Data Architect

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Data Catalog and Data Governance Architect possesses extensive knowledge and expertise in data governance and data catalog development and implementation. This role serves as a mentor, strategist, architect and operational lead for data governance and metadata management initiatives. The architect is a lead contributor in planning, designing, implementing, supporting and evolving the Enterprise Data Catalog, Data Governance and Data Stewardship programs, which encompass organization frameworks, best practices, processes, change management, tools, and infrastructure.

This role involves working with business and IT stakeholders, data stewards and application owners to develop and implement metadata and data governance solutions to improve data management, data governance, data cataloguing, data discoverability and understanding, data accessibility, data quality and security.

What You'll do as a Data Catalog and Data Governance Architect

Enterprise Metadata Management/Data Catalog Program Development and Support (60%)

• Implement, manage and support operations of metadata management platform and data catalog tools (e.g., Informatica CDGC, Collibra, Alation, or similar platforms)
• Lead the development and implementation of metadata management strategies, standards, processes and best practices.
• Work with business and IT stakeholders, data owners, data stewards and subject matter experts to document metadata, relationships, and data lineage for critical data assets.
• Provide education, training and support to stakeholders on adoption of the Data Catalog to foster data literacy, data sharing, and a culture of data ownership and accountability.
• Enable use cases on the data catalog platform, such as managing standard data definitions in Business Glossary, data classification, sensitive data tagging, and automate data access provisioning through a data marketplace.
• Utilize data profiling and implement data quality dashboards to expose data quality issues and support data quality improvement initiatives
• Integrate metadata capture and management into self-service BI and Analytics development workflows.

Enterprise Data Governance and Data Stewardship Program Development and Support (40%)

• Assist with assessing and improving data governance structures and processes, including assessing current data governance capabilities and gaps, roles and responsibilities, building tactical plans to mature data governance capabilities, change management support, and producing related program deliverables and artifacts.
• Champion Data Governance across the organization, this includes generating awareness, educating the enterprise, and enabling the organization to participate in the data governance processes.
• Collaborate with Data Governance Council and DG working groups to define and maintain overall standards and processes for how data is managed as well as review, prioritize, triage and facilitate resolution data governance issues.
• Lead or facilitate execution of data catalog, data stewardship, metadata management, data quality, and data governance activities.
• Help establish data governance policy, standards, processes, and procedures across the enterprise.
• Monitor and report on metadata and data governance metrics, driving continuous improvement.
• Collaborate to facilitate the development and implementation of data quality standards, data protection standards and adoption requirements across the enterprise.
   

The Experience, Abilities and Skills Needed

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics or similar 
• 10+ years of related experience in data governance, business intelligence, data analytics, IT consulting, project management, internal audit, and/or data management.
• 7+ years of experience developing/structuring and supporting operations of enterprise-wide data governance and data stewardship programs including operating models (roles and processes), and implementing data related process improvements initiatives.
• Minimum of 5 years of direct experience in establishing, designing, developing, administering, and supporting data catalog platforms such as Informatica CDGC (preferred), Collibra, Alation, or similar.
• Deep understanding of data governance concepts, frameworks and best practices.
• Ability to create and deliver presentations on Data Governance topics to all levels of the company.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with peers and upper-level management.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including effective ne