Head of Enterprise Data

Position is Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm with the ability to work additional hours as project needs demand.

Position is based at the Ledger - 240 S Main Street, Bentonville, AR. Incumbent should reside within the Arvest 4 State Operational Footprint (AR, KS, MO, OK). Remote work options may be available for residents outside of the 4-state footprint upon further review during the interview process.

The ideal candidate will have d irect experience with leading the strategy and execution of an Enterprise Data program across a regulated financial services environment - which includes transforming data into trusted, reusable and monetizable asset that accelerates innovation, strengthens risk management and drives measurables business outcomes. It includes the rationalization of systems and tools for efficiency and cost optimization.

Pay is based on a number of factors including the successful candidate’s job-related knowledge and skills, qualifications, and prior experience. Arvest offers a comprehensive suite of benefits, including a full range of health and life, financial, and wellness benefits. For more information about benefits, please visit www.arvest.com/careers/benefits .

Head of Enterprise Data

Job Summary

The Head of Enterprise Data at Arvest is a strategic executive responsible for the entire data lifecycle, encompassing strategy, architecture, governance, engineering, quality, and activation. They ensure that data is reliable, cost-optimized, and positioned to create measurable business value. The Head of Enterprise Data defines and executes a multi-year modernization roadmap, leveraging cloud-first architecture, API-driven integrations, and emerging trends to drive platform efficiency, accelerate delivery, and ensure enterprise scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multi-year enterprise data strategy and modernization roadmap, establishing a unified data vision across all platforms (cloud, on-premises, core systems).

• Drive the simplification and automation of legacy data platforms, championing emerging trends such as AI-enabled data quality, LLM-based accessibility, and real-time streaming. Oversee the full data lifecycle, including ingestion, modeling, storage, governance, quality assurance, integration, privacy, cataloging, and consumption.

• Own and mature core enterprise data platforms (e.g., data lake/lakehouse, data warehouse, MDM, analytics tools, API gateways, streaming platforms) and implement enterprise-level reliability, scalability, and performance standards.

• Develop and enforce a vendor-aligned API library strategy, building reusable data integration and API assets to improve interoperability and accelerate delivery.

• Implement a comprehensive data platform cost governance model across compute, storage, API consumption, partnering with Technology Finance to drive cost-efficient architecture.

• Establish and continuously improve KPIs for platform performance, quality, reliability, and cost to ensure that platform operations are continually optimized.

• Lead enterprise-wide data governance, metadata management, lineage, privacy, and data stewardship programs.

• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements (e.g., FFIEC, OCC, GDPR/CCPA where applicable) and implement robust controls for data quality, retention, privacy and access.

• Build and lead a high-performing team of data architects, data engineers, platform engineers, data product managers, data stewards, and analysts, standardizing delivery practices and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.

• Supervise two or more associates. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.

• Understand and comply with bank policy, laws, regulations, and the bank's BSA/AML Program, as applicable to job duties. This includes, but is not limited to, completing compliance training, adhering to internal procedures and controls, reporting any known violations of compliance policies, laws, or regulations, and reporting any suspicious customer and/or account activity.

• Other duties and special projects may be assigned.

Experience

• Required: 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in enterprise data, platform engineering, or large-scale digital transformation.

• Proven expertise in data architecture, data engineering, integration/API strategy, and modern data platforms (cloud and on-prem).

• Hands-on experience with API management, ETL/ELT frameworks, data modeling, streaming technologies, and enterprise integration patterns.

• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-year modernization programs with measurable business outcomes.

• Deep knowledge of regulatory and governance practices within data-intensive industries, ideally financial services.

• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Relevant work experience may be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree requirement.

• Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service members.

Education

Required: Bachelor’s degree

Preferred: Master’s degree

Working Conditions

• Incumbents must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Must be able to start work on time, maintain regular work attendance, be physically present at the assigned work location, and occasionally work overtime or outside of normal business hours.

• This job typically requires an individual to be able to observe details (including the ability to perceive color and the ability to identify clear near and far objects), to communicate and exchange accurate information, and may occasionally require the individual to physically move, remain in a stationary position, and position self to reach for objects.

• Must be able to operate standard office equipment and use office applications for communication, information and document transmission, and content, document, and report creation.

• Ability to travel overnight, unaccompanied, within the United States via automobile and air is required, on occasion.

• The noise level in the work environment is typically low to moderate.
  

Grade 23

Pay Range: $272100 - $323114 per year