Enterprise Data Architect at Aledade, Inc.

The Enterprise Data Architect is a strategic leadership role responsible for the design and evolution of Alledade’s Master Data Management (MDM) strategy and the architecture of our Business Data Warehouse. This role addresses the critical challenge of linking fragmented data across the customer lifecycle—from initial prospecting in Salesforce to contract management in Ironclad, through to operational and financial setup in Keystone, NetSuite, and QuickCap. As a Level 8 leader, you will move the organization away from manual, siloed data entry toward an automated, unified "Single Source of Truth." By leveraging our existing investments in Snowflake, DataHub, and MuleSoft, you will design the framework that allows the Business Intelligence (BI) team to extract high-value insights regarding revenue, performance, and overall organizational success. Primary Duties • Enterprise Data Strategy & MDM Design • MDM Architecture: Design the strategy and logical architecture for linking "Core Entities" including but not limited to Providers, Practices, Patients across the enterprise ecosystem to enable a holistic view of the business and to eliminate redundant manual workflows. • Business Data Warehouse Design: Architect the centralized data hub within Snowflake, ensuring it is structured to support complex cross-functional reporting on revenue and performance. • Automation Roadmap: Partner with the Integrations team to define how MuleSoft should be leveraged to automate data flows between systems (e.g., ensuring a signed contract in Ironclad triggers the appropriate data synchronization across Salesforce and financial systems). • Lifecycle Mapping: Create end-to-end data flow diagrams that capture the full customer journey, identifying "golden record" sources for every data point.Data Governance & Business Definition • Cross-Functional Governance: Lead the effort to document and standardize business definitions of data. You will serve as the bridge between technical teams and stakeholders in Product, Security, Compliance, Growth, Provider Networks, and Finance. • Data Cataloging: Leverage DataHub to build and maintain a comprehensive data catalog, ensuring technical and non-technical users understand data lineage, definitions, and ownership. • Governance Framework: Establish the standards for data quality, security, and privacy in collaboration with the Security and Compliance (CRG) teams.Business Enablement & BI Partnership • Insights Readiness: Ensure the data architecture provides the BI team with clean, reliable, and well-documented datasets to drive analysis on business performance and success metrics. • Technical Consulting: Act as the internal consultant for business units looking to integrate new data types or systems into the enterprise landscape.Leadership & Team Evolution • Organizational Scaling: Define the long-term vision for the Data Architecture function, including the future hiring plan and organizational structure as the complexity of our data ecosystem grows. • Mentorship: Provide high-level technical guidance to engineers and systems analysts across the Enterprise Applications team. Minimum Qualifications • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field. • Experience: 8+ years of progressive experience in Enterprise Data Architecture, Master Data Management (MDM), or Data Engineering Leadership. • System Architecture: Broad and deep knowledge of modern enterprise stacks, specifically how business systems (CRM, ERP, CLM) interact to support a customer lifecycle. • MDM & Integration Strategy: Proven experience designing master data strategies and integration patterns that bridge multiple departments to support automated data synchronization. • Technical Proficiency: Deep architectural understanding of Snowflake (data warehousing) and MuleSoft (API-led connectivity/integrations). Preferred KSA’s • Advanced Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or an MBA with a technical focus. • Specialized Tech Stack: Hands-on experience leveraging DataHub for metadata management and building comprehensive data catalogs. • Data Governance: Experience building formal governance frameworks and data dictionaries within highly regulated environments (e.g., Healthcare, HIPAA, or SOX compliance). • Lifecycle Expertise: Specific experience mapping data flows across the lead-to-contract-to-billing lifecycle (Salesforce, Ironclad, and NetSuite). • Team Leadership: Experience defining the organizational structure for a data architecture function and mentoring senior-level technical individual contributors. • Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with healthcare-specific data domains (Provider, Practice, and Patient data). • Strategic Influence: Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, bringing together cross-functional stakeholders (Finance, Growth, Product) to reach consensus on unified data definitions. • Problem Solving: Proven track record of taking manual, fragmented processes and architecting scalable, automated technical solutions. • Communication: Highly skilled at translating complex data structures and technical roadmaps into business-centric language for executive leadership. Physical Requirements • Sitting for prolonged periods of time. Extensive use of computers and keyboard. Occasional walking and lifting may be required. Who We Are: Aledade, a public benefit corporation, exists to empower the most transformational part of our health care landscape - independent primary care. We were founded in 2014, and since then, we've become the largest network of independent primary care in the country - helping practices, health centers and clinics deliver better care to their patients and thrive in value-based care. Additionally, by creating value-based contracts across a wide variety of health plans, we aim to flip the script on the traditional fee-for-service model. Our work strengthens continuity of care, aligns incentives and ensures primary care physicians are paid for what they do best - keeping patients healthy. If you want to help create a health care system that is good for patients, good for practices and good for society - and if you're eager to join a collaborative, inclusive and remote-first culture - you've come to the right place. What Does This Mean for You? At Aledade, you will be part of a creative culture that is driven by a passion for tackling complex issues with respect, open-mindedness and a desire to learn. You will collaborate with team members who bring a wide range of experiences, interests, backgrounds, beliefs and achievements to their work - and who are all united by a shared passion for public health and a commitment to the Aledade mission. In addition to time off to support work-life balance and enjoyment, we offer the following comprehensive benefits package designed for the overall well-being of our team members: Flexible work schedules and the ability to work remotely are available for many roles Health, dental and vision insurance paid up to 80% for employees, dependents and domestic partners Robust time-off plan (21 days of PTO in your first year) Two paid volunteer days and 11 paid holidays 12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents Six weeks paid sabbatical after six years of service Educational Assistant Program and Clinical Employee Reimbursement Program 401(k) with up to 4% match Stock options And much more! At Aledade, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them! We strive to attract, develop and retain highly qualified individuals representing the diverse communities where we live and work. Aledade is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Employment policies and decisions at Aledade are based on merit, qualifications, performance and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Privacy Policy: By applying for this job, you agree to Aledade's Applicant Privacy Policy available at  [Upgrade to PRO to see link]