Master Data Architect - Product & Customer Data Lead

Datagist LLC; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Datagist LLC seeks an experienced MDM Architect to own master data programs for multiple clients, leading design and delivery from workshops through to implementation. You will define data models, hierarchies, and match/survivorship rules, and mentor a blended onshore/offshore team.

This role is on-site in Dallas with travel to client sites as needed. You will design both packaged MDM solutions and custom cloud-based platforms, aligning to ERP, e-commerce, and downstream systems, while enforcing

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise MDM programs in an architect or lead role.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirement gathering with business owners, data stewards, and IT: run workshops, document current state and pain points, and turn them into clear functional and technical requirements
• Design MDM solutions across domains such as product, customer, supplier, and location: data models, hierarchies, match and merge rules, survivorship, and golden record strategy
• Architect product mastering solutions: product hierarchies and taxonomies, attributes and classifications, variants and bundles, and syndication to ERP, e-commerce, and downstream systems
• Design and build custom MDM platforms on cloud data stacks where a packaged tool is not the right fit, including matching and survivorship services, stewardship workflows, and APIs
• Lead and coordinate an offshore delivery team: break work into clear tasks, run daily handoffs across time zones, review designs and code, and hold the team to quality and delivery dates
• Define integration patterns between the MDM hub and source and consuming systems using APIs, event streaming, and batch pipelines
• Set standards for data quality, data governance, security, and auditability in the MDM solution
• Present architecture options and trade-offs to client architects and executives, and mentor consultants on our team

Skills

MDM architecture

Data modeling

SQL skills

Stakeholder communication

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Offshore delivery

Requirements workshops

Product taxonomies

Tools

Reltio

Informatica MDM

Stibo STEP

Semarchy

Profisee

SAP MDG

MS Master Data Services

Job description

Datagist LLC seeks an experienced MDM Architect to own master data programs for multiple clients, leading design and delivery from workshops through to implementation. You will define data models, hierarchies, and match/survivorship rules, and mentor a blended onshore/offshore team.

This role is on-site in Dallas with travel to client sites as needed. You will design both packaged MDM solutions and custom cloud-based platforms, aligning to ERP, e-commerce, and downstream systems, while enforcing