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This Position reports to:
Global IS Department Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to serve as a technology expert with strategic focus on both functional and non-functional requirements to define and deliver the architecture of software platforms, applications, and solutions. Each day, you will lead the architectural design and provide oversight for development, testing, operational readiness, and implementation of those platform and solutions. You will also showcase your expertise by demonstrating significant level of customer-centricity and service excellence for both internal stakeholders, peers, and customers.

The work model for the role is: #Li_hybrid

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Enterprise Data Strategy & Governance: Define and maintain a unified data architecture strategy that aligns with global business goals, ensuring consistency across regions and domains.
• Establish Data Standards and Policies: Create and enforce standards for data modeling, metadata, data quality, security, and governance across the enterprise.
• Enable Scalable and Interoperable Data Platforms: Design data platforms that support scalability, interoperability, and integration across diverse systems and geographies.
• Drive Data Product and Platform Innovation: Lead the adoption of advanced technologies such as AI/ML, real-time data streaming, and cloud-native architectures to enhance data capabilities.
• Ensure Compliance and Risk Management: Oversee global data compliance with regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), ensuring data privacy, integrity, and security across all jurisdictions.
• Collaborate Across Business and IT: Act as a strategic partner to business leaders, data teams, and IT, translating business needs into robust, sustainable data solutions.
• Lead Enterprise-Wide Data Initiatives: Guide the implementation of enterprise data warehouses, data lakes, and semantic layers, ensuring alignment with long-term data strategy.

Qualifications for the role

• Education & Certifications: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field. Certifications in data architecture, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), or data governance (e.g., DAMA, CDMP) are highly valued.
• Experience: 10+ years of experience in data architecture, 15+ years of experience in data engineering, or enterprise IT roles. Proven track record in designing and implementing enterprise-wide data strategies across global organizations. Experience with large-scale data platforms, including data lakes, data warehouses, and real-time streaming systems.
• Technical Skills: Deep expertise in data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical), metadata management, and semantic layer design. Strong knowledge of cloud-native data architectures and technologies (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery). Familiarity with AI/ML data pipelines, feature stores, and training data governance.
• Proficiency in data integration tools, ETL/ELT frameworks, and APIs. Understanding of data privacy and compliance regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
• Strategic & Leadership Skills: Ability to define and drive enterprise data strategy and architecture vision. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technical teams. Experience leading cross-functional teams and mentoring data architects or engineers.
• Governance & Compliance: Expertise in data governance frameworks, data quality management, and master data management (MDM). Ability to ensure global compliance with data protection laws and internal standards.
• Business Acumen: Ability to translate business needs into scalable data solutions. Experience working in multi-national environments with diverse regulatory and operational requirements.

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