Information Architect

MSD; United States; Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in innovative health solutions seeks an Information Architect to enhance data architecture and governance across the organization. This role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize data utilization and drive strategic insights. The ideal candidate will bring over 10 years of IT experience with a strong focus on data management and architecture. You will have the chance to work in a dynamic hybrid environment and contribute significantly to enterprise data integrity and decision-making processes.

Benefits

Exciting work in a great team

Opportunity to grow professionally

Flexible working model

Pension and health insurance contributions

5 weeks annual leave plus sick days

Tax free benefits cafeteria

Competitive salary and incentives

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT disciplines including Data Architecture and Governance.
• Expertise in developing information models and quality assessments.
• Strong leadership skills and proven coaching track record.

Responsibilities

• Establish standards for data collection, mapping, and governance.
• Collaborate to implement information access policy.
• Define data requirements ensuring governance compliance.

Skills

Data Modeling

Data Governance

Information Architecture

Strategic Planning

Problem-solving

Education

University degree

Job description

Job Description

The Position

At our company, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. One of the key priorities for our company is a significant focus on Data and its utilization as a Strategic asset to drive insight-driven decisions. The opportunity to accelerate our time to insights hinges on our ability to integrate, enrich and govern our disparate and evolving data sources, at speed and scale. The Enterprise IT (EIT) Finance, Digital, Data and Analytics team’s mission is to focus on driving these capabilities to increase utilization of data within the organization.

We are seeking a talented Information Architect to shape our data landscape. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement and manage information systems, championing best practices, and leveraging advanced technologies to enhance our data architecture. If you are passionate about data architecture and eager to make a significant impact, we invite you to apply.

What will you do?

• Utilize advanced knowledge of information architecture principles to establish and enforce standards and practices across various capability areas such as data collection, ontology creation, data mapping, and taxonomies.
• Apply technical and departmental knowledge to analyze the data landscape across the enterprise, assess the health and risks of the current state, and design projects that will enable our team to meet its goals.
• Grow the capabilities of an enterprise data marketplace, including data cataloguing, data discovery and data governance.
• Mature company’s delivery and re-use of information assets, leveraging product management practices to offer “Data Products”
• Contribute to a master data management strategy, including entity definition and ongoing sustainment.
• Collaborate with information security, business, and IT stakeholders to implement an information access policy and rules of use.
• Discover, recommend, and implement enhancements to the enterprise Data Management architecture.
• Create and maintain Information Architecture deliverables and artifacts relevant for accountable architecture domain(s).
• Develops and executes data-driven strategies to optimize business performance, aligning systems capabilities with strategic goals.
• Defines, prioritizes, and manages data requirements, ensuring traceability and controlled changes in line with governance standards.
• Present strategic data architecture solutions to executives, translating complex challenges into actionable insights and driving enterprise-wide data integration and governance decisions.
• Stay current with Information technology trends and introduce these best practices to the company.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience Required

• 10+ years of experience spanning IT disciplines including Data Modeling, Databases, Master Data Management, Business Process Modeling and Information Architecture
• University degree
• Proficiency in developing information usage/decision making use cases, information models, and quality assessments
• Expertise in analyzing, designing, and developing solutions based on current and future state solutions and reference architectures
• Knowledge of enterprise technology capabilities and how they can be reused to provide end-user and application development services
• Familiarity with information architecture frameworks, processes, and technology that provide insights to address critical data challenges
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to foresee future needs and challenges
• Strong leadership skills including but not limited to strategic planning, entrepreneurship, innovation, and business savviness
• Proven track record in coaching and development, talent growth, and execution excellence

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Finance functions / processes, preferably in Life Sciences or similar regulated industries
• Experience with cloud platforms and data integration tools
• Prior experience in Data Product implementation at scale
• Advanced degree in a related field
• Certification in data management, TOGAF or other architecture-related credentials are a plus

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases)
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system plus referral programme
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), Business Processes, Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Modeling, Computer Science, Data Architecture, Database Management Systems (DBMS), Data Governance, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Science, Enterprise Databases, Information Architectures, Information Systems Management, Information Technology Trends, Master Data Management (MDM), Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs, Technical Advice

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Job Posting End Date:

07/14/2025

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