Lead MDM Technical Specialist Semarchy (M/F)

About the job

Company Description

Talan is an international consulting and technology expertise group supporting companies in their Data, Digital and AI transformations.

As part of the development of our Data & AI Business Line in French-speaking Switzerland, we are looking for a Lead MDM Technical Specialist specialised in Semarchy to strengthen our Data Management expertise and support our clients in the design and implementation of strategic Master Data Management platforms.

Based in French-speaking Switzerland, you will work with major accounts mainly located in Geneva and Lausanne.

Job Description

Your role:

As a Lead MDM Technical Specialist Semarchy, you are the technical reference for our MDM offering and play a key role in the success of our clients' projects.

You are above all a hands-on profile, capable of handling the most complex aspects of MDM projects while supervising more junior consultants.

You intervene from pre-sales phases to the production deployment of solutions and support project teams on architecture, implementation and technical governance aspects.

You will also contribute to the upskilling of our consultants and the development of MDM expertise within Talan Switzerland.

Your responsibilities:

Technical expertise and leadership

• Design and implement MDM solutions based on Semarchy xDM / SDP.

• Define technical architectures and best development practices.
• Supervise master and reference data modelling choices.
• Ensure the technical quality of implemented solutions.
• Conduct architecture and code reviews.
• Supervise and support MDM development teams.
• Ensure the upskilling of more junior consultants.

Project delivery

• Install and configure Semarchy platforms in client environments.
• Participate in defining integration architectures with existing systems.
• Supervise complex developments and critical components.
• Ensure platform performance, security and maintainability.
• Support testing, migration and production deployment phases.
• Act as a technical reference for issues encountered during projects.

Client consulting and support

• Lead technical workshops with business and IT teams.
• Advise clients on best practices for governance and reference data management.
• Support the definition of MDM roadmaps.
• Participate in scoping and enterprise architecture phases related to Data Management.

Offer development and pre-sales

• Contribute to the development of Talan Switzerland's Data Management offering.
• Participate in client presentations and demonstrations.
• Prepare workload estimates and tender responses.
• Contribute to the partnership with the Semarchy publisher.
• Participate in monitoring activities and promote MDM expertise within the Swiss market.

Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum 8 years' experience in implementing Data Management / Master Data Management solutions.
• Minimum 3 years of significant and demonstrable experience with Semarchy xDM.
• Proven experience in end-to-end MDM deployment projects.
• Experience in technical supervision of project teams.

Mandatory technical skills

Master Data Management

• Expertise in the Semarchy xDM solution.
• Installation, configuration and administration of the platform.
• MDM modelling.

• Workflow management.

• Data integration.
• Deployment and operation of MDM platforms.

Architecture and integration

• Application and data architecture.
• REST API.
• Advanced SQL.
• Data integration and ETL.
• Cloud and hybrid environments.
• Multi-environment deployments.

Appreciated assets

• Knowledge of Semarchy Data Platform (SDP).
• Experience with Data Quality or Data Governance tools.

• Knowledge of Azure, AWS or GCP Cloud environments.

• Experience in large-scale Data transformation programmes.
• Semarchy certification.

Soft Skills

• Recognised technical leadership.
• Strong ability to challenge architectural choices.
• Excellent client relationship skills.
• Advisory mindset and pragmatism.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Passion for knowledge transfer and coaching.

Languages

• French: fluent or native.
• English: professional fluency.
• German is an asset.

Location

• French-speaking Switzerland.
• Ideally based in the Geneva or Lausanne region.
• Mobility required to client sites in French-speaking Switzerland.

Additional Information

Why join Talan Switzerland?

• Participate in the growth of a rapidly expanding Data & AI practice.
• Play a key role in structuring our Data Management offering.
• Work on strategic programmes with major Swiss accounts.
• Benefit from an entrepreneurial environment offering autonomy, impact and career prospects.
• Collaborate with experts in Data, Analytics, Data Governance and Artificial Intelligence.