Company: B. Braun Medical, S.A. U.
Job Posting Location: Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Functional Area: Information Technology
Working Model: Hybrid
Requisition ID: 14045
As a Data Architect in the Group Digital Department, you will contribute to the development of B. Braun’s Digital Foundation by shaping a consistent and business‑driven data architecture.
Functionally you are trained and guided by the Center of Competence (CoC) Corporate Data Management. Your work will focus on projects within the Digital Foundation - our customer oriented platform providing modular standard to develop new or integrate digital solutions in a safeguarded and efficient way - and our Data, Analytics & AI Ecosystem the Data Intelligence Platform (DIP). A key initial responsibility will be to establish the data architecture for the Analytics part of the Digital Foundation (Data Hub).
The role has a strong business perspective, with emphasis on clarifying the business semantic layer and translating it into high‑quality conceptual and logical data models. You will work hands‑on with Metadata managed in the Enterprise Data Catalog (dataspot) and perspectively other catalogs to make data understandable, reusable, and interoperable across data domains.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Support projects of the Digital Foundation, with focus on data architecture within the Data Intelligence Platform ecosystem
- Design and maintain conceptual and logical data models that reflect business meaning and domain semantics
- Clarify, structure, and harmonize business semantics, business objects, and relationships across data domains
- Operate and continuously develop the Enterprise Data Catalog (dataspot) as the central place for data models and business definitions
- Contribute to the data architecture of the Data Hub, ensuring semantic consistency and architectural alignment
- Collaborate with domain experts, data stewards, and technical teams to align business intent with data structures
- Analyze impacts of new requirements and support architectural decision‑making within projects
- Foster and mature the understanding of why metadata management is a key capability to effectively embed technologies like AI, Advanced Analytics, and Automation in the company.
Competencies
- Solid understanding of business data modeling (conceptual and logical)
- Strong ability to present complex topics in a simple way to various stakeholders and be able to transfer business requirements into data requirements to fit it into the data architecture
- Interest in and ability to work with business semantics, terminology, and domain concepts
- Basic understanding of modern data platforms and data architectures (experience with physical modeling is a plus, not a must)
- Familiarity with data governance, data lineage, and metadata management is an important advantage
- Ability to learn and work with enterprise tools such as Enterprise Data Catalogs
- Experience in project environments and cross‑functional collaboration
Soft Skills
- High level of initiative with an independent and accountable working style
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking
- Ability to communicate clearly between business and technical stakeholders
- Structured and quality‑oriented working style
- Curious mindset with willingness to learn complex domains
- Collaborative team player in international and interdisciplinary environments
- Openness to change and continuous improvement
What we offer:
Gross annual salary starting from €75,000, depending on the candidate’s profile and experience.
To help you perform at your best, our offer focuses on your wellbeing, development and experience as part of the team:
- 10% variable bonus based on global and spanish company results
- Hybrid working model: 3 days working from home and 2 days in the office
- Flexible compensation: transport, childcare and private health insurance
- Intensive working hours on Fridays from June to September
- Flexible schedule
- Company-funded training and certifications based on individual and business needs
- Meal allowance and home-working allowance
- Free wellbeing platform including coaching, psychological consultations and emotional health content, with the option to extend access to family members at a discounted rate
- 30 calendar days of annual leave
- Benefits under the Chemical Industry Collective Agreement
- Life and accident insurance
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