Senior Principal Architect, Executive Director

About Us

At Teradata, we empower individuals and organizations with superior information. Our comprehensive cloud analytics and data platform for AI lets businesses utilize harmonized data, trusted AI, and accelerated innovation to enhance decision-making. Global leaders in various sectors rely on Teradata to augment their performance, enrich customer experiences, and seamlessly integrate data across their operations.

Your Role

As a Senior Principal Architect at the Executive Director level, you will play a crucial role as a leading technical figure at Teradata—bridging sophisticated technical expertise with significant organizational impact. You will oversee the architectural coherence and strategic alignment of Teradata’s Core Platform, influencing our Vantage platform, AI engineering capabilities, and cloud integration framework.

Craft and uphold an enterprise-wide technical architecture vision, ensuring harmonized design across computing resources, storage, query processing, AI/ML pipelines, and cloud integration.

Lead architectural strategies for Teradata's most ambitious platform initiatives—including the Artemis data lakehouse and Agentic Platform AI workloads.

Act as Teradata's foremost technical representative in industry forums, standards organizations, and with key enterprise customers and partners.

Chair the Enterprise Architecture Review Board to establish architectural principles, assess significant design proposals, and resolve technical conflicts between teams effectively.

Develop an AI productivity framework that integrates seamlessly into the Core Platform engineering organization, setting standards and outlining a roadmap for AI-enhanced design, testing, and documentation.

Mentorship to a group of Principal and Senior Staff Architects, serving as a career guide and technical role model for our exceptional engineering talent.

Create pivotal technical resources, such as platform blueprints and architecture whitepapers that inform Board discussions, investor communications, and sales strategies.

Collaborate with the CPO and Chief Data Officer to ensure architectural investments align with Teradata’s strategic AI platform vision and business outcomes.

Enhance productivity and innovation through foundational AI skills across our workforce.

Collaboration

You will report to the VP of Engineering and work alongside the engineering leadership team, contributing to cross-disciplinary architectural governance. Frequent engagement with enterprise clients at the CTO and Chief Architect levels will be part of your role, as you represent Teradata’s vision to investors and analysts in a globally distributed team that values technical excellence and integrity.

Qualifications

Over 20 years in software or systems engineering, including at least 8 years in a principal or distinguished architectural role within a software product company or hyperscaler.

Recognized technical authority in at least two areas: cloud-native data platforms, distributed query processing, AI/ML infrastructure, or enterprise integration.

Proven ability to articulate and communicate a multi-year technical vision influencing internal decisions and market perception.

Experience in implementing AI tools and automated engineering practices at a scale that generates measurable productivity results.

Outstanding communication skills, with experience presenting to Boards of Directors, institutional investors, and enterprise executives.

What You Bring

Experience as a Chief Architect or similar role at a prominent cloud, data, or enterprise software company.

In-depth knowledge of Teradata Vantage, competitive platforms (such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery), and AI-native data platforms.

Familiarity with standards organizations or open-source project governance, and demonstrating thought leadership through published research and conference presentations.

Adept at both reviewing technical work and communicating strategic initiatives effectively.

Passion for fostering a strong AI-centric engineering culture and successfully integrating AI tools into daily operations.

Experience in identifying, nurturing, and retaining exceptional technical talent in a distributed environment.

A strong belief in AI's potential to help our teams, customers, and communities achieve remarkable success.

Why You'll Love Working with Us

We prioritize a culture centered on our people, understanding they are the backbone of our success. Our flexible work model empowers you to make decisions about when and where to work. Committed to well-being, we care deeply about supporting our team's personal and professional growth. We are dedicated to maintaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, actively working to ensure that all employees feel valued for who they are.

Teradata is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and encourage diversity and do not discriminate based on any legally protected status. We invite candidates from all backgrounds to apply and contribute their unique perspectives and experiences to our team. If you need accommodations during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

Pay Rate: 217300.00 - 271600.00 - 325900.00 Annually. Compensation will be based on geographic location, internal equity, and individual qualifications. All employees are eligible for comprehensive benefits, which include healthcare, life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and various time-off programs.