Data Governance Architect Lead — Remote/Hybrid (Poland)

Danaher Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Danaher is seeking a Lead Data Governance Architect to define and drive the enterprise Data Governance architecture and strategy. This role partners with business, technology, and functional leaders to deliver enterprise-scale standards, policies, processes, and operating models for effective data management across Danaher.

This position reports to the Senior Director, Data Engineering and is part of the Enterprise Data Platform organization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Governance, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of Data Architecture and Data Management principles.
• Experience defining Data Governance policies, standards, controls, and procedures.
• Experience with one or more major cloud ecosystems, such as Azure, AWS, or Snowflake.
• Hands-on knowledge of: Data Governance, Data Lineage, Data Privacy and Data Security, Data Ownership and Stewardship.
• Ability to travel up to 15% domestically and internationally as required.

Responsibilities

• Design governance capabilities covering Data Quality, Metadata Management, Data Cataloguing, Data Lineage, Master Data Management, Data Classification, and Data Privacy.
• Define and maintain data ownership, stewardship, accountability, and decision-making models across the organization.
• Develop and maintain the target-state Data Governance and Data Management architecture, ensuring alignment with Enterprise Architecture.
• Define standards for data domains, critical data elements, business glossaries, data models, data products, and data flows.
• Ensure that Data Governance requirements are embedded into data platforms, applications, analytics solutions, and transformation initiatives.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Architecture

Data Management

Cloud Platforms

Data Privacy & Security

Data Lineage

Data Cataloguing

Tools

Collibra

Microsoft Purview

Informatica

Alation

Atlan

Job description

Danaher is seeking a Lead Data Governance Architect to define and drive the enterprise Data Governance architecture and strategy. This role partners with business, technology, and functional leaders to deliver enterprise-scale standards, policies, processes, and operating models for effective data management across Danaher.

This position reports to the Senior Director, Data Engineering and is part of the Enterprise Data Platform organization.