Senior Principal IT Architect - SAP Master Data Governance
Medtronic
Summary
The Master Data Governance (MDG) Process team within Global IT enables enterprise master data capabilities that support SAP integration, business operations, and digital transformation initiatives across Medtronic. The team partners with Global Data Governance, Master Data Operations, and cross-functional business and technology stakeholders to establish scalable, governed, and high-quality master data solutions that support enterprise growth and operational excellence.
Job description
As Senior Principal IT Architect, SAP Master Data Governance (MDG), you will define and advance the enterprise architecture, strategy, and roadmap for master data capabilities across Medtronic. This role serves as the technical authority for SAP MDG and master data management, driving scalable solutions that support SAP S/4HANA transformation, enterprise data governance, and business innovation. You will work closely with business, product, data, and technology teams to translate complex requirements into practical solutions and establish reusable enterprise capabilities.
Primary Responsibilities
- Define enterprise architecture, strategy, standards, and governance frameworks for SAP Master Data Governance and master data management capabilities.
- Lead architecture and technical governance for SAP MDG solutions integrated with SAP S/4HANA, SAP ERP Central Component (ECC), SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), enterprise data platforms, and third-party applications.
- Serve as the technical authority for material, customer, supplier/vendor, business partner, finance, product, reference, and hierarchy data domains.
- Partner with business, data, and delivery teams to translate master data requirements into scalable solution architectures and implementation plans.
- Develop and validate prototypes for data quality, workflow, automation, integration, and artificial intelligence-enabled data management capabilities.
- Guide solutions through architecture, implementation, deployment, stabilization, and adoption while ensuring alignment to enterprise standards.
- Provide technical leadership during major implementations, data conversions, cutovers, and production issue resolution activities.
- Establish reusable architecture patterns, accelerators, and enterprise capabilities that support transformation initiatives, acquisitions, divestitures, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of related IT experience OR advanced degree with 8+ years of related IT experience.
- 8+ years designing and implementing SAP MDG solutions, including 5+ years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technical leadership roles.
- Experience leading large-scale SAP transformation programs from discovery, architecture, and prototyping through production deployment and adoption.
- Experience with SAP configuration, data modeling, integration, application programming interfaces (APIs), workflow, automation, data quality, and troubleshooting.
- Experience translating complex business requirements into enterprise solutions within regulated and large-scale environments.
- Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical discipline.
- Preferred: Advanced degree or SAP certification in SAP MDG, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, enterprise architecture, or related technologies.
- Preferred: Experience implementing SAP MDG on SAP S/4HANA and extending solutions through SAP BTP.
- Preferred: Experience developing prototypes and accelerators using APIs, event-driven integration, workflow automation, cloud services, Structured Query Language (SQL), data analysis, or scripting.
- Preferred: Experience applying artificial intelligence or machine learning to data quality, classification, enrichment, matching, anomaly detection, workflow optimization, or migration readiness.
- Preferred: Experience in consulting, solution engineering, product engineering, mergers and acquisitions, global delivery models, or enterprise data platforms including Snowflake, Databricks, or SAP Datasphere.
- 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.
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Leave
- Dependent Daycare Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
- Incentive Plans
- 401(k) Matching
- Short-Term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-Qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
- Capital Accumulation Plan
Company overview
Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader and one of the world's largest medical device companies, founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company operates in over 150 countries and employs more than 90,000 people worldwide. Medtronic's mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life through innovative medical technologies. The company develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. With a rich history that began with the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker, Medtronic has grown into a diversified healthcare technology company with four main business units: Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Diabetes Group, Restorative Therapies Group, and Cardiac and Vascular Group. The company's therapies help approximately 72 million people annually and represent a significant force in advancing medical technology to address some of humanity's most challenging health problems.