Principal Data & Analytics Architect (f/m/d) - Kraków (onsite) OR Poland (remote)

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference? At Danaher, you can build an incredible career at a leading science and technology company, where we’re committed to hiring and developing from within. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter.  

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The Principal Data & Analytics Architect (f/m/d) is responsible for designing and improving Danaher’s data management & analytics function. The primary objective of this role is to build data assets using data & analytics strategies that align with business priorities and drive measurable business outcomes.  

This position reports to the Sr. Director – Data Engineering and is part of the Core Technology & Planning.

This is a Danaher Corporate role, hosted by our Cytiva operating company in Kraków, and will be an on-site role (Kraków) or remote (Poland).

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Architect solutions for Data ingestion, transformation & orchestration, data storage, and analytics, reporting, and ML/AI consumption for Danaher wide data models. 

• Build trusted, scalable, secure, compliant, and reusable data products in Snowflake that support AI/ML models, executive dashboards, and cross-OpCo analytics. 

• Establish data engineering standards, best practices, and reference architectures. 

• Enable self-service access through semantic layers, catalogues, and APIs, empowering data scientists, analysts, and business teams to consume data without deep pipeline knowledge. 

• Drive continuous improvement by implementing automated data quality checks, scaling ingestion/onboarding for M&A integrations, and maintaining uptime, optimization, and IT General Controls.  

The essential requirements of the job include:  

• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience creating enterprise IT architecture and ecosystems in a conglomerate operating structure with a minimum of 10 years of Data & Analytics experience.  

• Deep expertise with modern data technologies (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databrikcs, Azure Fabric/Synapse, Airflow, Spark,etc.) 

• Hands-on experience with cloud data ecosystems (AWS, Azure) designing high-volume, high-availability data pipelines. 

• Deep understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT patterns, and orchestration frameworks. 

• Effective communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.  

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

•  Ability to travel to Washington DC and global Danaher sites, up to 10% 

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: 

• Cloud data architecture certifications. 

• Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks. 

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