Director - Enterprise Data Architecture
General Electric
- Ohio
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and demonstrate a comprehensive data architecture framework that aligns with the EDM strategy. This includes defining data principles, standards, and guidelines for data management, integration, security, and governance.
- Develop data model blueprints, that underlays the end-to-end business processes as defined by the business & data domain owners
- Steer Enterprise data architecture committee and establish data architecture framework, and coach the solution development teams to provision and consume best in class data.
- Instill Enterprise Data Management thinking across IT teams, and apply architecture principals beyond specific application scope.
- Ensure that data architecture incorporates security measures and complies with data regulations including but not limited to privacy, sovereignty etc.,
- Partner with EDM Data Governance, Data Quality and MDM leadership to strategize their architecture that meets Transactional, Operational and Analytical needs
- Stay updated on emerging trends, best practices, and innovations in data architecture and recommend their incorporation into EDM data strategy.
- Deploy modern data architecture frameworks with forward looking mindset
- Implemented architectures influenced by industry standard frameworks like DAMA, TOGAF, Zachman etc.,
- Collaborated with IT teams to devise forward looking data strategy that enables access controls, privacy, security etc.,
- Understands Data lifecycle and established semantic consistency across multiple systems
- Modern data architecture thinking and ability to translate into operational feasibility.
- Built data model blueprint of business processes and supporting systems
- Setup framework to detect data architecture pitfalls, and coach the IT solutioning teams through stage gate reviews
- Leverage technical depth and broader business understanding to coach and develop the technical teams.
- Influencing and negotiation skills to prioritize EDM architecture principles, as part of enterprise IT deliverables
- Excellent collaboration skills, to translate business to technical terms and vice versa
- Experience working in a hybrid environment across multiple functions, geographies and personas.
- Lead with a hands-on approach – drive accountability to continuously improve enterprise standards, and grow the team's capability set from both depth and breadth perspective
- Demonstrated Change Management /Acceleration capabilities.
- Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 8 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 11 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 13 years of professional experience
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Enterprise Data Architecture and People Management.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.