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At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner-and every person here makes that happen. You'll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.
This position reports to:
Global Head IS Enterprise Architecture__
Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to define and govern the enterprise-wide information architecture that enables trusted, interoperable, and well-governed data across ABB, with a stronger focus on Information within Core IS. The role focuses on how information is structured, shared, integrated, governed, and used across domains- ensuring data support business outcomes, regulatory compliance, analytics, and digital initiatives while allowing local differences. You will be operating at the enterprise and cross-domain level, setting guardrails rather than designing separate solutions. This role has no direct reports.
The work model for the role is: #LinkedIn_hybrid
You will be mainly accountable for:
Directing the development of enterprise information architecture and processes, covering business information domains and subject areas, core enterprise data entities and relationships and information flows across systems and domains.
Developing, enhancing, and maintaining the enterprise information architecture including data modelling conventions, master and reference data principles, metadata and lineage requirements, data quality, and lifecycle standards. Establishing clear information ownership models (e.g., data owners, stewards, custodians) and ensuring alignment between business capabilities, processes, and information assets.
Assessing the existing IT environment, developing a future state IT architecture, ensuring technology compatibility with existing solutions, infrastructure, services, and strategic direction, and overseeing architectural review of new designs.
Monitoring and reporting compliance level of the architecture landscape and flagging cross-ABB planning and road mapping implications.
Qualifications for the role
8-12+ years in data, information, or enterprise architecture roles in in large, decentralized, or federated organizations
Proven experience defining enterprise-wide data or information architectures
Exposure to analytics, data platforms, integration, and cloud ecosystems
Strong data modelling (conceptual, logical, canonical)
Deep understanding of data governance, metadata, and lineage
Knowledge of modern data architectures (e.g., data mesh, data products, event-driven architectures)
Ability to balance enterprise consistency with domain flexibility
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.
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ABB Ltd (German: ABB AG, French, Italian, Romansh: ABB SA),formerly ASEA Brown Boveri, is a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Västerås, Sweden, and Zürich, Switzerland.operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment, and automation technology areas. It is ranked 341st in the Fortune Global 500 list of 2018 and has been a global Fortune 500 company for 24 years.Until the sale of its Power Grids division in 2020, ABB was Switzerland's largest industrial employer.ABB is traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich, Nasdaq Stockholm and the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.
Job ID: 143973333