Information & Data Architect

The Information & Data Architect is responsible for defining and governing the information architecture that supports Medtronic’s Digital Health platform. This role leads data strategy, governance, modeling, integration, and stewardship efforts to ensure data is accurate, secure, accessible, and aligned with business, quality, and regulatory requirements. The position serves as a cross-functional leader who connects engineering, product, quality, regulatory, and business teams to establish scalable data practices that support platform growth, reporting, analytics, and future artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives., * Define and maintain the logical information architecture, including business definitions, metadata standards, data dictionaries, and data models across the Digital Health platform.

• Lead cross-functional data discovery and requirements activities to align platform capabilities with engineering, clinical, quality, regulatory, commercial, and product needs.
• Establish and govern enterprise data standards for ownership, stewardship, quality, lifecycle management, documentation, and traceability.
• Analyze and document data flows, integrations, dependencies, and information exchanges across platform applications and enterprise systems.
• Partner with software engineering teams to incorporate data architecture, governance, privacy, security, and integration requirements into solution designs and development activities.
• Define and maintain role-based access control (RBAC) and data access governance processes in collaboration with Cybersecurity, Legal, and business stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain a catalog of data assets, ownership structures, metadata, and business context to improve information discoverability and reuse.
• Establish data quality metrics, monitoring processes, and governance mechanisms that support regulatory compliance, reporting, analytics, and future advanced data initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience OR PhD, * Extensive experience with software architecture, APIs, enterprise system integrations, and software development lifecycles.
• Extensive experience with relational databases, SQL, logical data modeling, entity relationship diagramming, and information architecture principles.
• Extensive experience with data warehouses, analytics platforms, reporting solutions, or cloud-based data ecosystems.
• Experience documenting complex systems, metadata, business processes, and data flows.
• Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working closely with software engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with data cataloging, metadata management, master data management (MDM), data stewardship, and data governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with HIPAA, FDA software lifecycle processes, privacy regulations, and quality management systems.
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks or enterprise information management practices.
• Understanding role-based access control (RBAC), identity management, authentication, authorization, and information security principles.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$178,400.00 - $267,600.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

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