Data Architect | Staff or Non-line Manager | IT Enterprise Data & Platforms Japan (Shinagawa, Japan, Tokyo)
About this opportunity
The Position
Our IT EDP Data & Analytics team is seeking a talented and experienced Data Architect to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, creating, and managing our company's data architecture. This individual will play a key role in developing data strategies, implementing data solutions, and ensuring the overall integrity and security of our data assets for Digital Products delivered to Business.
This individual converts business and analytics into Snowflake models, patterns, and pipelines for consistent data ingestion, transformation, quality, and governance. Expertise in Snowflake, dbt, ELT, and data contracts is essential. Pharmaceutical commercial data experience is a plus.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Design scalable, cost‑efficient Snowflake‑based data architectures
Define standardized patterns for ingestion, transformation, modeling, and consumption
Develop solution blueprints, including data flows, lineage, and integrations
Establish and govern data contracts (schema, SLAs, validation, evolution)
Lead conceptual, logical, and physical modeling using tools like SqlDBM and dbt
Build modular, reusable dbt models with strong testing and CI/CD practices
Integrate data quality, observability, and metadata‑driven validation
Design orchestrated pipelines using Airflow, Jenkins, or similar tools
Ensure compliance with governance, security, and access‑control standards
Partner across data, platform, and governance teams; mentor engineers and analysts
Requirements
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data/Information Systems, or a related field, with 7+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or similar roles.
Enterprise data architecture experience with Snowflake or similar platforms
Strong hands‑on ELT/ETL and dbt skills (models, tests, macros, CI/CD)
Deep understanding of Data Vault and dimensional modeling
Experience in designing and governing data contracts
Advanced SQL and ELT expertise
Experience in developing and operating semantic layers supporting analytics, reporting, conversational AI, and self-service data consumption.
Familiarity with orchestration tools, Git workflows, and governance platforms
Strong stakeholder management, analytical thinking, and structured problem‑solving skills.
Excellent communication skills in English and Japanese, enabling clear interaction with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
Data Vault 2.0 experience
Familiarity with Iceberg, external tables, and data catalogs
Knowledge of analytics layers (Power BI, Tableau, semantic models)
Exposure to cloud‑native and platform engineering practices
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