Data Architect

PepsiCo; Vitoria; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Entrepreneurial environment

Professional growth opportunities

Wellbeing benefits

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

PepsiCo International Digital Commerce is seeking a Data Architect to shape and govern our rapidly scaling data ecosystem. You will design data models, metadata standards, and governance to enable trusted data across markets.

You will collaborate with Data Engineering and Enterprise Architecture to drive scalable, reusable architectures and ensure alignment with business needs.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data engineering and architecture.
• Proven experience as a Data Architect in a complex, multi-domain environment.
• Track record of defining and scaling data models across multiple business areas or markets.
• Experience establishing data architecture standards and governance in a growing or maturing organization.
• Background working within or alongside enterprise architecture functions.
• Deep expertise in data modelling across analytical and operational use cases.
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake) and impact on architecture.
• Ability to set standards and influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain data models across the Digital Commerce domain for consistency and scalability.
• Define conceptual, logical, and physical architecture that supports data products and operational use cases.
• Own metadata management ensuring data is discoverable and understood across the organization.
• Establish data modelling standards for Data Engineering teams across regional pods.
• Define and evolve data architecture best practices across Digital Commerce data.
• Collaborate on reference designs for market integrations and new data sources.
• Review data designs proposed by Data Engineering for alignment and quality.
• Drive improvements in data accessibility and usability.

Skills

Data modelling

Data governance

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder communication

Cloud data platforms

Tools

Snowflake

Job description

Overview

At PepsiCo International dCommerce team, we are building the next generation of innovative products and capabilities using emerging technologies to accelerate our business and gain back share. While tied closely to broader PepsiCo, the dCommerce group has a unique start-up feel and defined values that embrace a more entrepreneurial mindset.

We are looking for an experienced Data Architect to shape the foundations of our rapidly scaling data ecosystem. As we expand across markets and evolve our capabilities, we need someone who can design data models, define metadata architures, and establish the standards that make data accessible, usable and trusted across the organization.

This is a role for someone who wants to build the blueprint, not just inherit one. You’ll define how data is structured, documented, and governed across International Digital Commerce. You’ll represent dComm within Pepsico’s wider Data Architecture communicate while ensuring our unique needs are met. If you care about doing data right and want the scope to shape it from the ground up – this is that opportunity.

Responsibilities

Data Modelling and Architecture

• Design and maintain data models across the Digital Commerce domain, ensuring consistency, scalability and alignment with business semantics
• Support in defining conceptual, logical, and physical architecture that supports data products and operational use cases
• Own metadata management architecture ensuring data is discoverable, documentad and understood across the organization
• Establish data modelling standards and patters that Data Engineering teams implement across regional pods

Standards and Best Practices

• Define and evolve data architecture best practices across the Digital Commerce data
• Work with the platform on reference design patters for common scenarios (market integrations, new data sources, cross-functional data sharing)
• Review data designs proposed by Data Engineering, ensuring alignment
• Drive improvement in data accessibility and usability

Governance and Integration

• Represent International Digital Commerce within the wider PepsiCo Data Architecture community
• Partner with enterprise Data Architecture to align on common workstreams and influence adapting broader standards for dComm context
• Collaborate with Data Engineering on lineage, data quality, and metadata strategy
• Advice on data intercases when other PepsiCo teams require access to Digital Commerce data

Strategic Advisory

• Provide architectural guidance on new initiatives: market expansion, new data domains, product evolution
• Evaluate emerging technologies and approaches for applicability to Digital Commerce
• Partner with Solution Architect on end-to-end architecture decisions that span data and architecture layers

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data engineering and architecture
• Proven experience as a Data Architect in a complex, multi-domain environment
• Track record of defining and scaling data models across multiple business areas or markets
• Experience establishing data architecture standards and governance in a growing or maturing organization
• Background working within or alongside enterprise architecture functions
• Deep expertise in data modelling (conceptual, logical, physical) across analytical and operational use cases
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms (Snowflake, cloud data warehouses) and how architecture decisions impact them
• Ability to set standards and influence without direct authority — works through DE teams, not around them
• Strong communication skills — can translate architectural concepts for technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable representing dComm in enterprise forums and navigating matrix organizations

What makes us different?

• Hybrid work model: combination of remote and collaborative office experience to enable innovation
• Entrepreneurial environment in leading international company
• Professional growth possibilities & learning opportunities
• Variety of benefits to support your physical, emotional and financial wellbeing
• Volunteering opportunities to help external communities

About PepsiCo

We believe that culture should be at the cornerstone of everything we do at PepsiCo. We are agile, innovative and not afraid of failure. We want our team to come to work every day excited to explore new ways to bring enjoyment, refreshment and fun to the world.PepsiCo Positive (pep+) is the future of our organization – a strategic end-to-end transformation, with sustainability at the center of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for the planet and people.So, if you’re ready to be a part of a playground for those who think big, we’d love to chat.

We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief and disability