Data Architect

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number #171047 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to lead the definition, design, and governance of data assets within the Supply Chain organization in Global IT. This pivotal role ensures data consistency, quality, security, and accessibility to support strategic business initiatives, collaborating with stakeholders, delivery leads, data engineers, data scientists, and enterprise architects.

This position is based out of the Piscataway, NJ location. Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Architecture & Modeling: Create comprehensive conceptual, logical, and physical data models for Supply Chain. Translate business goals into a robust data architecture roadmap and define the dbt project structure, modeling standards (Kimball/Dimensional), and testing frameworks
• Data Governance & Product Ownership: Operationalize enterprise-wide standards, implementing data quality checks, privacy controls (PII masking), and managing metadata/lineage. Implement granular security (Row-Level Security, Dynamic Masking) and define/manage the domain’s "Data Products" (e.g., "Inventory Levels") for enterprise use
• Optimization & Cost Management (FinOps): Act as the "Design Authority". Proactively optimize pipeline performance and re-architect inefficient data flows to reduce Snowflake credit consumption and improve report performance. Ensure solutions are architected for long-term scalability and cost-efficiency
• Collaboration & Evaluation: Partner with the Data Delivery Lead to ensure architectural integrity. Assess new features (e.g., Iceberg tables) and tools to determine their fit for evolving domain needs

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in data architecture, data modeling, and data management.
• Technical Knowledge:
• Knowledge of data warehousing/data lakes (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, GCP BigQuery, and open table formats like Iceberg or Delta Lake).
• Experience with transformation tools like dbt or Coalesce.
• Hands-on experience architecting on at least one major cloud platform (GCP preferred; AWS or Azure acceptable).
• Deep understanding of modeling methodologies (relational, dimensional, NoSQL).
• Strong grasp of integration patterns (ETL, ELT, API integrations).
• Strong SQL skills and experience modeling on both transactional source systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and analytical cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks).
• Governance: Familiarity with data governance principles, data quality management tools, and practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Domain Expertise: Experience designing data solutions for Supply Chain with relevant Supply Chain process knowledge is a plus
• Industry Experience: Experience in Retail or CPG domains.
• Certifications: Relevant certifications such as Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or cloud-specific data certifications (eg., Snowpro Advanced Architect, dbt Analytics Engineer, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect / Professional Data Engineer)
• Skills: Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.

Compensation And Benefits

Salary Range $106,400.00 - $155,000.00 USD

Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Detailed information regarding paid sick leave entitlements will be provided to employees upon hiring and may be subject to adjustments based on changes in legislation or company policies.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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