporting products.

Experience with Databricks SQL, Power BI, or comparable analytics platforms.

Experience leading globally distributed teams across multiple time zones.

What Success Looks LikeABC’s data architecture strategy is clear, credible, and supported by executive leadership.

The first real-time capabilities are live, with a practical roadmap for continued transformation.

Data and Reporting teams work against shared architecture, quality, governance, and design standards.

AI is embedded into the team’s everyday approach to building and improving data capabilities.

Product and engineering…