Principal Enterprise Data Architect

Philip Morris International; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 295,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or car allowance

Private medical and dental care

Life insurance

Hybrid work model

Pension plan

Lunch card

Training and development support

Job summary

Philip Morris International is seeking a Principal Enterprise Data Architect to design and deliver enterprise data models across Consumer, R&D and Product Quality domains. You will collaborate with business partners and IT stakeholders to ensure data requirements meet business outcomes, leveraging cloud-based analytics on a modern tech stack.

The role involves leading architecture workshops, aligning with SAFe/ Scrum, and mentoring teams while supporting global data transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Masters in Computer Sciences, Information Management, or similar.
• 5–10 years of cloud-based data architecture experience in international environments.
• Strong BI and Big Data knowledge (Snowflake, Spark).
• Experience leading workshops and aligning architecture with business needs.

Responsibilities

• Design enterprise-wide data architectures and models across multiple domains.
• Translate business requirements into scalable data models.
• Govern enterprise data models for quality and accessibility.
• Lead cloud-based analytics solutions using Snowflake and AWS services.
• Guide agile teams and mentor on best practices in data architecture.

Skills

English Fluent

Cloud Architecture

Data Modelling

Stakeholder Management

SAFe/Scrum

Data Governance

Big Data Ecosystems

Education

Master's in Computer Science / Information Management

Tools

Snowflake

PowerBI

SqlDbm

ER Studio

SAP PowerDesigner

AWS (Sagemaker, EMR)

Job description

The job can be based in Poland (Cracow) or Portugal (Albarraque).

Working model in Poland: hybrid: 40% of working time in the office/month; 60% of working time as a home office/month

Working model in Portugal: 2 days/week in the office; 3 days/week from home

MAKE HISTORY WITH US

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and you will have the space to move your career forward in many different areas/directions.

About The Team And Ideal Candidate

The Data Insights & Analytics (DI&A) team is responsible for transforming Philip Morris into a company where decision‑making process is driven by data.

As part of this team, we are looking for a Principal Enterprise Data Architect that is deeply knowledgeable about building and delivering data architectures to define our enterprise data model and support delivery of analytics data products, master data management and metadata management solutions for the organization. As part of this role, you will help to design and architect business and technical data models that deliver standard and customised (where necessary) solutions for different functional data domains: the Consumer domain, Research and Development / Product Quality domains.

Additionally, you serve as a liaison among business partners, technical resources, and project stakeholders to ensure data requirements are adequately modelled to meet desired business outcomes.

This is truly an exceptional opportunity to accelerate your career and work alongside a wide cross‑section of business and IT stakeholders within the organization.

To succeed, you will need a healthy mix of strategic thinking, deep hands‑on experience of modern data architecture practices deployed on the cloud and a sound understanding of the various best practices and current trends in the data architecture domain.

The preferred candidate is ideally a DAMA certified architect who can work closely with several IT stakeholder teams in a collaborative manner to ensure the proposed data architecture meets the underlying needs of the Consumer and Product Quality areas.

The day‑to‑day responsibilities are to be carried out against the primary backdrop of both global and local transactional and ERP systems with a cloud‑based advanced analytics platform also part of this ecosystem. These are supported by state‑of‑the‑art technologies (Matillion, DBT, Snowflake, AWS cloud services including Sagemaker, EMR) and agile methodologies (SAFe, Scrum) enabling key transformation initiatives.

You will support our transformation by bringing FMCG/Retail commercial awareness, B2C/B2B digital strategy, marketing and sales strong business processes understanding.

What You’ll Do

• Design and maintain enterprise‑wide data architecture frameworks, standards, and data models across Consumer, R&D, and Product Quality domains
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, analyse, and translate business requirements into scalable conceptual, logical, and physical data models
• Define and govern enterprise data models to ensure consistency, quality, accessibility, and alignment with business objectives
• Architect modern cloud‑based analytics solutions leveraging Snowflake, AWS services, DBT, Matillion, and other data platform technologies
• Lead data architecture workshops with business and IT teams to identify design patterns, integration requirements, and solution roadmaps
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Data Engineers, and Analytics teams to ensure alignment with enterprise technology strategy
• Evaluate existing data landscapes, identify architecture gaps, and recommend improvements that support evolving business needs and digital transformation initiatives
• Guide agile delivery teams operating within Scrum and SAFe frameworks, ensuring architecture standards are incorporated into analytics and data product developmentProvide technical leadership and mentorship on best practices

Skills & Capabilities

• Masters in Computer Sciences, Information Management, or any similar field requiring architecture and analytics
• Minimum 5-10 years of data architecture experience in a cloud‑based environment delivering large scale technology projects in an international company and environment
• Good knowledge of Business Intelligence and Big Data ecosystems (S3, Scala, Spark)
• Experience with Snowflake, PowerBI, and modelling tools (SqlDbm, SAP PowerDesigner, E/R studio, Erwin...)
• Experience with Scrum methodology and/or following an agile approach of Self‑starter with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills from a business perspective, applying agile to large organisations through SAFe methodology
• Knowledge of data modelling tools and methodologies (Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault)
• Design data analytics solutions from classic data warehousing data lake to big data solutions and hybrid platforms considering cloud and on prem
• Strong cloud technology background & knowledge of Data Architecture design principles
• Proven experience of leading workshops to identify design/architecture patterns and solid understanding of backend integration technologies
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate technical complexities into business‑friendly language using both conceptual and logical thinking
• Strategic ability to relate the current technology and application landscape to the evolving business needs and identify the data architecture gaps
• Experience working with broader architecture community (Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, AI and Analytics Architects)
• Fluent in English

Rewards & Benefits

Important note: The benefits list depends on where the selected candidate will be hired: in Poland or in Portugal. We are open for both locations.

Benefits In Poland

• Company car or car allowance
• Private medical and dental care, life insurance
• Hybrid model of work and flexible working arrangements (40% of office work and 60% of home office / month)
• Employee pension plan
• Lunch card, Multisport & Cafeteria program
• Wide range of trainings, language learning platform, further education and professional qualification support possibility
• Free bike and car parking for all employees
• In case of being hired in Poland, in this position you will earn no less than PLN 27 300 gross per month

Benefits In Portugal

• Permanent local contract with a competitive salary together with Tabaqueira’ s employee benefits
• Company car or car allowance
• Life and Health insurance
• Employee Pension Plan
• Hybrid remote working model
• Growing opportunities within the Company, both at national and international level
• Very diverse and international work environment
• Wide range of trainings and further education and professional qualification support possibility

We believe that diverse perspectives and experiences make us stronger. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to creating a workplace where every individual feels welcomed, respected, valued, and empowered to reach their full potential.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, and provide reasonable accommodations to ensure an accessible recruitment process. If you need support or adjustments during your application, let us know - we’re here to help you succeed.

Key Things To Know Before You Apply

Relocation support is not provided.

At PMI we run the business in line with ethical principles and encourage SpeakUp culture. We care for equal chances and fair treatment. If you find anything that violates this principles in this job offer or the recruitment process, you may contact our Ethics and Compliance Team at [e-mail]. Read more about Ethics&Compliance at PMI – here.