Business Architect

About phData

Join phData, a dynamic and innovative leader in the modern data stack. We partner with major cloud data platforms like Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP, Fivetran, Pinecone, Glean, and dbt to deliver cutting-edge services and solutions. We're committed to helping global enterprises overcome their toughest data challenges.

phData is a remote-first global company with employees based in the United States, Latin America, and India. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity, ownership, and trust. Even though we're growing extremely fast, we maintain a casual, exciting work environment. We hire top performers and allow you the autonomy to deliver results.

• 6x Snowflake Partner of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Fivetran, dbt, Atlation, and AWS Partner of the Year
• #1 Partner in Snowflake Advanced Certifications
• 600+ Expert Cloud Certifications (Sigma, AWS, Azure, Dataiku, etc)

Recognized as an award-winning workplace in the US, India, and LATAM

What You’ll Do as a Business Architect

We are looking for a candidate with proven experience as a Business Architect and a Project Manager. As a Business Architect, you ensure that both ongoing and upcoming work delivers business value to the client. Additionally, you confirm that the technical delivery team has the essential resources, clear priorities, and requirements to succeed when they begin participating in a project. As a Project Manager, you are accountable for end-to-end delivery aligning Sales, Delivery, and customer stakeholders. You own scope, schedule, budget, and communicate crisp, action-oriented updates to drive decisions and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients to understand their business needs and objectives
• Design and develop business architectures that align with clients' strategic goals
• Identify opportunities for leveraging data and AI to improve business processes and outcomes
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure the successful implementation of solutions
• Conduct gap analysis and recommend improvements to existing business processes, including data governance
• Lead workshops and meetings to align stakeholders on project goals and deliverables
• Create detailed documentation, including business capability maps, process flows, and solution blueprints
• Develop and deliver presentations to senior executives and stakeholders
• Establish and grow customer relationships
• Be fully accountable for managing risks and escalations, owning overall resolution in partnership with Delivery and Sales, and owning project financials while delivering regular account health readouts (financials, project status, major blockers)

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business analysis or product development, preferably within the Data and Analytics industry
• Understanding of data management, analytics, and AI technologies
• Direct client-facing experience in a consulting or professional services organization
• Proven experience in designing and implementing business solutions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Hands-on experience in Agile methodologies and an understanding of Waterfall project management
• Demonstrated expertise in Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, and Microsoft Office Products
• Strong organizational, time management, presentation, and leadership skills

Preferred Experience

• Business process modeling and analysis
• Data, AI, and governance strategy development and implementation
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strategic thinking and business acumen
• Conceptual modeling and analysis
• Change management and stakeholder engagement

Why phData?

We offer:

• Remote-First Work Environment
• Casual, award-winning small-business work environment
• Collaborative culture that prizes autonomy, creativity, and transparency
• Competitive comp, excellent benefits, 4 weeks PTO plus 10 Holidays (and other cool perks)
• Accelerated learning and professional development through advanced training and certifications

phData celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at phData. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at People Operations.

Key skills/competency

• Business Architecture
• Project Management
• Data & Analytics
• AI Technologies
• Cloud Platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Stakeholder Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Data Governance
• Consulting
• Solution Design