Senior Informatica MDM Solution Architect

Founded in 1985, First Republic and its subsidiaries offer private banking, private business banking and private wealth management, including investment, trust and brokerage services. First Republic specializes in delivering exceptional, relationship-based service, with a solid commitment to responsiveness and action.

First Republic Bank is seeking a senior Informatica MDM lead and administrator to help guide its MDM implementation and growth. This lead shall report to the VP and Director of Data Systems and will play a key part in the Chief Data Office. This multi-skilled resource must work well with key MDM stakeholders in both Business and IT. The candidate should have in-depth experience with Informatica MDM both at a low, hand-on level and architectural level as s/he shall be expected to drive MDM-based solutions.

* Drive MDM strategy, Process Design, high level MDM architecture requirements and the implementation plan * Manage business expectations, establish credibility at all levels within First Republic Bank and build problem-solving partnerships with the business and IT stakeholders * Communicate technical architecture direction, coordinate technical proof of concept analysis and provide technical depth in discussions with MDM stakeholders * Provide gap analysis from a technical perspective, highlighting current state, future state, client needs, best practices, and solution offerings * Lead discovery, source system analysis, data profiling and quality analysis for upcoming initiatives * Develop roadmap/methodology required to move from current state to future state architecture * Lead the capture and documentation of functional requirements and system design specifications regarding MDM * Help lead MDM development efforts across Business and IT stakeholders including implementation, QA and migration to production * Assist in solving technical and performance problems within the technical infrastructure * Assist with troubleshooting issues that may arise within the MDM technology stack including but not limited Informatica MDM itself but also database, application server, front-end and other related issues. * Provide expert knowledge of enterprise master data strategies and best practices, particularly those that apply to Informatica MDM * Perform analysis and design of data warehouse and operational systems within the context of MDM solutions * Lead a team to design and implement high quality MDM solutions

* BS/BA - preferably in computer science, information science, or other technical field * Minimum 10 - 15 years of computer systems analysis, consulting, and IT management experience, preferably in large-scale business software implementation projects (ERP, CRM, MDM, data warehousing, etc.) * Experience developing conceptual and physical solution architectures for solutions incorporating heterogeneous applications, technologies and platforms * Thorough understanding of data modeling, physical schema properties, triggers, and stored procedures * Master Data Hub Architecture, data design and implementation * Experience developing conceptual and physical solution architectures for solutions incorporating heterogeneous applications, technologies and platforms * Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Informatica MDM (formerly Siperian) * Experience should include but not be limited to: * Configuring the data model * Creating and refactoring the cleanse rules * Developing and tuning match rules * Creating trust and validation rules * Creating queries and packages * Creating hierarchies and other relationships * Developing the Informatica Data Director * Developing MDM-based web services using SIF * Developing custom components including user exits * Minimum 4 years of solution architecture work with Informatica MDM * Experience should include but not be limited to: * Soliciting & capturing requirements from business and transforming them to design for Informatica MDM * Soliciting & capturing requirements and developing or refactoring existing data models for Informatica MDM * Architecting real time MDM solutions where MDM is accessed and leveraged for operational use cases * Architecting solutions that feed MDM data downstream for analytics and other related functionality * Experience with data quality overall including standardization * Proven analytical skills to properly evaluate and interpret cross-functional data standardization requirements * Ability to resolve complex issues relate to enterprise wide data architecture concerns * Management style that exhibits high energy, strategic thinking, collaboration, direct communication and results orientation * Excellent presentation, verbal and written communications skills * Background in ETL (Informatica Power Center and/or Microsoft SSIS) strongly preferred * Experience with Informatica Data Quality strongly preferred.