Data Architecture Lead — Hybrid, Global Impact

Colgate; Piscataway Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking a highly experienced Data Architect Lead to define and govern data assets across Enterprise Data Applications. You will lead architects and engineers across Finance, Supply Chain, Global Technology (R&D), Sustainability, and Master Data domains, shaping data models and integration strategies.

You will partner with business stakeholders to build scalable data architecture, drive dbt Snowflake standards, ensure data quality, privacy controls, and cost efficiency while

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading data architecture in enterprise environments.
• Strong proficiency with Snowflake and dbt.
• Track record in governance, security, and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models across domains.
• Lead architecture decisions and mentor engineers.
• Improve data quality, security, and metadata governance.
• Collaborate with Data Delivery Leads and central platform team.
• Optimize Snowflake performance and costs.

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Modeling

Data Governance

Leadership

Stakeholder Collaboration

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking a highly experienced Data Architect Lead to define and govern data assets across Enterprise Data Applications. You will lead architects and engineers across Finance, Supply Chain, Global Technology (R&D), Sustainability, and Master Data domains, shaping data models and integration strategies.

You will partner with business stakeholders to build scalable data architecture, drive dbt Snowflake standards, ensure data quality, privacy controls, and cost efficiency while