Data Architect

Job Number: #173743 – Piscataway, New Jersey, United States. Relocation assistance offered within country. Role Summary We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Architect to spearhead the definition, design, and governance of data assets for the North America division within Global IT. This pivotal role ensures that data remains consistent, high‑quality, secure, and accessible to support strategic business initiatives. You will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, delivery leads, data engineers, data scientists, and platform team to build robust data models and integration strategies. Responsibilities North America Data Strategy, Vision and Delivery Landscape Analysis: Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the data landscape, including sources, consumers, and requirements for North America. Strategic Alignment: Define the division’s data vision, principles, and standards, ensuring they align with the broader enterprise data strategy. Data Modeling and Design Model Management: Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models that accurately reflect the domain’s assets and relationships. Performance & Scalability: Ensure all data models are scalable, performant, and adhere to industry best practices. Data Integration and Flow Integration Design: Design and document data integration patterns and flows between the domain and other relevant systems. Pipeline Implementation: Collaborate with data engineering teams to implement reliable and efficient data pipelines. Data Governance and Quality Policy Enforcement: Collaborate with governance teams to establish and enforce policies, standards, and procedures. Quality Assurance: Define and monitor data quality metrics, working with teams to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency. Required Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field. Experience: 6+ years of experience in data architecture, data modeling, and data management. Preferred Qualifications Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of modeling methodologies (relational, dimensional, NoSQL). Strong grasp of integration patterns (ETL, ELT, API integration). Experience with relational databases (SQL Oracle, PostgreSQL, SAP HANA). Knowledge of data warehousing/data lakes (Snowflake, Databricks, GCP BigQuery, Hadoop). Experience with transformation tools like DBT or Coalesce. Understanding of cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure). Governance: Familiarity with data governance principles, data quality management tools, and practices. Skills: Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and problem‑solving skills. Industry Experience: Experience in Retail or CPG domains. Tooling: Familiarity with metadata management and data catalog tools. Certifications: Relevant certifications such as CDMP or cloud‑specific data certifications. Compensation and Benefits Salary Range: $109,600.00 – $155,000.00 USD. Payment is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit‑sharing, and long‑term incentives for executive‑level roles. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions where eligible. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays. Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Our Commitment to Inclusion We develop strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers worldwide and foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business. Equal Opportunity Employer Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, please complete the request form. #J-18808-Ljbffr Colgate