Master Data Management (MDM) Architect

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Job Posting Title

Master Data Management (MDM) Architect

Job Description Summary

AAM is rapidly building the Master Data Management Practice across its Global Enterprise. A dedicated MDM Team composed of Business and IT Leaders has been created and tasked with achieving the goals and objectives as identified in our Program Mission Statement.

The IT Department is looking for an experienced MDM Architect to join our team as a pivotal contributor to this effort. You will be reporting to a Sr. Manager - Data Architecture, and will assume key responsibilities for designing, configuring, and developing business solutions using various MDM technologies. Your role will involve collaborating with business stakeholders and technical teams to understand master data management requirements and challenges, as you identify opportunities for the design of best of breed MDM solutions.

Since Data Objects are only part of the overall MDM solution, you will also take an active role in defining the appropriate Integration solution deliverables and facilitating the implementation of such Enterprise Data Fabric technologies.

Our preference therefore is to engage an experienced candidate in the Data Mastery and Integration domains.

As one of the IT Leaders in this domain, you will be assessing requirements, designing, and implementing successful Master Data Management solutions that comprise of Data cleansing, Data ingestion pipelines, Business process workflow, de-duplication, and Standardization.

The MDM Architect understands both technical and functional design and brings perspective from all architecture domains (process, application, integration, data, technology and security) into the solution design of Master Data Management capabilities that support broader portfolio capabilities (e.g. Product Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, etc.).

You will draw upon your extensive Oracle EBS, Fusion Cloud application and Oracle Integration Cloud solutioning experience as you work directly with the Business team composed of Data Stewards and internal IT Peers. Our goal is to create robust, sustainable, and flexible designs which enable world-class MDM execution. We are seeking a candidate with a proven track record.

Job Description

• Architect MDM solutions and provide business, governance, and technical recommendations
• Envision, plan, and support MDM solution implementation, providing guidance during the whole process by designing technology solutions and goals for a specific project and/or application area for Products, Supplier and Customer data domains
• Responsible for the understanding, documentation, maintenance, and additional creation of master data related data-models (conceptual, logical, and physical) and database structures as they relate to activities mentioned above
• Define and implement standards, shared components and approaches for projects and the Enterprise
• Convert the architectural designs into working solutions
• Collaborate with Data Quality & Governance Analysts and Data Governance Organization to assist with the monitoring and preservation of the quality of the master data
• Work with internal and external teams, in a self-directed manner, throughout the project lifecycle
• Assist with evaluation and recommendations regarding purchased software packages, hardware platforms and supporting services
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Education

• Technical degree in disciplines such as computer science or electrical engineering is required
• 10+ years of Data Architecture experience leading MDM architecture roadmaps, defined business cases and implementations efforts
• Experience developing and implementing ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) logic with low-code/no-code solutioning frameworks
• Proven ability to gather business requirements, solution design with technical teams, and write functional specification documents, including business rules, match and merge rules, survivorship rules
• Capable of analyzing complex problems including identifying root cause issues, generating a concise summary of analysis
• Hands-on experience with business processes across multiple master data domains
• Must be comfortable presenting complex technology subjects to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Previous experience engaging external partners on sizeable projects
• Track record (hands-on) of working with Enterprise scale ERP systems (Oracle 11i, R12)
• Experience (hands-on) with Oracle Fusion Applications (Product Data Hub, Procurement, Sales modules)
• Experience (hands-on) with iPaaS solutions such as Oracle OIC
• In-depth experience in the IT solutioning space within any of the key Data Domains (Product, Procurement, Sales, etc.)
• Ability to illustrate multiple full life cycle MDM engagements utilizing any of the above technology stacks

Desired skills:

• Cloud / SaaS / iPaaS exposure
• Working knowledge of Talend
• Prior experience with LeanIX
• Prior exposure to Agile methodology
• Industry experience in of the following domains: automotive, industrial manufacturing, at Global scales
• Familiar with on/off-site models

About American Axle & Manufacturing

As a leading global Tier 1 Automotive and Mobility Supplier, AAM (NYSE: AXL) designs, engineers and manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Headquartered in Detroit with nearly 85 facilities in 18 countries, AAM is bringing the future faster for a safer and more sustainable future. We work together to support our customers on global and regional platforms with a focus on quality, operational excellence and technology leadership.

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