Principal Data & Analytics Architect (f/m/d) - Kraków (onsite) OR Poland (remote)

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The Principal Data & Analytics Architect (f/m/d) is responsible for designing and improving Danaher’s data management & analytics function. The primary objective of this role is to build data assets using data & analytics strategies that align with business priorities and drive measurable business outcomes.

This position reports to the Sr. Director – Data Engineering and is part of the Core Technology & Planning.

This is a Danaher Corporate role, hosted by our Cytiva operating company in Kraków, and will be an on-site role (Kraków) or remote (Poland).

In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Architect solutions for Data ingestion, transformation & orchestration, data storage, and analytics, reporting, and ML/AI consumption for Danaher wide data models.
• Build trusted, scalable, secure, compliant, and reusable data products in Snowflake that support AI/ML models, executive dashboards, and cross-OpCo analytics.
• Establish data engineering standards, best practices, and reference architectures.
• Enable self-service access through semantic layers, catalogues, and APIs, empowering data scientists, analysts, and business teams to consume data without deep pipeline knowledge.
• Drive continuous improvement by implementing automated data quality checks, scaling ingestion/onboarding for M&A integrations, and maintaining uptime, optimization, and IT General Controls.
  
  

The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include

• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience creating enterprise IT architecture and ecosystems in a conglomerate operating structure with a minimum of 10 years of Data & Analytics experience.
• Deep expertise with modern data technologies (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databrikcs, Azure Fabric/Synapse, Airflow, Spark,etc.)
• Hands-on experience with cloud data ecosystems (AWS, Azure) designing high-volume, high-availability data pipelines.
• Deep understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT patterns, and orchestration frameworks.
• Effective communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
  
  

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Ability to travel to Washington DC and global Danaher sites, up to 10%
  
  

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Cloud data architecture certifications.
• Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.
  
  

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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