Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities

Define the enterprise MDM architecture and strategy across STIBO STEP platform, data

governance frameworks, integration patterns, and synchronization with enterprise systems

including, e-commerce, analytics platforms, and third-party marketplaces.

Establish data governance and stewardship frameworks with comprehensive data quality rules,

golden record strategies, match/merge/survivorship algorithms, data lineage tracking, data

standardization (GDSN/GS1), and role-based access policies for data domains spanning retail

merchandising and supply chain.

Architect STIBO STEP platform capabilities including data modeling best practices, hierarchical

classification structures, workflow automation, business rule engines, validation frameworks, API

strategies, event-driven data distribution, and real-time syndication patterns for omnichannel

commerce.

Govern product data lifecycle including data onboarding pipelines, enrichment workflows, quality

validation checkpoints, approval routing, exception handling, historical versioning, change tracking,

audit trails, and compliance reporting across product information management (PIM),

supplier/vendor master, and customer master domains.

Secure STIBO STEP platform and data assets through identity and access management (IAM),

SSO integration (SAML, OAuth), API security (OAuth2, JWT), data encryption (at-rest and in

transit), data masking for sensitive attributes, and vulnerability management aligned with enterprise

security baselines.

Operationalize MDM observability and monitoring by integrating platform telemetry into

monitoring systems, establishing data quality dashboards, alerting on SLA breaches, tracking

integration performance, and instrumenting business process metrics for data stewardship and

operational teams.

Drive data integration architecture encompassing real-time and batch patterns, API management,

event streaming (Kafka, Solace, Azure Event Hub), ETL/ELT orchestration, data lake/warehouse

synchronization (Snowflake), and third-party data enrichment services (WERCS, Salsify, Syndigo).

Establish PIM and DAM best practices for product content management including digital asset

workflows, rich media handling (images, videos, documents), localized attributes, taxonomy and

classification management, product relationship modeling, and syndication to e-commerce platforms

and marketplaces.

Partner with business stakeholders including Merchandising, Supply Chain, Marketing, IT, and

Compliance teams to translate business requirements into scalable MDM solutions, balance data

governance rigor with operational agility, and ensure alignment with enterprise data strategy

Basic Qualifications

Proficient in Master Data Management (MDM) frameworks, methodologies, and industry
standards including data governance, data quality management, reference and master data
management, and multi-domain MDM architecture.

Extensive experience with STIBO STEP platform (version 9.x or higher) covering solution
architecture, data modeling, business rules configuration, workflow design, integration patterns,
performance tuning and upgrade strategies.

Experience: 10+ years in data management and enterprise architecture; 5+ years architecting
large-scale MDM implementations; 3+ years specifically with STIBO STEP platform in retail,
manufacturing, or distribution industries.

Depth in data governance and stewardship: Data quality frameworks, golden record
management, match/merge algorithms, survivorship rules, data lineage and impact analysis,
metadata management, and data catalog implementation.

Architecture-driven mindset: Expertise in designing enterprise integration architecture (REST
APIs, GraphQL, event streaming, ETL/ELT), microservices patterns, API gateways, message
brokers, data lake/warehouse strategies, and real-time data synchronization.

Retail and e-commerce domain expertise: Deep understanding of product information
management (PIM), product lifecycle management (PLM), supplier/vendor management, pricing
and promotions, omnichannel fulfillment, digital asset management (DAM), and catalog syndication
requirements.

Leadership & communication: Proven ability to lead enterprise architecture programs, influence
stakeholders and business leaders, write comprehensive architecture documentation, facilitate
design workshops, and engineers across distributed teams.

In addition to above basic qualifications

STIBO STEP Architect certification or equivalent advanced certifications demonstrating platform
expertise.

AI/ML for data quality: Familiarity with usage of AI for automated data matching, classification,
entity resolution, and data quality scoring.

Retail industry knowledge: Deep understanding of retail merchandising systems, assortment
planning, product content enrichment, supplier collaboration platforms, and omnichannel commerce
data flows.

Thought leadership: Published articles, conference speaking, or community contributions in MDM,
PIM, or data governance domains