Generalmotors

Generalmotors

Business Data Architect

Warren, Michigan, United States of America

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About the role

  • The Business Data Architect serves as the organization's data governor, thought leader, and subject-matter expert, driving continuous improvement in the quality, efficiency, control, and business use of the team's data across its lifecycle.
  • The successful candidate will be assertive, self-starting, highly collaborative, and effective at translating business needs into practical data architecture, governance, and control solutions.
  • Identify critical data domains and establish clear ownership, stewardship, and accountability models.

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain data governance policies, standards, and procedures aligned with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
  • Lead cross-functional governance councils to align priorities, resolve issues, and drive adoption of data standards.
  • Maintain an inventory of Sales Support data sources and ensure proper security, access, and usage controls.
  • Design and evolve data architecture, models, and shared reporting structures to support business, analytics, and operational needs.
  • Define and manage metadata, business definitions, and data rules in glossaries, catalogs, and related repositories.
  • Partner with business and technology teams to design controls, remediate data quality issues, and drive sustainable process improvements.
  • Design and implement a data operating model (roles, RACI, workflows, change management, issue management).
  • Respond to Sales Support data inquiries and guide stakeholders on data availability, lineage, definitions, and proper use.
  • Maintain documentation of processes, standards, and governance decisions; conduct periodic audits of dealer data usage and access.
  • We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.

Requirements

  • Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • 5+ years of data modeling experience and strong proficiency with relational/NoSQL databases (e.g., Postgres, Oracle) and advanced SQL.
  • Experience with modern data platforms, data hubs/warehouses, and reporting/analytics or enterprise data environments.
  • Hands-on experience with data profiling, cleansing, and defining / applying data quality rules.
  • Deep knowledge of data governance, data quality, and master data management concepts and best practices.
  • Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • technical fields (IT, Engineering, Math/Statistics, Information Systems/Data Management) strongly preferred.
  • Equivalent professional experience considered.
  • 5-8+ years of relevant experience, ideally in data governance, master data management, or similar roles.

Skills

  • Continuously improve governance processes, tools, and practices to boost efficiency, adoption, data quality, and business value.

Benefits

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Company info

  • From day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.

Equal opportunity

  • If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580.
  • In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.
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