Data Architect

About the role

The Media Data Architect plays a strategic role in driving competitive advantage within the Global Digital Technology & Data organization. This role supports high-growth E-commerce and Digital Marketing business functions by designing, governing, scaling, and maintaining a modern, cloud-based data foundation.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Strategy & Design: Design and govern scalable data models and cloud infrastructure (e.g., Snowflake, GCP) that support high-velocity digital data streams while optimizing for performance, cost efficiency, and business flexibility.
• Own the technical roadmap that evolves our architecture to meet both current and future business demands.
• Enterprise Data Integration: Own the integration strategy connecting our core Tech stack (CDPs, Google Analytics, CRM) with our enterprise data warehouse, creating digital data products and enabling seamless data flow across systems.
• Cross-Functional Technical Leadership: Serve as the technical authority and strategic partner within GIT, translating complex business requirements into clear technical architectures, data products, and implementation roadmaps that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Data Pipeline Architecture & Optimization: Ensure that pipelines are compliant with Colgate’s architectural vision and standards for ETL/ELT workflows, ensuring automated data pipelines are resilient, fully monitored, and optimized for both batch and real-time processing at enterprise scale.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Data Architecture Experience: Professional experience in data architecture, data engineering, or similar technical roles, with a minimum of 2 years specifically designing and implementing cloud-based data solutions at enterprise scale.
• Cloud Data Platform & Infrastructure Expertise: Demonstrated proficiency with at least one major cloud data platform (Snowflake, AWS, or Azure), with hands-on experience in DevOps and infrastructure operations including CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), infrastructure-as-code, and deployment automation.
• Core Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python, with the ability to design and optimize complex data models for enterprise environments, including relational, NoSQL, and dimensional schemas.
• Systems Integration & Architectural Leadership: Proven experience designing and implementing integrations across complex technology ecosystems. Demonstrated ability to lead technical architectural discussions, translate complex requirements into scalable solutions, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to align technical decisions with business priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Digital Platform Knowledge: Experience with platforms such as Salesforce Data Cloud, Segment, mParticle, GA4, Trade Desk, DV360, and data clean room solutions.
• AI-Ready Data Architecture: Demonstrated understanding of data structures, architectural patterns required to make data AI ready. Knowledge of data quality standards, lineage tracking and other industry best practices.
• Innovation & Modern Data Stack Adoption: History of evaluating and adopting emerging data technologies (dbt, Dataform, Airflow, modern orchestration frameworks), implementing industry best practices, and driving organizational shifts from legacy to modern architectures.
• Evidence of proactive problem-solving and commitment to measurable outcomes.

Pay and Benefits

Salary Range: $96,800.00 - $137,000.00 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: 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.