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Data and AI are foundational to our customer experience, operational excellence, and long-term differentiation. This role ensures we scale intelligently, innovate responsibly, and treat data as a strategic product-not merely a byproduct of systems.\nThe Enterprise Architect - Data & AI is a senior, strategic role responsible for defining and governing the enterprise-wide data and AI architecture that enables scalable SaaS growth, trusted analytics, and responsible AI adoption.\nThis architect serves as a bridge between business strategy, data platforms, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities, partnering closely with product, engineering, security, compliance, and business leaders to translate vision into durable competitive advantage.\nWhat you'll do\nEnterprise Data & AI Strategy\nDefine and maintain the enterprise data and AI architecture vision, principles, and roadmap aligned with business strategy and SaaS growth objectives\n\nEstablish data-as-a-product practices, including ownership models, quality standards, SLAs, discoverability, and lifecycle management\n\nGuide strategic platform decisions across data ingestion, storage, processing, analytics, ML, and AI enablement\n\nAI Enablement & Responsible Governance\nPartner with product and engineering teams to embed AI/ML capabilities into SaaS products and internal workflows\n\nDefine AI architecture patterns, such as feature stores, model lifecycle management, vector databases, and LLM integration\n\nWork with Chief Data & AI Officer to establish responsible AI guardrails, including governance, security, privacy, explainability, and regulatory compliance\n\nCollaborate with Chief Data & AI Officer, Security and Legal teams to align AI and data architectures with evolving regulatory requirements\n\nArchitecture Governance & Standards\nCreate and enforce enterprise standards and reference architectures for data platforms, analytics, and AI services\n\nReview and guide solution architectures to ensure scalability, interoperability, cost efficiency, and architectural consistency\n\nBalance near-term innovation with long-term architectural sustainability\n\nBusiness & Technology Alignment\nTranslate business objectives into data and AI capabilities that drive measurable outcomes such as growth, efficiency, and customer experience\n\nAdvise executives on data and AI investment decisions, trade-offs, and risk management\n\nAct as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders across product, engineering, and the business\n\nPlatform & Cloud Architecture\nGuide cloud-native data and AI architectures across modern SaaS stacks, including event-driven, API-first, and multi-tenant environments\n\nInfluence the evolution of data lakes, warehouses, streaming platforms, ML platforms, and AI services\n\nOptimize architectures for scalability, reliability, cost management, and vendor portability\n\nChange Enablement & Thought Leadership\nEvangelize data and AI best practices across the organization\n\nMentor architects and senior engineers on data and AI architecture patterns\n\nWhat you'll bring\n15+ years of experience with 10+ years of experience in enterprise, solution, or platform architecture, with deep focus on data and analytics\n\nProven experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms in cloud-based SaaS environments\n\nStrong expertise in AI-enabled system architecture, including ML and/or Generative AI solution patterns\n\nSolid understanding of AI/ML architectures, including data pipelines, model lifecycle management, and integration patterns\n\nHands-on familiarity with modern data technologies such as cloud data warehouses, data lakes, and streaming platforms\n\nExperience working across product, engineering, security, and business stakeholders\n\nStrong executive communication and storytelling skills\n\nPragmatic familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) and architecture governance\n\nProficiency in Agile and Lean delivery models\n\nAbility to deliver work which meets all minimum standards of quality, security, and operability.\n\n Preferred Attributes\nExperience enabling AI-powered SaaS products or large-scale analytics platforms\n\nExperience with LLMs, generative AI, and vector-based architectures\n\nExperience with data governance, privacy, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, where applicable)\n\nExperience with data mesh or domain-oriented data architectures\n\nBackground in a high-growth SaaS or platform company\n\nExperience with observability for data and AI, including quality, drift, lineage, and cost/usage\n\nStay up to date on everything Blackbaud, follow us on Linkedin, X, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube \nBlackbaud powers social impact through purpose-driven technology and responsible AI. Guided by our Intelligence for Good® vision, we’re building a culture where innovation, trust, and human expertise come together to help organizations make a greater difference in the world.\nBlackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment. 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