Enterprise Data Architect
Summary
Designs and maintains healthcare data architecture to ensure secure, scalable, and interoperable systems for clinical, financial, and analytical needs in Saudi Arabia.
The Enterprise Data Architect designs, governs, and maintains our organization's enterprise-wide data architecture to support clinical, operational, financial, and analytical needs - ensuring healthcare data is structured, integrated, secure, and scalable to enable interoperability, regulatory compliance, and data-driven decision-making. This role plays a strategic part in aligning data architecture with organizational strategy, national data standards, and healthcare regulatory requirements in Saudi Arabia.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture blueprint (conceptual, logical, physical models)
- Design scalable data platforms supporting HIS, EMR, ERP, data warehouses, and analytics ecosystems
- Establish standards for data modeling, naming conventions, metadata, and data lineage
- Design data integration frameworks across clinical and administrative systems
- Support standards such as HL7, FHIR, ICD-10, and SNOMED
- Ensure consistency and integrity of master and reference data
Data Governance & Compliance
- Embed governance, data quality, and privacy-by-design principles into architecture
- Ensure compliance with Saudi PDPL, NDMO, and MOH regulations
- Partner with Data Quality and Data Protection teams
Analytics & Platform Enablement
- Design architectures supporting BI, advanced analytics, and AI/ML platforms
- Enable enterprise dashboards with trusted data sources
- Support cloud, hybrid, and on-premise architectures per Saudi data residency requirements
Standards, Documentation & Roadmap
- Maintain data architecture standards, principles, and reference architectures
- Document data flows, system interfaces, and architectural decisions
- Contribute to the enterprise data roadmap
Advisory & Stakeholder Engagement
- Serve as trusted advisor to IT, analytics, clinical, and business teams
- Review solution designs for architectural alignment
- Support vendor selection and evaluation
Requirements
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field
- TOGAF Certification (highly desirable)
- CDMP - Certified Data Management Professional (preferred)
Experience
- 8-12 years in data architecture, information architecture, or enterprise data management (healthcare sector preferred)
- Strong knowledge of TOGAF and DAMA-DMBOK frameworks
- Experience with healthcare systems (HIS, EMR, LIS, RIS, ERP)
- Deep understanding of NDMO Data Architecture Domain and Saudi PDPL
Skills
- Strategic planning in healthcare/government sectors
- Strong communication, mediation, and conflict resolution
- Fluency in Arabic and English (verbal & written)
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)