Senior Data Architecture Leader — AI, Governance & Lakehouse

embecta; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

embecta is seeking a Senior Manager, Principal Data Architect to define enterprise data architecture, roadmaps, and governance across BI/AI workloads. This hybrid role sits in Parsippany, NJ, three days on-site, partnering with engineering and business teams.

You will mentor senior engineers, translate business priorities into architecture, and shape reference architectures and guardrails while guiding cloud lakehouse initiatives with Azure, Purview, Unity Catalog, SAP, and Power BI.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture and enterprise data roles.
• Experience designing secure, scalable cloud data platforms.
• Ability to communicate with senior IT and business leaders.
• Proficiency with Azure data services and governance tools.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise data architecture and multi-year roadmaps.
• Lead data governance, security, and data quality standards.
• Mentor data engineers and architects across hubs.
• Advise leadership on tradeoffs and investment priorities.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Analytics architecture

Azure data services

Azure Data Lake

Azure Databricks

Power BI

Data modeling

Data governance

Data quality

Unity Catalog

Microsoft Purview

Architectural standards

Communication

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Azure Databricks

Power BI

Microsoft Purview

Unity Catalog

SAP Datasphere

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

embecta is seeking a Senior Manager, Principal Data Architect to define enterprise data architecture, roadmaps, and governance across BI/AI workloads. This hybrid role sits in Parsippany, NJ, three days on-site, partnering with engineering and business teams.

You will mentor senior engineers, translate business priorities into architecture, and shape reference architectures and guardrails while guiding cloud lakehouse initiatives with Azure, Purview, Unity Catalog, SAP, and Power BI.