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Lead Data Architect

Job in The Woodlands, Montgomery County, Texas, USA
Listing for: McKesson
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-08
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Data Engineering, Data Warehousing
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 147800 - 246400 USD Yearly USD 147800.00 246400.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Overview

Momentim Rx is advancing a modern healthcare data platform and digital products to accelerate innovation and improve patient health outcomes. The Lead Data Architect will lead the design and execution of enterprise-scale, secure, and scalable data solutions, shaping the next-generation healthcare data capabilities s role partners with business and technology leaders to define architectural strategy, drive interoperability, and enable AI/ML and analytics-ready environments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Architecture Leadership:
    Define technical strategy, architecture standards, and long term roadmap; lead design and planning for new platforms, products, and services; establish enterprise-wide best practices and reusable patterns.
  • Technology Innovation & Delivery:
    Oversee architectural execution of enterprise-scale data solutions; evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative, business-aligned solutions; mentor teams on modern architecture and cloud-native practices.
  • Governance, Security & Compliance:
    Provide technical governance through architecture review boards and standards enforcement; ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and enterprise security standards; embed data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance in all data architecture designs. Partner closely with Compliance, Privacy, and Enterprise Governance teams to define and execute a holistic data strategy aligned with regulatory requirements and enterprise risk posture.
  • Data Strategy & Governance Integration:
    Collaborate with Data Governance organizations to operationalize metadata management and lineage by integrating enterprise data assets with governance platforms such as Alation; ensure consistent capture, enrichment, and stewardship of metadata across data platforms to support discoverability, lineage, data quality, and auditability.
  • Documentation & Standards:
    Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of data architecture, data dictionaries, and data flow diagrams; ensure consistency, traceability, and quality across platforms.
Minimum Requirements

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience. Less years required if there is relevant Master’s or Doctorate qualifications.

Critical Skills & Experience
  • 10+ years in technology roles with significant architecture experience in complex enterprises.
  • Cloud & Data Platforms:
    Expertise in Azure, Databricks, multi-cloud architectures, data lakes/lake houses, real-time streaming, Unity Catalog, and modern data governance frameworks.
Data Architecture & Engineering
  • Strong proficiency in data modeling techniques (conceptual, logical, physical) and experience with data modeling tools.
  • Advanced data modeling, normalization, ETL/ELT pipeline design, and batch/streaming architectures.
  • Experience with relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and No

    SQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB).
  • Familiarity with data governance frameworks, data quality management, and master data management (MDM) principles.
  • Integration of external data sources, SFTP-based ETL, and real-time pipelines.
  • Experience integrating metadata and lineage into enterprise data governance platforms (e.g., Alation) to enable discoverability, auditability, and data quality across the organization.
  • Interoperability & Standards: SOA modernization, service-based architectures, OAuth2/OIDC/SMART/RBAC/ABAC; deep understanding of healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR, ICD-10) and HIPAA compliance.
  • AI & Analytics Enablement:
    Architecting ML/AI-ready environments and real-time analytics platforms.
  • Dev Ops & Platform Enablement: CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment, Git Hub version control.
  • Healthcare Domain Expertise: EMR systems, claims processing, MDM, and IQVIA or similar healthcare datasets.
Non-Technical Competencies
  • Ability to align diverse stakeholders around a clear and compelling technical vision.
  • Strong analytical skills to solve complex, cross-functional enterprise challenges.
  • Proven ability to balance business priorities, technical constraints, and risk management.
  • Excellent communicator capable of influencing audiences from engineers to senior executives.
  • Experience…
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