Job Description

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.
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Job Title:  Expert / Sr. Expert, Architecture & Engg
Travel Required?:  No Travel
Posting Start Date:  10/7/26
Hybrid

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number #176315 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

Job Summary (purpose):

Colgate-Palmolive is looking for a Data Management Engineering and Architecture leader responsible for implementing and handling the systems and processes that ensure the accuracy, quality, and protection of data within Colgate-Palmolive.

The candidate should be comfortable in playing a lead role towards the evolution of Data technology deployments across the global footprint.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Implement our data management and governance technology and tools–including a data catalog and data quality solution–and measure those technologies’ adoption, effectiveness and the overall value it brings to the organization. This includes the design, evaluation, testing, and deployment of enterprise solutions applying multiple technologies, tools, standards, methods and best practices.

  • Evaluate new and upcoming market technology solutions, negotiate for the best terms with vendors for licensing and support

  • Take technical ownership for data catalog, data quality and security/privacy platforms.

  • Convert functional and business requirements into technical solutions.

  • Conduct architectural reviews following Colgate standards and get approvals for integrations, onboarding new tools etc.

  • Understand data platforms architecture and suggest data governance best practices.

  • Develop data engineering pipelines as per Colgate standards to implement data quality, observability requirements coming from various domains.

  • Enhance data catalog experience by adding custom features through API development.

  • Proactively lead initiatives like AI for BI use cases.

  • Understand new features from Vendors in AI space and implement them locally

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, information technology or related field. Master’s degree or equivalent experience in information management or systems is preferred.

  • 6-8 years of data management experience with at least 3 experiences responsible for implementing enterprise data catalog and data quality solutions

  • Experience with delivering a technical metadata repository and integrations with multiple tech stacks.

  • Experience with Collibra, Informatica, Atlan, Alation, Atacama or similar tools required

  • Experience building architecture in hybrid cloud (on-prem, GCP, Snowflake, etc.)

  • Experience with Platform Engineering, Software Development and Infrastructure with programming experience in Java and Python and Integration Development with APIs

  • Deep technical competence with the ability to communicate complex concepts to non-technical partners

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong EA or Data Architecture experience applying industry frameworks and standard methodologies (ex. TOGAF)


Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives  to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.


Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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