Principal Enterprise Data Architect

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Position Summary (Purpose of Job)

The Enterprise Data Architect Level 6 serves as an enterprise authority in defining governing and advancing McKessons data architecture strategy. This role establishes the future state vision for enterprise data capabilities and ensures alignment across business analytics platform and solution teams. Operating at the highest level of architectural accountability this role influences enterprise wide technology direction rather than owning delivery for a single domain or initiative. The architect ensures that data architecture decisions are scalable compliant and aligned to long range business and technology strategy. The role acts as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders leads enterprise architecture governance and mentors architects across the organization to drive architectural consistency maturity and measurable business impact while enabling domain teams to execute within defined enterprise guardrails.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Data Architecture Strategy

• Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture vision aligned to business strategy and regulatory requirements
• Establish enterprise data architecture principles standards and reference models
• Own and evolve long range data architecture direction to support scalability and interoperability
• Define and own the enterprise semantic layer including cross domain data models and standardized calculations to enable consistent reporting and analytics

Architecture Governance and Decision Leadership

• Establish guardrails and decision frameworks that guide data architecture across domains
• Evaluate architectural risks and manage enterprise level exceptions

Enterprise Alignment and Business Enablement

• Guide enterprise investment decisions based on architectural fit and sustainability

Advisory Influence and Executive Communication

• Advise senior leaders on data architecture strategy and tradeoffs
• Communicate enterprise architecture direction to executive and technical audiences

Architecture Practice Leadership and Mentorship

• Advance enterprise architecture maturity and consistency

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Influence and set direction for enterprise data platforms and tooling

Minimum Requirement - Degree or equivalent andtypically requires 13 yearswith 8 years of direct work related experience. Less yearsrequired if has relevant Mastersor Doctorate qualifications.

Physical Requirements: General Office Demands We are Flex and Connect with 2 days a week in office

Critical Skills:

• Expert knowledge of enterprise data architecture and information architecture
• Experience operating in regulated environments with strong governance requirements
• Demonstrated success defining and governing enterprise wide architecture strategy
• Experience leading architectural governance and influencing large scale transformation
• Establish decision frameworks that integrate data architecture standards non functional requirements risk and policy into intake outcomes
• Partner with Security Data Platform and Delivery leaders to ensure intake decisions reflect enterprise priorities
• Define the data architecture that underpins intelligent intake including data capture enrichment and context required for AI driven triage and routing

Candidate must be authorized to work in the Canada now or in the future without the support from McKesson.

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