Senior Principal Data Architecture Leader

Penn Medicine; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn Medicine seeks a Senior Principal Enterprise Architect – Data Architecture & Strategy to define the organization’s data vision, standards, and governance. You will lead architectural direction across clinical, research, operational, financial, and AI domains.

As a senior contributor, you will partner with Data & Analytics, security, and business leaders to drive scalable, interoperable data platforms and Data Product architectures that maximize data value while ensuring governance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IS or related field (Required)
• 15+ years in IT/Information Systems with enterprise data architecture experience (Required)
• 7+ years in enterprise-scale Data Architecture with data governance and lakehouse experience (Required)
• Healthcare, academic medical center, or regulated environments preferred (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise data architecture strategy and multi-year technology roadmap.
• Translate data and analytics strategies into actionable architectures and reference models.
• Govern data architecture principles, standards, and design patterns for data integration, storage, and sharing.
• Lead guidance for modern data platforms, lakehouse architectures, cloud data platforms, and metadata management.
• Develop Data Product architecture standards and reusable patterns for scalable, governed data products.
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics, security, and business stakeholders to align roadmaps and governance.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Data governance

Cloud data platforms

Lakehouse architectures

Metadata management

Data quality

Data lineage

Data catalog

Databricks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Penn Medicine seeks a Senior Principal Enterprise Architect – Data Architecture & Strategy to define the organization’s data vision, standards, and governance. You will lead architectural direction across clinical, research, operational, financial, and AI domains.

As a senior contributor, you will partner with Data & Analytics, security, and business leaders to drive scalable, interoperable data platforms and Data Product architectures that maximize data value while ensuring governance and