Senior - Healthcare Data Architecture

EY; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 9,609,000 - 14,948,000; Full time

Job summary

EY’s Digital Health Excellence Center (DHEC) seeks a Senior Consultant to advise on healthcare data ecosystems, interoperability, and regulatory compliance across Germany and the EU. You will bridge clinical, business, and technology domains to drive data-driven transformation while ensuring GDPR and EU health data standards are met.

Key duties include shaping data strategies, designing target architectures, leading workstreams, and mentoring junior consultants.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare data architecture and data modelling.
• Experience with data interoperability (HL7 FHIR).
• Experience in regulated environments (GDPR/EU).

Responsibilities

• Advise on data strategy and target-state architectures.
• Lead workstreams in healthcare transformation programs.
• Mentor junior consultants and contribute to capability building.
• Support proposal development and client relationships.

Skills

Healthcare data architecture

Data interoperability

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Cloud / Digital health platforms

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science / Health Informatics / Information Systems / Engineering / Data Science

Tools

HL7 FHIR

SQL

NoSQL

ETL/ELT

Azure

AWS / GCP

Job description

Senior Consultant Healthcare Data Architecture & Digital Health Consulting (Germany / EU) Job Summary

As a Senior Consultant within EY's Digital Health Excellence Center (DHEC), you will advise healthcare providers, public sector organizations, health systems, and digital health stakeholders on designing modern healthcare data ecosystems that enable interoperability, advanced analytics, and digital transformation initiatives across Germany and the European Union. You will bridge business, clinical, and technology domains to help clients realize value from healthcare data while ensuring compliance with European regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Healthcare Data Strategy & Consulting
  • Advise healthcare organizations on enterprise data strategies, target-state architectures, and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Facilitate stakeholder workshops to translate business and clinical requirements into scalable data solutions.
  • Develop data governance, data quality, and information management frameworks aligned with healthcare industry best practices.
  • Support business case development and roadmap creation for digital health initiatives.
• Data Architecture & Interoperability
  • Design and implement healthcare data architectures integrating clinical, operational, and administrative data sources.
  • Develop logical and physical data models for structured and unstructured healthcare datasets.
  • Define interoperability approaches leveraging standards such as HL7 FHIR and related healthcare frameworks.
  • Enable seamless data exchange across EHRs, clinical systems, digital health platforms, and public health ecosystems.
• Cloud & Modern Data Platforms
  • Advise clients on cloud-based healthcare data platforms across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud environments.
  • Design data lakes, data warehouses, ETL/ELT frameworks, API-enabled architectures, and scalable analytics platforms.
  • Support adoption of AI-enabled analytics and advanced reporting capabilities to improve healthcare outcomes and operational performance.
• Regulatory & Compliance Advisory
  • Ensure healthcare data solutions comply with GDPR, health data regulations, and applicable EU requirements.
  • Advise clients on data privacy, security, governance, and risk management considerations.
• Project Delivery & Leadership
  • Lead workstreams within complex healthcare transformation programs.
  • Collaborate with architects, clinicians, product teams, and executive stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
  • Mentor junior consultants and contribute to capability building within the Digital Health Excellence Center.
  • Support proposal development, business development activities, and client relationship management.

Experience & Qualifications Required Experience

• 47 years of experience in healthcare consulting, healthcare IT, data architecture, health informatics, or digital transformation.
• Experience designing enterprise data solutions within healthcare or highly regulated industries.
• Proven experience working with multidisciplinary business and technology stakeholders.

Technical Expertise

• Data Architecture and Data Modelling.
• Healthcare Interoperability, including HL7 and FHIR.
• SQL and NoSQL databases.
• ETL/ELT and Data Integration Platforms.
• Cloud Platforms, including Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Data Governance and Master Data Management.
• Healthcare Analytics and AI-enabled Data Solutions.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.

Languages

• German: C1 or above.
• English: C1 or above.

What We Look For

• Strong consulting and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to executive and clinical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in Agile project environments.
• Passion for healthcare innovation and digital transformation.
• Ability to operate effectively in international and multicultural environments.

Preferred Profile

• A consulting professional with deep healthcare data architecture expertise who can help healthcare organizations across Germany and Europe modernize their data landscape, unlock interoperability, and accelerate digital health transformation through strategic advisory and technology-enabled solutions.