Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve. Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care™.
Global Reach with a Local Touch
140+ years serving healthcare
Over 14,000 teammates worldwide
Serving healthcare partners in 80 countries
Manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland
40+ distribution centers
Portfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings
1,000 branded medical product suppliers
4,000 healthcare partners served
Benefits
Comprehensive Healthcare Plan - Medical, dental, and vision plans start on day one of employment for full-time teammates.
Educational Assistance - We offer educational assistance to all eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program.
Employer-Paid Life Insurance and Disability - We offer employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
Voluntary Supplemental Programs – We offer additional options to secure your financial future including supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs.
Support for your Growing Family – Adoption assistance, fertility benefits (in medical plan) and parental leave are available for teammates planning for a family.
Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k) - We offer these voluntary financial programs to help teammates prepare for their future, as well as other voluntary benefits.
Paid Leave - In addition to sick days and short-term leave, we offer holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave – including parental leave.
Well-Being – Also included in our offering is a Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs – all at no cost to you.
- The anticipated salary range for this position is $113,400 - $210,600.00 USD Annual. The actual compensation offered may vary based on job related factors such as experience, skills, education and location
POSITION SUMMARY
We are seeking a hands-on Lead Data Architect to define and drive QSight’s unified data strategy across Vision, Insight AI, and Community. This role will establish the target enterprise data architecture, data governance model, and interoperability standards that enable trusted analytics and AI outcomes across the organization.
The Lead Data Architect will be the connective tissue across QSight’s data ecosystem—partnering closely with the Palantir/Foundry team, Snowflake, and Google Cloud SQL stakeholders to ensure a scalable, secure, and consistent approach to data modeling, integration, quality, and operational readiness. This role succeeds through cross-team leadership, influence, and targeted hands-on delivery when needed to set direction, validate patterns, and accelerate adopt
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Define and execute an enterprise-wide data strategy that aligns QSight’s Vision, Insight AI, and Community platforms to measurable business outcomes.
Establish and maintain the target data architecture and reference patterns for how data is sourced, standardized, governed, and delivered across QSight products.
Architect a unified ecosystem that connects disparate healthcare and supply chain systems (EHR, ERP, WMS, POU, GPO, EDI) into a coherent, interoperable platform with consistent semantics.
Position and integrate Snowflake as a core component of the ecosystem (enterprise analytics platform), including standards for: curated and consumable data structures, governed sharing and access patterns, workload isolation and scalability, cost/performance optimization approaches.
Partner with the Palantir/Foundry team to ensure alignment between enterprise architecture standards and Foundry implementation patterns (data onboarding, semantic/ontology alignment, and operationalization of insights).
Partner with DBA/Platform teams to shape database standards and improve reliability and performance through architectural guidance, tuning recommendations, and best practices for high-volume workloads.
Define data standards and operating conventions including canonical domain definitions (e.g., item master, suppliers, contracts, POs, usage), naming conventions and metadata requirements, data classification and labeling standards, data contracts and versioning expectations across systems and products.
Establish and enforce a pragmatic data governance and quality program that includes measurable standards, monitoring, and continuous improvement of loops (not just policies).
Define and enforce data security and privacy policies consistent with healthcare regulatory expectations, including access control principles, auditing requirements, and secure data lifecycle practices.
Provide architectural direction for enabling near-real-time insights and operational reporting while balancing performance, cost, and reliability.
Create and maintain architecture documentation, decision records, and implementation of playbooks that drive consistency and accelerate delivery across teams.
Be hands-on when necessary to prove patterns, unblock delivery, and harden implementations—building targeted reference solutions, prototypes, and production improvements in partnership with engineering teams.
Provide expert consultation during incidents or performance events, working with the appropriate teams to accelerate diagnosis and resolution.
EMENTAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Performs additional duties as directed.
Qualifications
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
8+ years of experience defining and implementing data architecture in cloud environments.
Demonstrated experience developing and executing enterprise data strategy across multiple platforms and stakeholder groups.
Experience working across modern data ecosystems (e.g., Snowflake, cloud databases, analytics/AI platforms) with a strong governance and security orientation.
Experience collaborating with dedicated platform/DBA teams on performance, reliability, and operational standards.
Healthcare domain experience is strongly preferred, including supply chain processes, item master data, and transactional system integration patterns.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Proven ability to operate as a player/coach without direct reports: sets direction, builds credibility through hands-on contributions, and influences cross-functional delivery.
Strong enterprise architecture skills: ability to define target-state architecture, phased roadmap, and standards that are realistic and adoptable.
Expertise in data modeling and domain standardization; ability to drive common definitions across multiple systems and products.
Strong understanding of cloud and modern analytics ecosystems, including Snowflake architecture concepts (governance, workload design, performance/cost considerations).
Strong understanding of data governance practices including metadata management, data quality frameworks, access controls, auditability, and compliance alignment.
Ability to collaborate deeply with specialized teams (Palantir/Foundry engineers, DBAs, product, and engineering) and translate between business outcomes and technical implementation.
Strong problem-solving skills related to data reliability, performance, and operational readiness; ability to guide troubleshooting and optimization efforts.
Excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to create clarity and alignment across diverse stakeholders.
High ownership mindset with strong prioritization and decision-making in ambiguous environments.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
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If you feel this opportunity could be the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. This position will accept applications on an ongoing basis.
Owens & Minor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, religion, disability, age, status as a veteran, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.
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What We Do
Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE: OMI) is a Fortune 500 global healthcare solutions company providing essential products and services that support care from the hospital to the home.
For over 100 years, Owens & Minor and its affiliated brands, Apria® , Byram®, and HALYARD*, have helped to make each day better for the patients, providers, and communities we serve.
Powered by more than 20,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor delivers comfort and confidence behind the scenes so healthcare stays at the forefront. Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care™.
