Director, Data & Information Architecture
Pivot Bio
$165,000 - $206,000 / year
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Description
About Pivot Bio
Fueled by an innovative drive and a deep understanding of the soil microbiome, Pivot Bio is pioneering game-changing advances in agriculture. Our products harness naturally occurring microbes to provide nutrients to crops, helping farmers improve yields while reducing environmental impact.
Pivot Bio is seeking a Director, Data & Information Architecture to define and steward the enterprise information backbone connecting Product Innovation, Agronomy, Manufacturing, Commercial, and Digital products. This role is responsible for establishing canonical data models, domain boundaries, data contracts, lineage standards, and governance patterns that enable trustworthy, decision-grade data across the enterprise. Unlike traditional platform-focused data architecture roles, this position is centered on information architecture: designing durable semantic models, traceability frameworks, and evidence systems that support product performance analysis, scientific discovery, operational execution, and AI-enabled decision making.
What Success Looks Like
- Define canonical enterprise data models spanning R&D, Agronomy, Manufacturing, Commercial, and Digital domains.
- Establish domain ownership, data contracts, lineage, and reconciliation standards.
- Design logical and physical Lakehouse models supporting Silver and Gold layers.
- Create traceable, reproducible evidence systems capable of supporting scientific and commercial decision making.
- Provide a phased architecture roadmap for modernization and migration of existing data assets.
- Enable trustworthy AI and analytics through strong semantic foundations.
Key Responsibilities
- Own enterprise information architecture strategy and standards.
- Design canonical models, master data relationships, and cross-domain integration patterns.
- Define semantic standards for observations, results, recommendations, outcomes, and evidence.
- Lead logical and physical data modeling efforts within Databricks Lakehouse.
- Establish metadata, lineage, versioning, and traceability frameworks.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Manufacturing, and Commercial teams to translate business requirements into durable data models.
- Review architecture designs and validate implementations through hands-on modeling, SQL analysis, and proof-of-concept work.
- Drive data governance practices focused on quality, stewardship, reproducibility, and trust.
Preferred Experience
- 10+ years in Data Architecture, Information Architecture, or Enterprise Data Modeling.
- Deep expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling.
- Experience with canonical modeling, Data Vault, metadata management, MDM, and lineage.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks, Snowflake, or modern Lakehouse platforms.
- Strong SQL skills and ability to validate models directly against data.
- Experience in regulated, scientific, manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, or evidence-sensitive environments preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to balance governance rigor with pragmatic execution.
What We Are Not Looking For
This role is not primarily a cloud infrastructure architect, integration engineer, or BI/reporting architect position. Success requires deep information architecture capability, including semantic modeling, domain design, lineage, traceability, and enterprise data stewardship.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.
What We Offer:
- Incentive Bonus Plan
- Competitive package in a disruptive startup
- Stock options
- Health/Dental/Vision insurance with employer-paid premiums
- Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability policies
- Employee Assistance Program with free referrals and discounts
- 401(k) plan, 3% Match
- Commuter benefits
- Annual Training & Development support
- Flexible vacation policy with a generous holiday schedule
- Exciting opportunity to work with a talented and fun team
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Benefits
- Incentive Bonus Plan
- Competitive package in a disruptive startup
- Stock options
- Health/Dental/Vision insurance with employer-paid premiums
- Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability policies
- Employee Assistance Program with free referrals and discounts
- 401(k) plan, 3% Match
- Commuter benefits
- Annual Training & Development support
- Flexible vacation policy with a generous holiday schedule
- Exciting opportunity to work with a talented and fun team
About this role
Pivot Bio is building the data foundation for a company transforming agriculture through soil microbiome science. This Director role sits at the intersection of enterprise data strategy and scientific rigor—you'd design the canonical models, governance frameworks, and semantic standards that connect R&D, agronomy, manufacturing, and commercial teams around trustworthy, decision-grade data. The work centers on information architecture: defining domain boundaries, data contracts, lineage standards, and evidence systems that enable reproducible scientific discovery and AI-driven decision making, rather than infrastructure or BI tooling.
Success means establishing durable enterprise data models across five major domains, designing Lakehouse architectures in Databricks, and creating traceable frameworks that support both operational execution and regulatory compliance. You'll partner directly with product, engineering, data science, and commercial teams to translate business requirements into models, then validate implementations hands-on through SQL analysis and proof-of-concept work. This demands deep expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical modeling—including canonical approaches, metadata management, and lineage—plus the ability to balance governance rigor with pragmatic execution in a startup environment.
The role suits someone with 10+ years in data or information architecture, ideally with experience in regulated, scientific, or life sciences settings where evidence and reproducibility matter. You'll need strong SQL skills, hands-on Lakehouse platform experience, and the judgment to steward enterprise data as a strategic asset while moving at startup speed. The position is full-time, in-office in Minnetonka, with a salary range of $165,000–$206,000 and a package that includes equity, health benefits, 401(k) match, and professional development support.
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