Data Architect

Role Summary

Data Architect at Sanofi, Morristown, NJ. You will drive our digital transformation with scalable data architecture solutions as part of the Digital Architecture Center of Excellence, collaborating with stakeholders in the DDO (Digital Delivery and Operations) and BOT (Business Operations Transformation) organizations and the Data AI & Governance teams to shape global data strategies and enable data-driven decision-making. You are a dynamic leader who will shape data architecture at an enterprise, global level.

Responsibilities

• Evolve and promote our enterprise data model with unified standards and integration protocols, ensuring scalability and interoperability across the organization
• Partner with Business Operations Transformation stakeholders to meet functional and analytical requirements
• Communicate and socialize the Data Mesh principles to both technical and business stakeholders, fostering organizational buy-in
• Design data-sharing patterns to facilitate efficient, scalable, and flexible data exchange across systems, minimizing dependencies and enabling independent evolution of data-producing and data-consuming applications
• Collaborate on implementing data access and data stewardship frameworks that promote transparency, accountability, and adherence to governance policies
• Stay informed about advancements in data architecture and decentralized data management, identifying opportunities to enhance the organization’s data capabilities
• Promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in data architecture

Qualifications

• Required: 5+ years proven experience in enterprise data architecture and engineering
• Required: Experience with Snowflake
• Required: Expertise in Data and AI, including data engineering, data architecture, master data management, data lakes and warehouses
• Required: Data visualization, artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Required: Strong understanding of Data Mesh principles
• Required: Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Required: Experience with integration tools (e.g., Informatica), API protocols (REST, GraphQL)
• Required: Knowledge of governance platforms, metadata management, and data cataloging
• Required: Agile methodology experience (Jira, Confluence)

Education

• Bachelor's degree required
• Master's degree preferred