Lead Data Architect

We are looking for a Lead Data Architect to drive the strategic vision, design, and governance of our enterprise data architecture. This role will be instrumental in aligning data architecture with business objectives, ensuring seamless integration across systems, and optimizing data‑driven decision‑making. The ideal candidate will have a strong blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, and experience with modern data platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud‑native solutions.

This position is responsible for the overall management and oversight of our global data architecture. The individual will collaborate and build strong relationships across Henry Schein including with business leads and technology product teams, driving data architectures to aid with the implementation of database technologies as enablers for key business capabilities. You blend deep expertise and experience in engineering, technical design, systems and database management with a passion for coaching and mentoring engineering associates.

• Define and implement a scalable, enterprise‑wide data architecture aligned with business and technology goals.
• Develop a data strategy roadmap, ensuring long‑term sustainability, scalability, and efficiency.
• Partner with executive leadership, product teams, and engineering to ensure data initiatives drive business value.
• Establish enterprise data governance, security, and compliance frameworks leveraging tools like Collibra or Alation.

• Define and implement a scalable, enterprise‑wide data architecture aligned with business and technology goals.

• Oversee the design and evolution of data lakes, data warehouses, and cloud‑based analytics platforms using Databricks, Snowflake, Big Query, or Redshift.
• Lead the adoption of modern data architecture patterns, including event‑driven architectures, real‑time data streaming (Kafka, Pulsar), and AI‑driven analytics.
• Provide guidance on database optimization, indexing, partitioning, and storage strategies for tools like Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, and No
  
  SQL solutions like Mongo
  
  DB or Cassandra.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, making recommendations for tools and platforms that enhance data capabilities.

• Direct ETL/ELT strategies, ensuring seamless data flow across systems with Python, Apache Airflow, dbt, or Informatica.
• Architect cloud‑based solutions (AWS, Azure, or GCP) using services such as AWS Glue, Azure Synapse, and Google Cloud Dataflow to support analytics, AI, and operational use cases.
• Ensure API‑first design for data integration using Graph
  
  QL, RESTful APIs, or event‑driven architectures (Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Pub/Sub).
• Define and oversee data quality, lineage, and cataloging efforts using Great Expectations, Monte Carlo, or Data Hub.

• Develop policies for data privacy, access control, and encryption, ensuring compliance with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, or other relevant regulations.
• Implement enterprise‑wide metadata management and data lineage tracking using Collibra, Alation, or Data Catalog solutions.
• Drive best practices for data security and compliance audits, leveraging IAM tools and cloud security solutions.

• Lead a team of data architects, engineers, and analysts, mentoring them on best practices.
• Act as a liaison between business and technical teams, translating business needs into scalable data solutions.
• Champion a culture of innovation, ensuring the data team is adopting cutting‑edge methodologies.
• Conduct data architecture reviews, ensuring alignment with organizational standards.

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, or a closely related field (or foreign equivalent).
• Proven track record in designing large‑scale, enterprise data architectures.
• Expertise in SQL, No
  
  SQL, and distributed database technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, Big Query, Redshift, Postgre
  
  SQL, Mongo
  
  DB, and Cassandra.
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